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Raising the profile of procurement fraud

January 18, 2013

In 2012 we trained many organisations both in the UK and across the globe on how to mitigate and identify procurement fraud and there has definitely been some consistent themes.

There is still a lack of profile in many boardrooms around the risk procurement fraud presents despite the National Fraud Authority highlighting figures of substantial losses attributed to procurement fraud. (more…)

Have I missed something?

May 16, 2012

The implications of two recent headlines appear to have escaped the procurement profession’s attention. One news story was the UK government expects to save more than £5 billion this year after a round of “tough contract negotiations” with suppliers. The other was that according to the National Fraud Authority, procurement fraud is costing the public sector £2.3 billion. (more…)