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The story of Birmingham prison is incredible, and not in a good way. Prisoners basically have been running the place, with drugs openly taken and […]

We’ve featured Allan Watton many times over the years. He and his firm, Best Practice Group, are genuinely deep experts in major outsource service contracts, […]

The sixty-four million dollar question is this - what exactly is “fair”? “Fairness” in procurement has come up recently in several concepts, from the discussion […]

As this is published, I will be hacking my way around an unsuspecting golf course on a charity day – my second round in two […]

Yesterday we started telling you about the keynote from Sue Williams at ProcureCon Indirect last week. Williams is an experienced hostage negotiator, but gave us […]

If you saw Sue Williams in the street, you couldn't possibly know what an important role she plays in society. She appears to be a […]

We pointed out in our recent newsletter that there are always different ways of looking at world events. The pessimist sees Brexit turmoil, a struggling […]

Many observers wondered why Simona Halep wore a plain red dress, without sponsors logo, for the Australian Open tennis tournament which finished at the weekend. […]

Well, the pub was before the gig (pictured here). A remarkedly deserted John Salt bar in Upper Street, Islington with Jane and Guy Allen, ex […]

Please note this is not an article aimed purely at public sector readers, even if it starts off sounding that way!  But we have been […]

What is a reasonable level of income for a partner in a large professional services firm like PwC or Deloitte? According to the Times a […]

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