Later this year, updated data protection laws will incorporate stricter guidelines on the provision of data through a supply chain.
How many things do you pack in your suitcase? Now we know, even if we didn’t need to, blogs Paul Snell
Shaun McCarthy on the merits of sustainable merchandise produced for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is somewhat flavour of the month. In the UK alone, there has been a flurry of announcements in the past few weeks. Among them, MPs becoming ‘business buddies’ in their local constituencies; high-street banks launching a mentoring scheme and academics urging public purchasers to tailor tendering activities to consider [...]
One NHS trust found that communicating its needs – and concerns – to procurement was the key to success when awarding contracts
With the huge growth in the supply of low-cost goods, purchasers need to up their game, both in hard financial skills and soft interpersonal ones
The contracts and procurement manager at Transport for London shows how buyers can relate to change in the Middle East
Instead of talking about cuts and losing services, we ought to be talking about creating value, says CIPS CEO David Noble
Engaging people is easier when you are speaking from the heart, says Alison Smith
