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I never cease to be amazed at the power of Mr Smith’s brain. No – not you Peter – the other Mr Smith – primary […]

Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public procurement and the public sector market. On […]

Last year, consumer research firm Mintel predicted the UK would spend £419 million on Halloween, up by 5% from the year before, on sweets/chocolate, costumes […]

We can't comment on every press release that hits our desks, but here are a few market news stories this week that we thought we […]

Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public procurement and the public sector market. On […]

In part 1, Peter Smith talked about the fifth age of procurement – the theme of his keynote at riskmethods  Supply Chain Risk Management Summit.   The fifth age […]

We weren’t able attend the riskmethods Supply Chain Risk Management Summit last week, but our good friend Peter Smith was there presenting a keynote - […]

We can't comment on every press release that hits our desks, but here are a few market news stories this week that we thought we […]

The measure of a successful event is in great part the fact it grew in attendee numbers from the previous year. This was the case […]

Talent shortage and talent management have been on the agenda of procurement leadership teams for many years. Tom Graham (pictured), a consultant in the Procurement and Supply Chain practice […]

Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public procurement and the public sector market. It […]

The sad news of the collapse of Thomas Cook this morning, after 178 years of trading, has filled the front page of nearly every UK […]