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The Ministry of Justice has announced the introduction of criminal legal aid funding cuts, which comes as bad news for legal aid practitioners. Minister for Justice, Chris Grayling, intends to…

Recent changes to the public sector procurement process are aiming to place even more emphasis on the quality sections of tenders. The move will see lower scores allocated to the…

Following a two year tender process run by Magnox Ltd, Executive Compass® are pleased to announce that KAEFER C&D Ltd (a subsidiary company of KAEFER) have been successful in their bid for framework contracts potenti...

Contractors have warned clients to reduce the number of firms invited to tender as the excessive levels of competition mean the chances of winning work is low.

The past couple of months have seen a great increase in the number of health and social care tenders being released, leading to increased tender writing and contract opportunities.

The UK government certification service, Constructionline, has released claims that it has saved a minimum of £165 million over the past year across both the public and private sectors through reducing duplication of...

Just under 30 local authorities and councils have ceased to put pest control services out to tender over the past two years as part of an initiative to cut down on spending and ultimately to save money in the public p...

A Scottish procurement portal is showing great success after thousands of companies in Scotland have started securing more public sector contracts.

As we enter the new financial year, and immerge from a relatively quiet spell in terms of public sector contract opportunities and PQQs, it could be said that this lull is the calm before the storm.

Changes in public sector procurement are advancing at an alarming rate. An increasing number of PQQs and Tenders now require electronic upload onto portals.

There wasn’t much new in the Conservative Party Conference last week. The usual rhetoric about public debt, being in it together and lots of ‘fighting’ talk.

Tender writing and food are two things close to my heart and so it was with interest that I watched with interest someone trying to plat fog on Saturday morning TV.