The Business and Accounting Software Developers Association (Basda) is to launch an international standard business document interface for electronic business.
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The Business and Accounting Software Developers Association (Basda) is to launch an international standard business document interface for electronic business.
Cost overruns and delays continue to beset the Ministry of Defence’s “smart procurement” initiative, according to the National Audit Office. The Major Projects Report said the cost of the top 25 programmes is £2.8 billion more than the MoD forecast of £38 billion.
The government’s proposed climate change levy (CCL) is set to cost £256 per employee for major energy users.
In a survey conducted by the Energy Information Centre (EIC), 100 major energy users complained that the levy would cost them £116 million.
In a survey conducted by the Energy Information Centre (EIC), 100 major energy users complained that the levy would cost them £116 million.
International express distribution is set for a major upsurge over the next decade - outstripping global economic growth, according to a new report.
A Cranfield School of Management study confirms predictions that express delivery could grow by 18 per cent by 2015.
A Cranfield School of Management study confirms predictions that express delivery could grow by 18 per cent by 2015.
After cancelling 69 supplier contracts last year for failing to meet its ethical, health, safety and environmental standards, Dutch-Anglo oil group, Royal Dutch-Shell, has revealed it is also unhappy with the “unethical” behaviour of some of its large Europe-based suppliers.
An insular geographic structure helped to fuel the decline of Railtrack, Martyn Pellew, director of Unipart Rail’s logistics division, told delegates. The company’s seven “zones” across the UK were a prime example of financial isolationism, in which overlapping profit centres infringed upon each other and best practice was not always passed on, he said.
NHS Supplies cut purchasing costs in the health service by £113.4 million last year, exceeding the Department of Health’s target for savings of £82.5 million. An NHS Supplies spokesperson said the reductions, unveiled last month in its annual report, were achieved by replacing regional and local contracts with national agreements and by benchmarking prices in specific areas.
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