Prioritisation Matters – A Story about my Phone
I’ve been intending to tell this story for a couple of months now, but prevarication is a terrible thing, as we will see. I owned – well, I still do […]
Entries by Peter Smith
A Walk Through HS2
It is a while since I wrote about the UK’s infinite rail transport money pit, also known as HS2. When I first started criticising it years ago, based on my […]
My Manifesto for Public Procurement
I commented recently on the major UK political parties’ manifestos in terms of their procurement ideas, and literally thousands of readers – well, one or two – said “so what […]
PPE and the UK taxpayer get burnt (again)
A new BBC investigation finds huge amounts of PPE still being disposed of.
The Minister for Public Procurement Speaks!
Yes, as we’re into the UK election campaign now, articles for the next few weeks may well have a political theme I’m afraid. Alex Burghart has been in his role […]
Labour Wants to Use “PFI” – Please Be Careful!
As we’re into the election period in the UK, the Labour Party is promising capital investment (in roads for instance) but saying that much of the money will apparently come […]
Guildford Council “Fraud” – WTF?!
An alleged fraud at Guildford Council exposes major failures in procurement and financial management.
Avoiding Bad Buying in UK Local Councils
As the results come in from local elections in England, it is clear that basically the country just wants the Conservative Party to go, the sooner the better. I don’t […]
Memories of Charlie Hurley – Negotiating with your Hero!
Charlie Hurley passed away on April 22nd at the age of 87. That name will mean nothing to most people but to football fans of a certain generation, and in […]
What Happened to Ethics, we ask “Professional” Services Providers!
Bad buying obviously covers every potentially sector and category, but I have had a long interest in professional services spend and procurement for many years, including as co-author of “Buying […]