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Can Small to Medium Sized Businesses (SMEs) and Public Sector Buyers Work Together to Promote UK Economic Growth? by David Shields

March 5, 2015 by colincram2013

Even in the context of recession and budget cuts, in 2013 /14 UK Government total spending accounted for 43.8% of UK GDP (Source: HM Treasury PESA Table 4.1) with procurement expenditure being approximately a third of the total expenditure at £230bn. According to figures from Department of Business Innovation and Skills, 99.9% of the estimated […]

Rosslyn Analytics Makes The Mayor of Detroit An Offer He May Not Be Able To Refuse by Jon Hansen

September 9, 2014 by piblogger

Editor’s Note: Given that the UK government was offended by the company’s offer to do a government-wide spend analysis, will UK-based Rosslyn Analytics offer of a similar service to the City of Detroit fly any better in America? “Detroit has been spending on average $100 million more than it has taken in for each of […]

Constructing the Future by Alastair Merrill

August 20, 2014 by piblogger

The Scottish Model of Procurement is increasingly recognised internationally as an innovative and successful approach to maximising the economic benefit of public procurement spend. The Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 put a statutory framework around the Model, placing sustainability at the heart of the procurement process, and recognising procurement’s significance as a strategic enabler both […]