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Category Management in Purchasing (second edition)Jonathan O'Brien, Kogan Page, £49.99, 4 stars. 09 May 2013
How to Succeed with PeoplePaul McGee, Capstone, £10.99, 4 stars. 09 May 2013
The Bottom Line: doing business with governmentsBBC Radio 4, 7 March, 2 stars. 11 April 2013
Business ScotlandBBC Radio 4, 30 March, 4 stars. 11 April 2013
We Are All LeadersBy Fredrik Arnander, £12.99, Capstone, 4 stars. 14 March 2013
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (Eighth Edition)Kenneth Lysons & Brian Farrington, £52.99, Pearson, 4 stars. 14 March 2013
Grow the CoreBy David Taylor, Wiley, £18.99, 4 stars. 14 February 2013
Beyond The CallMarc Woods and  Steve Coomber, Wiley, £14.99, 4 stars. 14 February 2013
Build, Borrow or BuyBy Laurence Capron &  Will Mitchell; Harvard Business Review Press; £21.99; four stars. 17 January 2013
Show Me What You're Made Of: JeansCBBC, 1 January 2013, four stars. 17 January 2013
The Leadership ChallengeBy James Kouzes &  Barry Posner, £19.99, Jossey Bass, 4 stars. 13 December 2012
Practical Contract ManagementBy Ray Carter, Steve Kirby and Alan Oxenbury, £19.99, Cambridge Academic, 2 stars. 13 December 2012
House of LiesSky Atlantic, Tuesdays 10pm, 2 stars. 08 November 2012
Dragons' DenBBC2, Sundays 9pm, 4 stars. 11 October 2012
The Trustworthy LeaderBy Amy Lyman, Jossey Bass, £18.99, 3 stars. 13 September 2012
Contract and Commercial Management: The Operational GuideBy IACCM Van Haren Publishing, £54.99 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
The little black book of innovationBy Scott D Anthony 10 July 2012
Beyond PerformanceBy Scott Keller and Colin Price 09 July 2012
The future of value: How sustainability creates value through competitive differentiationBy Eric Lowitt Jossey Bass, £21.99 19 June 2012
Managing indirect spendThis book is a professional resource, written to provide knowledge and essential 07 June 2012
A Supply Chain Management Guide to Business ContinuityBetty Kildow, McGraw-Hill Professional, £26.99, 3 stars. 10 May 2012
Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the  American DreamLeonard Greenhalgh and James Lowry, Stanford University Press, £52.50, 4 stars 12 April 2012
Responsible ProcurementAlis Sindberg Hemmingsen & Henning, De Haas, 3 stars 12 April 2012
SCPrime: The Journey to Supply Chain ExcellenceCrimson & Co, £45, 3 stars 15 March 2012
The Anywhere LeaderMike Thompson, £16.99, Jossey-Bass, 2 stars. 16 February 2012
Young ApprenticeBBC1, Mondays 9pm, 2 stars. 11 January 2012
The Intuitive Compass: Why the best decisions balance reason and instinctFrancis P Cholle,  Jossey-Bass, £18.99, 3 stars. 11 January 2012
Sun Tzu for Women  The Art of War for Winning  in BusinessBecky  Sheetz-Runkle, Adams Media, £9.99, 4 stars. 08 December 2011
Poorly Made in ChinaPaul Midler, John Wiley & Sons, £11.99, 4 stars. 08 December 2011
Dragons' Den: The Art  of NegotiationBBC2, 2 October, 6pm. 2 stars 10 November 2011
File on 4: NHS ProcurementBBC Radio 4, 27 September, 8pm. 2 stars. 10 November 2011
Made in IndiaBBC Radio 4, Sunday, 21 August, 9.30 p.m., 4 stars 06 October 2011
Buying Just Like The Ancient GreeksBob Soames Buy Research Publications, £12.50 1 star 08 September 2011
Dispatches: How to buy a football clubChannel 4, Monday 18 July, 8pm 3 out of 5 11 August 2011
The Food ProgrammeBBC Radio 4, Sunday 17 July, 12.30pm 4 out of 5 11 August 2011
Made in BritainBBC2, Mondays, 8pm 2 out of 5 14 July 2011
Secrets of the SuperbrandsBBC3, Tuesdays, 9pm 4 out of 5 14 July 2011
The ApprenticeBBC1, Wednesdays, 9pm, 4 out of 5 07 June 2011
Business Nightmares with Evan DavisBBC2, Mondays, 8pm, 4 out of 5 07 June 2011
Britain's Next Big ThingBBC2, Tuesdays, 8pm, 4 out of 5 12 May 2011
Overview of the PMBOK Guideby Deasún Ó Conchúir, Springer, £35.99, 5 stars 12 May 2011
Getting MoreBy Stuart Diamond Viking, £14.99 4 stars 14 April 2011
What You  See is What You Getby Lord Alan Sugar  MacMillan, £20 5 out of 5 06 January 2011
Strategic Procurementby Caroline Booth  Kogan Page, £19.99 5 out of 5 09 December 2010
The Bottom Line Plan BBBC Radio 4, 11 November 4 out of 5 09 December 2010
Organisation Culture - Getting it Rightby Naomi Stanford Economist, £12.99 4 out of 5 28 October 2010
The ApprenticeBBC1, Wednesdays, 9pm 4 out of 5 28 October 2010
Cut costs not cornersBy Colin Barrow Kogan Page, £12.99 4 out of 5 30 September 2010
Dispatches: How the MoD Wastes Our BillionsChannel 4, 20 September 3 out of 5 30 September 2010
Winning Consultancy BusinessJohn Pope, Hothive Books, £13.99 05 November 2009
Category Management in PurchasingJonathan O'Brien Kogan Page, £50 22 October 2009

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Procurement must build trust to get a seat on the board"We must look at ourselves and say, do people trust procurement? They expect to deal with professionals who exhibit integrity and competence," Edward Siwela, from the Institute of Directors Zimbabwe.
Strategy key to maximising valueNat Maelane, procurement director at Sappi Southern Africa, told the CIPS Pan African Conference that strategy "sets the tone for everything you want to do with procurement".

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