There have been interesting developments in terms of procurement of PPE in several European countries. Last month, the Times reported that magistrates in Italy had ordered the seizure of property […]
Readers of the Financial Times (or the Sydney Morning Herald) will be well up to speed with the events at Greensill Capital, a leading provider of supply chain finance funding […]
(I asked CCS if they wanted to comment on this article and they said no). The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is the central buying organisation for the UK government – […]
Bad buying takes many forms, and there is a risk we might see a new driver for poor procurement emerging in the coming months and years. The problems are avoidable, […]
Just before the end of 2020, the UK government issued a Green Paper on the future of public procurement regulations post Brexit. I know, it sounds dull, but before you […]
So what do we make of the UK schools lunch food box scandal? It all started with a mother posting a picture on social media of what she said were […]
Earlier this month the first Proctopus Christmas Party and Awards evening took place in the glittering surroundings of … Zoom. Proctopus is an informal group, largely LinkedIn based, that has […]
The second UK National Audit Office report on pandemic procurement was issued recently. Titled “The supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic” it focuses entirely on PPE. […]
The fraud section in my new book was great fun to write. I know you can’t and shouldn’t call fraud “fun” in any sense, but the case studies I researched […]