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  • CIPS News - May 2013Sustainability Index launched; Mitie hits gold in ethical procurement; SAQA names CIPS lead qualifications authority in SA; Extract from trustees' draft report 2011-12; Annual general meeting notice.
  • Thinking aheadFrom improving your handwriting to practising questions, preparation is essential if you want to succeed.
  • Public sector training benefits allIncreasing skills in the public sector is vital to meet future challenges, but this training has further advantages.
  • Manufacturing expansion slows againThe capacity of UK manufacturing to meet rising demand improved in June, but could not stop the sector's growth falling to its lowest level since September 2009.
  • Strategic sourcing in the public sectorPart of the fourth of Supply Management's series of guides to the basics of purchasing and supply, which covers the key steps to implementing an efficient sourcing strategy.
  • Customer satisfactionAs the public sector faces huge cuts, Michelle Reid explains the ways in which customer involvement in areas such as housing can be a huge step to achieving value for money.
  • Threat of public spending cuts slows manufacturing growthUK manufacturing is growing at its slowest rate in nine months, according to the latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers' Index.
  • Be up-front about payment termsHaving evaluated a pre-qualification questionnaire with a limited response, I am concerned about a potential supplier's financial position. Our organisation is not prepared to pay this vendor up front if it wins the contract. How can I keep the tender fair?
  • UK construction growth continuesActivity is increasing at its strongest rate since 2007, but public spending cuts are likely to hit the sector.
  • Adding social valueA UK public sector buyer and a supplier explain how supported employment puts the 's' in CSR, and makes good business sense
  • Strategic thinkingI am drafting a five-year procurement strategy for a unitary local authority. I have my own ideas to call on, as well as national initiatives, audit reports and the council's corporate strategies, but are there any templates or methodologies out there that could help? Head of procurement, Greater London

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  • House of Commons seeks procurement chiefThe successful candidate will act as a point of contact for the House of Commons and House of Lords on procurement for construction works across the parliamentary estate.
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  • 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
  • Beacon of progressSurrey's streetlight-buying strategy has delivered savings, allowed more effective monitoring and cut the county's carbon emissions 30 September 2010
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