... contracts. The OFT is carrying out further research before making recommendations for action early next year. The initial findings come ... from smaller suppliers and limit procurement’s ability to switch suppliers quickly when needed. The Office of Government Commerce ...

... teams and providing huge support to those who want to switch to a direct resourcing model. Katharine Robinson, also known as ... is the content-sharing platform Pinterest and it is also making use of QR codes. “Pinterest is a new one for us but we’ve set up an ...

... of reasons: A direct result of high overall costs to switch parts to a different capable supplier. This may, for example, be because ... to move up the chain by assembling modules rather than just making parts. As a result, the engineering company won a multi-year cost ...

... opportunity to integrate finance into management decision-making. Lots of expensive lessons have been learned over the years about the ... Some years ago, it was sometimes regarded as a one-way switch out of a central finance career. A service finance manager would find it ...

... extra staff. So what is driving companies to switch their recruitment in-house? Rebecca Birs, recruitment manager at the ... lives building relationships with candidates, for example, making telephone calls on Sunday nights, and candidates will take their ...

... different firms — those that focus on potential when making hiring decisions will hire better people faster than those that focus on ... recruitment success will require agility from recruiters to switch from regular hot spots such as Asia-Pacific to less common zones (eg ...

... Frankly, I am perplexed. I am trying to spot the benefits of making the changes suggested. To explain: the government’s thinking is to ... sake? We have done our sums. On the proposal to switch enforcement through ETs I can’t see any savings in either time or ...

... gurus call it ‘sticking to your knitting’.” Before making any business case for outsourcing, it is important to assess what you want to achieve by making the switch. “The operational benefits are numerous; just be clear on what you are ...

... could be an attractive option. The option of making a claim in the UK is available to some employees despite the fact ... Recruitment agents and their clients cannot switch off from discrimination issues when dealing with the recruitment, or ...

... “but a large number have successfully made the switch to the euro.” Many automotive suppliers are reluctant to talk about ... Several automotive suppliers are already using the euro, making political decisions over whether to adopt the single currency, in ...