
While I was away last week, a couple of interesting NHS procurement stories hit the press. We wrote about the problems at social care provider […]
While I was away last week, a couple of interesting NHS procurement stories hit the press. We wrote about the problems at social care provider […]
The county of Surrey is gaining an unwanted reputation for screwing up NHS commissioning-type procurement exercises. After Virgin won £2 million in damages last year, […]
We are seeing a rash of supplier challenges to major government procurement exercises at the moment. One of the most interesting is Serco’s challenge to […]
At the recent HCSA conference we heard from Andrew Daly, a partner at law firm Hempsons and an expert in public procurement regulations. We covered […]
You may remember that Virgin Care successfully pursued a court case against Surrey County Council and six Surrey health bodies (clinical commissioning groups). That followed […]
The Register (and other sources) reported recently on a fascinating case that highlighted a number of issues – the commission paid to software sales people […]
It was only a couple of weeks ago that we mentioned here the potential for a conflict of interest on the HS2 rail project in […]
A UK employment tribunal on Friday decided that two Uber drivers had a valid claim to be employed by the firm. Uber claimed that the […]
We wrote yesterday about the dispute between Volkswagen and two of its key suppliers which has led to production of Golf cars being suspended for […]
Continuing Marie-Claire Kidd's report on the Kath Harmeston / Co-op employment tribunal case - part 1 was here. In the tribunal, Harmeston exposed Pippa Wicks’ […]
We have now read the 65-page judgement in the Kath Harmeston unfair dismissal case so we can clarify what was somewhat confusing reporting last week. […]
Today, the Manchester Employment Tribunal has found in favour of the Co-operative Group in relation to the unfair dismissal case brought by Kath Harmeston, its […]