The news that Xchanging’s share price has risen by ten per cent since the firm’s flotation last week shows the confidence that investors and the market has in the current BPO boom.
I’m sure many buyers would be sympathetic to the wag on the internet who suggested the collective term for a group of consultants should be a billing.
Dubai is an interesting and unusual place. In some ways it seems quite unreal – manmade islands off the coast, an indoor ski slope in a shopping centre, a hotel full of gold.
Have you ever felt the fear of redundancy? After a takeover or “merger” have you looked around the room and thought ‘when the music stops I’m not sure there’ll be a chair for me’.
As part of our coverage of CIPS’ 75th anniversary, we are looking for some buyers who remember the old days of procurement (good or bad) and the birth of CIPS.
You might have seen on the people page of SM every issue, we ask purchasers to name the song that sums up procurement for them.
Have you had a chance to enter for this year’s CIPS Supply Management Awards. The 27 April closing date for entries is fast approaching.
A recent correspondent followed up our UN corruption coverage with the following lament: “The only folks who care about extensively documented allegations of corruption in the top tiers of the UN are a handful of US Congressmen, the Feds and maybe a couple of Journalists.”
When they’re up, knock them down. As much as the maxim applies to British sports teams or individuals, it can also apply to British businesses.
