Magazine preview – 17 July

Features

In full flight – British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh talks to SM about leadership, procurement and T5

Giving back to Africa – A round-up from the 2008 IPSA conference in Johannesburg

Up in the air – Mike Platt, group industry affairs director for HRG, reveals what he thinks is wrong with travel procurement

Stay four steps ahead – How procurement needs to evolve

News

- SRM needed for consultants
- Opec condemns oil price ‘hijack’
- Buying rules from A-Z
- New Tesco head to recruit purchasers
- EMI to expand buying function
- Food buyers must see long term to cut waste

And not forgetting

- The Egan report – 10 years on
- The latest guidance on competitive dialogue analysed