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Are we asking the impossible of public sector buyers?

July 20, 2012

Renata Towlson is senior buyer (best practice) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustSome procurement projects are becoming increasingly more complex and there are a number of good reasons for this. (more…)

The happiness index

June 6, 2012

David Noble, chief executive, Chartered Institute of Purchasing & SupplyDo we need to re-think how we measure the health of an economy? Is there more to it than balancing the books?

Following the UK’s return to recession and the mounting crisis in the Eurozone, numerous column inches have been written by economists on what the financial statistics actually mean and what fiscal policies are needed to stimulate growth and turn the numbers around.
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