Sir Philip Green has completed his study of Central Government procurement efficiency. To be clear he was “asked by the Prime Minister in mid August to carry out an efficiency review of Government spending, focusing on commodity procurement, property and major contracts”. You can read his report by going to the Cabinet Office website here. [...]
This morning’s Daily Telegraph blazoned it across two columns “Business facing a wave of green taxes Thousands of British businesses will be liable for significant fines and charges under a new government “green tax” scheme.” The story referred to the imminence of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme which may well be able to lay [...]
I’m delighted to report that Auditel has teamed up with one of the pre-eminent CPD training and compliance providers in UK. After a number of months of hard work, SWATUK has approved Auditel as a preferred supplier, to be recommended to their membership base and beyond. I look forward to working with SWAT UK as [...]
So Britain’s under new management – a coalition for the first time in 70 years. It will be fascinating to watch this develop and professionally instructive to see how the new government tackles the deficit and address cost-reduction in the public sector whilst we continue to tackle it in the private.
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