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Dingwall cleans up at William HillThe bookmaker's contract manager has cut the company's cleaning bill by £8 million and boosted recycling by changing company purchasing culture. 09 February 2012
Government to investigate late payment of suppliersUK business minister announces business representative will run a prompt-payment working group. 09 February 2012
Event buyers short on supplies ahead of London 2012The Glastonbury Festival is not being held this year in part because equipment costs would have been too high. 06 February 2012
Noble appoints head of hard commoditiesWilliam Randall takes on the commodity giant's hard energy, metals, minerals and ores businesses, plus a seat on the board. 06 February 2012
Potato farmers to give buyers a helping handIt is becoming easier for suppliers to calculate the CO2 emissions of their spuds and for buyers to check the quality of their produce. 05 February 2012
WTO rules China must open up raw material exportsBuyers are expected to benefit from lower prices after the country was told to lift its export restrictions. 04 February 2012
Buyers save healthy £2.7m for London NHS trustsNHS co-operative implements e-procurement to make massive savings for five primary care trusts in the capital. 02 February 2012
Pick n Pay boycotts 'expensive' suppliersThe South African retailer has removed products from stores in Swaziland and South Africa until suppliers lower prices. 02 February 2012
Buyers split over what to tell suppliers about foreign haulier useHalf of those responding to the SM100 poll said they would encourage suppliers to use UK haulage firms instead of foreign hauliers, the other half would not. 01 February 2012
Businesses plan to boost procurement spendProfessional services identified as highest priority spend category. 31 January 2012
Lack of IT integration hinders supply chain efficiencyConstruction and engineering firms say chief cause of supply chain inefficiencies is lack of integration of processes and IT systems. 31 January 2012
Copper costs cause increase in railway cable theftFrom 2009 to now, high demand has pushed copper prices from around $3,500 per tonne to $8,500 per tonne at their highest point. 30 January 2012
Apple CEO promises to ''dig deeper'' into supply chain issues"What we will not do, and never have done, is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain," Tim Cook told staff in an email. 28 January 2012
Church aims to save parishes £10 millionA new online buying portal will give 13,000 parishes access to framework agreements for IT software, energy and photocopying. 27 January 2012
Climate change presents a 'material risk' to the supply chainA report warns the majority of organisations have not faced up to the problems and disruption that a changing climate will cause to business operations. 27 January 2012

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Source of concernHow far you take responsible procurement through your supply chain depends on the potential risks or benefits, says Shaun McCarthy 27 August 2009
On your marksIt's essential to have the right supplier, but how do you decide who's fit for the job? Peter Smith examines the pros and cons of a few approaches to assessing bids and tenders 22 October 2009

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Time for some serious supply chain risk assessment
There has never been a point at which procurement professionals need monitor the financial health of their supply chains more closely, says Nick Hood.