Monthly Archives: April 2013

What are the CCG’s doing about value?

Friday, April 12th, 2013

One special challenge facing NHS commissioning right now (snowy Spring 2013) is the policy being ‘driven’ by people from the healthcare sector. Defining value for money includes facets of clinical, financial and social value. The intangibles and qualitative aspects  – and how to measure them – doesn’t make it easy. A good starting point for […]

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Have you got the right procurement team in place to meet your business challenges for 2013?

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

Have you got the right procurement team in place to meet your business challenges for 2013? Many of our clients are now forecasting budgets and headcount in order to meet their business objectives for the year ahead.  Has your current team got the right people with the right skills to meet the challenges you face? […]

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Changing The Gears of Selling

Monday, November 12th, 2012

An ICAC report dated October 2012, “Investigation into allegations that staff from a number of Local Councils and other public authorities accepted secret benefits from suppliers and that staff from the local councils facilitated payment of false invoices from suppliers”, included revelatory findings. In some quarters there is a ‘heads in the sand’ mentality where, […]

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“Cutting Edge” Commercial Management Training & Development Directory: Develop Your Skills

Sunday, September 30th, 2012

Brian Farrington Ltd – Training Directory Our ‘blue-chip’ clients have the choice of the World’s leading training organisations. The fact they have chosen our expertise is, we believe, a testimony to our abilities. We have been training providers for over 30 years, presenting literally hundreds of courses. The courses detailed here are an indication of our […]

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Interserve and sustainable procurement

Monday, September 3rd, 2012

Interserve achieves gold in world’s first standard for sustainable procurement. Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has been successfully assessed by Brian Farrington Ltd, using proprietary metrics of evaluation against BS 8903:2010, the world’s first standard for sustainable procurement. The Support Services procurement team was awarded the BFL Gold Standard with an overall […]

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How suppliers rip-off the unwary

Monday, September 3rd, 2012

How suppliers rip-off the unwary Brian Farrington Ltd,  the authors of Farrington-Lysons “Purchasing and Supply Chain Management”, the recognised procurement text for 28 years now in its eighth edition warmly invite you to our next roundtable event “How suppliers rip-off the unwary”. We are the UK’s consulting and training leader in the areas of sustainability […]

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Procurement specialist recognised for Olympics support

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

Procurement specialist recognised for Olympics support Stephen Ashcroft of Sustainable Procurement specialists Brian Farrington Ltd has been selected to be included in an exhibition to highlight the Northwest region’s contribution to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Thousands of people from across the Northwest have been directly involved in projects connected with the Games and the […]

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