What value do you place on your waste?
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The ‘Government Review of Waste Policy in England 2011’ was published 14th June by the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (defra). The document has been on its way for about a year and the minister responsible is...
The Good, the Bad, and….
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
According to new figures from the Telecoms regulator, OFCOM, TalkTalk is the most complained about comms company. OFCOM receives around 450 complaints every day from consumers, mostly relating to billing problems, customer service and mis-selling. The best supplier...
National Pharmacy Association
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is the representative body for the community pharmacy trade in the UK and, in addition to supplying a range of ancillary pharmacy support products at competitive prices, it seeks to support its members by...
Friday, February 18th, 2011
Have you ever wondered why it costs so much more to call a mobile number than a normal landline number? Mobile Network Operators are allowed to charge a “Mobile Termination Fee” (MTF) for all landlines to mobile calls and cross...
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
In part I of The Benefits of Effective Procurement, I have outlined some of the findings the Aberdeen Group, a US based research organisation, has recently published on what distinguishes best-in-class procurement teams from the average performers and laggards....
Monday, February 7th, 2011
For many industry sectors and organisations, the recession has highlighted the need for cost savings achieved through proactive sourcing and contract negotiations. However, this does not necessarily address the problem of sustainable effective procurement processes and ‘best in class’...
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
The VAT increase to 20% is only days away now and will automatically add some 2.13% to many overheads charities incur. This is on top of the traditional round of annual price increases at the beginning of January for...
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Have you been told that your card payment processing charges are going up? There is widespread evidence that most of the major merchant acquirers are imposing – or trying to impose - price increases across great swathes of their customer bases. The...
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
If not… You will find it challenging in the extreme to optimise your overhead costs In many businesses and organisations strategic costs are controlled by procurement professionals in a purchasing or buying department. But who buys the non-strategic services and...
Walther Electrics
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Plugging profit leaks for Walther Electrics Walther Electrics Ltd is an industry leader in the manufacture of industrial plugs and sockets. It, like most companies, operates in a competitive market place and as a result it needs to keep its...