It is eight years ago since I posed the question “If Tesco managed its procurement like the UK public sector, would it still be in business?”
A result of that was Towards Tesco, the report I produced for the Institute of Directors, which argued for: (more…)
I have been arguing for a centralised model for public procurement for many years, so I’m pleased someone has finally noticed. For the past quarter of a century or so there have been reasonable government procurement policies that have largely failed to be implemented because there has been no mechanism for doing so, and there have been all sorts of problems with some major spends. With public sector procurement spend worth roughly £3,500 to each member of the UK population, this is a huge amount of money not to be managing coherently to deliver value for money and economic growth. (more…)
In or out of the European Union? That is the question David Cameron has promised to give the people of the UK the chance to answer.
In a speech at Bloomberg HQ this morning, the Prime Minister said his party would put negotiating a better deal for Britain’s role in the EU, front and centre of its manifesto for 2015.
If successful in winning a majority, it would then launch a referendum, simply asking should Britain be in or out of the EU. By extension, the referendum would also be asking whether or not EU procurement rules would continue to impact on UK buyers. (more…)
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