... that the finding underlines a trend towards spending more on outsourced services. Social services departments recognised that providing in-house homecare was more expensive than buying it from the private sector, in the same way that ...

... • Local organisations with an annual turnover of £50m or more • National organisations with a turnover of less than £50m • National organisations with an annual turnover of £50m or more. The nominations are judged on appropriateness, clarity, timeliness, ...

... growth in new orders (58.6), which led to builders taking on more staff to meet current and anticipated business. Construction companies made also more use of subcontractors in September than in August, and their availability ...

... move is part of a global strategy to have procurement work more closely with both engineering and design to ensure they have more input in product development at an earlier stage. "The objective is to ...

... is also a member of CIPS, noted that 3PLs have spent a lot more time training their managers to better understand their clients' problems. "An increasing number of 3PL managers are more than just technically proficient about storage, transport and planning," ...

... To meet another monthly rise in orders, companies took on more staff, with many firms saying it was necessary before they could start work on new contracts. They also used subcontractors more, with shortages reported in eight categories. As the new work started, ...

... one-ninth of those in Britain, UK staff answer 25 per cent more calls per hour and resolve 17 per cent more inquiries first time around. ContactBabel is one of three companies ...

... activity also rose on January's figures, to reach 55.6. More than 40 per cent of companies won a greater volume of new business, ... to improved business conditions that enabled firms to win more contracts. They also took on more staff (53.2). Building companies have ...

... us to bring direct commodity expertise to customers in a more focused way,” he said. “The technology itself is necessary to create improvements but it is becoming more and more commoditised. The ability to use the technology, however, will ...

... dropping from £716 million to £374 million year-on-year, more than £8 million of which was from within the supply chain. However, ... smaller-scale nature of corporate fraud. "The more instances of fraud on any level, the harder it is to manage and the worse ...