Monthly Archives: June 2015

Our professional help and support to fellow professionals We exist in business to provide sensitive and continuous support to fellow professionals. Procurement can be a very lonely place, as we are often told. Challenges abound, often requiring solutions that are innovative and long lasting. When you need a quiet discussion, who can you trust to […]

  A cold freeze on the way! Outsource and be damned – A political hot potato Our research is never ending, not only to keep up with procurement developments but to share information with you fellow professionals. We promise not to mention the general election but you will recall that more than one political party […]

So we’re all set for our next event on Thursday at the Emirates Old Trafford. 15 senior procurement professionals are joining me, Ray and, of course, Brian to invest their time in exploring “Procurement in a Radical Change Role!” You know what? We were a touch concerned about the ‘appetite’ from CPOs and company directors […]

To the Chinese this is the Year of the Horse.  On the first of April we start the New Financial Year for Public Sector bodies. Will this be the Year of the Procurement Audit? Here is why it is likely! In November 2013, the Audit Commission in its report “Protecting the Public Purse” stated that […]

New Year, New Thresholds, New Rules. What will 2014 bring? No doubt there will be a plethora of foretelling, forecasting and foreclosures. But Who, Where, When and Why will not be foretold by us. The “What” however, is where we can offer some certainty. As of the first of January 2014 a change in EU […]

The Fraudulent Lifestyle Our recent commentary on “who is checking the buyer’s lifestyle” has, it seems touched some raw nerves. One of our respondents has asked “how do you check a lifestyle?” it is a very perceptive question. Of course, there are a whole variety of investigative techniques and we do not believe it is […]

Crown Prosecution Service – Taxi Fraud It was widely reported in last week’s press that two Crown Prosecution Service workers were each jailed for six years, for swindling £1million from the taxpayers in fake taxi receipts. It was reported that the fraud was uncovered after an annual audit, and, that two previous audits had not uncovered the […]