News & Insight - Page 10

Procuring for Good, a new report published by Social Enterprise UK, has researched how councils in England consider social value. The study sent freedom of information requests to local authorities across the country ...

The Department of Health guidance has confirmed that the social care sector will not receive the funding required to relieve the pressures the sector is currently facing.

It has been revealed that corruption in the EU costs nearly £4bn each year, according to new research by RAND Europe.

The use and demonstration of ethical supply chain and employment practices is an important consideration for the modern business, providing evidence that it is being run in a fair manner.

As of today, 1 April 2016, the current minimum wage will increase from £6.70ph to a new national living wage of £7.20ph for over-25s.

It is well known that over the past few years EU procurement directives have focused on transparency, fairness and encouraging SMEs to bid for public sector contracts.

While an upturn in the UK’s construction sector is always good to see, the future of any growth is tempered by whether there are enough skilled workers to deliver…

The European Single Procurement Document Service (ESPD) is being introduced later this month as a self-declaration document for bidders in an attempt to reduce the amount of documentation involved in a bid.

The arvato UK Quarterly Outsourcing Index has recently published an increase in public sector spend, average contract value and the outsourcing of contracts, all found in the third quarter…

As of 1st September, bids for contracts worth more than £10 million need to show a commitment to apprenticeships in order to support growth and Government pledges.

It was announced earlier this week that the Met Office is no longer in the running for the BBC weather contract, which is currently out to tender.

In Part 1 we looked at how new procurement regulations will affect SMEs and provided some background on the changes. Part 2 will look at this in more detail as well as highlighting how companies will benefit from the ...