News & Insight - Page 12

What is HS2? High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway service line currently in development. The line takes the form of a ‘Y’, with London at the bottom…

Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has recently announced his intention to reopen some of the train routes that were removed during the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, severing links between many towns and villages....

Last week, the BBC reported that the deadline for bids to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been extended after Birmingham's application was judged to be not fully compliant. Apparently, further assurances are requ...

Undercover footage obtained by The Guardian and ITV News recently shed light on the hygiene breaches and tampered food safety records of the 2 Sisters Food Group. This prompted the knee-jerk reaction of household name...

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into force in May 2018. The Regulations will become part of the growing legislative framework for data protection and security, and will have an impact for ever...

The winning contractors for the first phase of building works for the HS2 highspeed railway between London and Birmingham have been announced by the Government this week. Balfour Beatty, Kier and Carillion are the big...

Toblerones are smaller in size, Walker and Nescafé have increased their prices, and a third of UK businesses are drawing up plans to avoid post-Brexit tariffs. Brexit is a common concern in the procurement market, an...

Cyber Essentials is a certification scheme backed by the Government in an attempt to reduce cyber vulnerability throughout the supply chain. When implemented correctly, the security controls outlined should prevent 80...

Public sectors buyers in the UK must follow the EU rules for public procurement when issuing invitations to tender. The rules are designed to ensure equal treatment, transparency and proportionality; suppliers going i...

In 2016, BACS Payment Schemes Limited found that the average late payment debt owed to SMEs in the UK stood at £32,185. This equates to a staggering total of £26.3 billion owed to SMEs across the country.

Purdah translates as curtain in Persian, and is a term often used to describe a rolling back of civil servant activities in the period running up to an election.

- Care contracts returned to councils - Crown Commercial Services failed to deliver quality services - Current challenges for innovative procurement