This is my last blog for SM (I am off to a new job next week), so I thought I would share my experience of procurement from what I have learned over the past few months.
From piracy operations in Somalia, to the collapse of Comet, the horse meat scandal and the failings of G4S, I have covered a range of high-profile issues that are all linked in some way with buying. (more…)
The UK’s most senior bosses have admitted they are mummy’s boys. According to a survey by the adult learning website Love to Learn, nearly two out of three men who worked as chief executives, senior civil servants, surgeons and similar high-flying jobs described themselves as such.
Men with a high salary and job status were more likely to turn to their mothers for advice on key life decisions. The results compared to only one in five men in working-class professions such as casual labouring, and two in five men who described themselves as semi-skilled or manual workers. (more…)
Writing in The Daily Telegraph today, Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King said that following the discovery of horse meat in products labelled as beef, weaknesses in the food supply chain “must be addressed with urgency and rigour”.
“Every retailer and every supplier, from the small independents to the multinational players, from the processors to the food service industry in both the public and private sectors, has a duty to act,” he said. (more…)
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SM reports today, large companies are being encouraged to disclose their ‘forest footprint’ as part of the Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) project.
At the launch of the FFD Annual Review yesterday, big name brands such as Gucci and Heinz were congratulated for submitting their first report. But many organisations are put off by the high cost required to investigate the supply chain and access information. (more…)
Today health secretary Jeremy Hunt will call for the NHS to be paperless by 2018.
As well as saving the NHS billions of pounds a year through better use of IT, this is part of a move to give people access
to their health records online. (more…)
The MD of Starbucks posted a letter on the company’s website yesterday informing its customers that from now on it will pay more corporation tax in the UK – above what is currently required by tax law.
Kris Engskov said the company has learned it’s “vital to listen closely to our customers” – the news that it was avoiding paying some tax provoked outrage, with some groups boycotting the chain. And it certainly sounded like Starbucks felt it has some making up to do. (more…)
Happy Halloween! If a pumpkin is going to feature in your festivities tonight, spare a thought for its source of supply.
UK pumpkin suppliers faced a difficult growing season this year due to adverse weather, with farmers in Kent and Sussex reporting that they struggled to grow enough of the squash to supply shops. (more…)
A recent survey has suggested that your beauty regime can make or break your chances at an interview. (more…)
Dubbed ‘pup-ternity’ leave, this latest trend is sweeping across the UK, with 25 per cent of new pet owners in London believing it takes up to a month for a pooch to know its place. And it would appear Londoners are complete softies compared with Scots, who only take a week off work for a new pet. (more…)
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