Having just completed a busy procurement conference season this Autumn, we were intrigued by this guest article from Bastiaan van Drempt of Coact Consulting. Coact Consulting […]
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Consulting Firms – Sometimes a Difficult Position for Procurement
McKinsey is arguably the most impressive, influential and successful consulting firm in the world. (Declaration of interest; I passed all their tests some 25 years […]
Exclusive – Lot 1 of Crown Commercial Service Consultancy Framework Scrapped
We picked up last week that the Crown Commercial Service framework for Management Consultancy services has run into problems. An email was sent out to […]
Palambridge – Innovative Model for Firm Entering Procurement Consulting Marketplace
There have been a couple of interesting developments in the consulting and professional services world in the past two weeks - one very much UK-based, […]
Exclusive – Crown Commercial Service Backs Down on Consulting Price Cuts
We understand that the UK government’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has backed down from its threats to exclude consulting firms from the ConsultancyOne contract extension […]
Down the Procurement Pub with Achilles, Capita, MCA and GO Awards, and Peace
Oddly enough, I haven’t done much pubbing recently, in part because I'm trying the 5:2 diet. Shall I bore you about that? Maybe not today. […]
Exclusive – Now UK Government Is Accused of Supplier Bullying as it Demands Price Reductions!
After organisations such as Tesco and Premier Foods were criticised for demanding additional payments from suppliers, and Heinz and Sainsbury’s (amongst others) were similarly taken […]