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  • Public valuesProfessor Benon Basheka from the Uganda Management Institute is a writer, presenter and academic, and a speaker at this month's CIPS Pan African Conference. SM spoke to him ahead of the event. 09 May 2013
  • The Bottom Line: doing business with governmentsBBC Radio 4, 7 March, 2 stars. 11 April 2013
  • Savings from the centreThe Government Procurement Service is an executive agency of the Cabinet Office. It provides savings for the UK public sector delivering centralised procurement for central government departments. Steve Bagshaw interviews its managing director, David Shields. 08 November 2012
  • Engaging youthRather than cut support services for 13-19-year-olds 
in Surrey, procurement helped to transform them, 
while simultaneously saving jobs and money. 11 October 2012
  • Public relationsThe procurement profession is less than 10 years old in Uganda, where the PPDA regulates its activity. Rebecca Ellinor asks executive director, Cornelia Sabiiti, to explain its achievements and challenges. 11 October 2012
  • Performance must match paymentSM had an exclusive opportunity to sit down with the government's newly appointed chief procurement officer Bill Crothers. He explains his priorities and the challenges he faces to Paul Snell. 07 August 2012
  • Fixing Britain: The Business of Reshaping Our NationBy Lord Digby Jones and Michael Wilson John Wiley & Sons, £9.99 07 August 2012
  • Civil obedienceThe government aims 
to boost compliance to travel policies with the launch of its latest framework agreement. So what separates this 
from previous deals? 10 May 2012
  • 'Who can afford sovereignty?'Rebecca Ellinor speaks to the man who has been given responsibility for helping to improve procurement at councils across England and finds out what he considers "the big problem" to be. 10 May 2012
  • Excellence in Public Sector ProcurementStuart Emmett and Paul Wright, Cambridge Academic, £16.95, 3 stars. 10 May 2012
  • A Supply Chain Management Guide to Business ContinuityBetty Kildow, McGraw-Hill Professional, £26.99, 3 stars. 10 May 2012
  • We just 
get on and do itNorland provides facilities management for buildings including Wembley Stadium, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Greater London Authority. Rebecca Ellinor speaks to procurement director Rachel Lee about how she runs its purchasing operation. 15 March 2012
  • Web Exclusive: The four factors for successful public purchasingHow can public sector procurement improve value for money? Tom McGuffog explains. 05 March 2012
  • Green GiantThe NHS is taking strides to promote sustainable practice among suppliers and staff and with its vast purchasing power, any changes it makes 
could have a significant impact, says Anita Boniface. 16 February 2012
  • Power steeringIn order to get the best out of 
your procurement team, you first 
need to empower them. 17 January 2012
  • Going publicNo stranger to criticism, public sector procurement in the UK has come in for a raft of high-profile, negative reports over the years. But is this all about to change? Steve Bagshaw examines the evidence. 10 November 2011
  • Your president needs youNew CIPS president David Smith explains to 
Rebecca Ellinor how he plans to make procurement and supply management a career of choice for all ages. 10 November 2011
  • File on 4: NHS ProcurementBBC Radio 4, 27 September, 8pm. 2 stars. 10 November 2011
  • Back to blackThe South African government is making changes to its black economic empowerment supplier qualification policy that could reduce dishonesty in the system and result in economic development. Alan Jewson reports 08 September 2011
  • Working towards changeDavid Smith and John Michalski tell Rebecca Ellinor about the crucial part played by procurement in delivering an essential piece of the UK government's welfare reform 11 August 2011
  • A combined forceBringing together the best parts of government buying, John Collington is creating a new mood of collaboration. Rebecca Ellinor meets the government's first chief procurement officer 14 July 2011
  • Negotiating the hurdlesBill Crothers, Home Office commercial director on how the UK government renegotiated contracts with its largest suppliers 05 July 2011
  • The shape of things to comePublic sector purchasers should embrace the opportunity to co-design local services, says Andrew Forzani from Surrey County Council 09 June 2011
  • Blaze a trail for enterpriseThe goods and services that government purchases, the way it buys them and the terms it agrees to are all going to change, finds Rebecca Ellinor 17 March 2011
  • Competitive Dialogue - a practical guideBy Michael Burnett and Martin Oder European Institute of Public Administration, €120 5 stars 17 March 2011
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