Stalinist sausage standardisation?
October 11, 2010
Ahead of my blog reacting to the full report from Sir Philip Green published later today, please find a couple of teasers below…
The purchasing and supply website
Posts tagged Sir Philip Green
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Pooling ideas on spend
August 31, 2010
At the risk of sounding preoccupied with the UK public sector, we can’t ignore developments of the past few weeks.
The Audit Commission is to be scrapped, 44,000 cost-saving ideas have been posted on the UK Spending Challenge website, and two big hitters have been appointed to spearhead the latest efficiency effort.
John Collington, now former Home Office commercial director, was expected to take up his post as head of procurement in the Cabinet Office’s new Efficiency and Reform Group yesterday. And Sir Philip Green, the chief of clothing retailer Arcadia Group, has been asked by prime minister David Cameron to lead an external review of government spending. (more…)
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