Category: Procurement

Demand for purchasing and procurement professionals at all levels has increased sharply compared to 2010, according to figures published by CIPS and recruitment agency Hays Procurement. The figures showed that [...]

Military equipment purchasing should be recognised as a professional career path for officers, a Labour party review has said. The review, conducted by the Shadow Defence Team, recommends the creation [...]

There are not enough candidates entering the purchasing profession, despite increasing demand for graduate and mid-level purchasers. Duncan Ward, operations director of procurement and supply chain at recruitment consultants Badenoch & [...]

Many small businesses are not aware of the benefits that procurement knowledge can bring to their business, according to a consultant. Ray Newall, who co-authored a book on spend management [...]

Public sector buyers in Jersey must improve their purchasing skills  to help deliver £65 million savings targets over the next three years, the Chief Executive of Jersey's government has said. [...]

The UK government must double its procurement spend with small and medium sized businesses to meet its target of giving them 25 percent of all opportunities. The government set the [...]

Public sector procurement processes are "antithetical" to innovation, settling for “proven solutions” from “existing suppliers” and missing opportunities to develop innovative new products and services, according to a report by [...]

The UK jobs market for purchasing professionals outperformed most other professions during the second quarter of 2011, and looks set to improve further. Research by Edbury Daley showed that recruitment [...]

The salaries of people working in purchasing and procurement have remained higher on average than equivalent level positions in other areas of business such as marketing, HR, sales, finance and [...]