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Give us your money, and we’ll spend it on this

April 16, 2009

The woes of General Motors, the US car firm that has taken a £9 billion loan from the US government (and wants more), are well known.

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Held to account

April 15, 2009

There is something not quite right about the Airbus approach to investigating possible staff fraud.

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Procurement’s time in the sun

April 14, 2009

Hot off the press today, we bring you news of Starbucks’ plan to increase its procurement savings target.

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When deals turn sour

April 9, 2009

This week I have on two occasions bought things in shops thinking I was getting a deal – but didn’t.

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Should business hold on to purchasers in the downturn?

April 8, 2009

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates may be calling for more thousands more buyers to be hired, but closer to home a big business seems to take a different tack.

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Supply chain risk

April 7, 2009

Perhaps it is no surprise that the headline figure from a study we covered on Friday revealed that most CPOs are on the hunt for new ways to cut costs in 2009.

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Finding inspiration in unlikely places

April 6, 2009

I’m sure there wasn’t much time for the world leaders who attended last week’s G20 summit in London to do a lot of reading.

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The G20 circus

April 3, 2009

Some of the world’s most powerful men and women convened in Docklands yesterday to thrash out what has been described as the most important agreement yet in tackling the world’s tumultuous economic conditions.

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The international downturn – what is your experience?

April 2, 2009

As this week’s G20 summit in London highlights, the economic woes we are experiencing in the UK are also being felt in the rest of the world.

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Is supply chain work on the rise?

April 1, 2009

It’s a tough time to be graduating and looking for a job – but a report from University of Houston’s CT Bauer College of Business may be some relief to those who aspire to enter the procurement field.

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