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The government has been called upon to ensure that a forthcoming procurement exercise for the supply of temporary and fixed term healthcare staff balances cost control and safety issues is carried out in an appropriate manner....
Categories: Healthcare, Public Sector
The higher education sector will need to implement higher standards of transparency in purchasing operations in order to meet growing demands to make savings....
Categories: Education, Public Sector
Procurement processes in the public sector need to do more to foster innovation in order to achieve savings and wider economic benefits....
Categories: Central Government, Public Sector
The government has pledged to do more to tackle the problem of procurement fraud, following a report showing that these crimes cost the public sector £2.3 billion last year....
Categories: Central Government, Public Sector
Interim manager recruitment levels in the public sector are likely to rebound in the second half of this year, according to the Interim Management Association (IMA)....
Categories: Central Government, Public Sector
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has underlined the essential role better management will play in the improvement of UK educational standards....
Categories: Education, Public Sector
Two councils in the south-east of England are set to unlock significant savings and efficiency benefits through the adoption of a new shared service model....
Categories: Local Government, Public Sector
Nine local authorities in London will be aiming to achieve major savings between now and 2015 through a new joint procurement scheme....
Categories: Local Government, Public Sector
The government has outlined a series of new measures that will make it easier for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to win government procurement contracts....
Categories: Central Government, Public Sector
The Cabinet Office has announced the details of a new Civil Service training contract that will be the first to mandate greater levels of competitiveness in public sector procurement....
Categories: Central Government, Public Sector
