... of Battle Abbey pulled through on a gallon of wine a day. Financial payment was becoming increasingly common. Society was still based ... In a remarkable reversal of demand pull, more products and services were introduced to soak up cash payment. The wool and garment trade ...

... more resilient sectors have been consumer products, business services… shipping has done OK," he adds. Matthew Bennett has seen some ... allowed to work. During the boom years before the Asian financial crisis of 1997, many professionals arrived in Hong Kong and then ...

... and provide the reactivity they need to improve quality of services and reduce demands on the public purse. Supply teaching, for example ... employment; and that temping puts workers in precarious financial situations and can lead to a poverty trap. She told Recruiter ...

... Purchasers are asked in advance what kind of goods or services they are looking for, and suppliers are asked what they can offer. The ... sure they operate within sound policies in such areas as financial management, health and safety, equal opportunities and the ...

... accounting service; one remarked that she has become "quasi-financial director" of the agency. Since November, Brabrook has had time to ... and as she learns more. "When I started here they used the services of external accountants quite a lot and had someone part-time to do ...

... ethics, for instance, we as an organisation should be in the Financial Times or on the Today programme.” Although he thinks there is a ... Career file: Peter Smith Director of procurement services, Shreeveport Management Consultancy, aged 44 1976-79: St John’s ...

... of a recruitment company that had achieved a successful financial outcome for its management team was IT services company FDM. Following a management buy-out of the AIM-listed group, ...

... explains Caroline Winstone, North Wales child and adolescent services commissioner with North Wales NHS. “They assess the client very ... One redundancy has had to be made and turnover for the last financial year, was £1.5m. She declines to reveal net profit, saying only: ...

... staff contracts. Procurement decides from whom goods and services are sourced. As the ultimate decision-maker, its methods and conduct ... “One of your company diaries would be lovely.” “The Financial Times Desk Diary” (definitely not his company) duly arrived. Almost ...

... quality and delivery of work.” BNFL’s current financial woes, and the government’s recent decision to shelve plans to ... one at Harwell, Oxfordshire, for waste management services and one at Dounreay, Scotland, for a new waste store. “The ... – the bidders for major support contracts and specialist services? The supply market for “tier two” and below is pretty well ...