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Latest from our Blog
Just Who is Briefing the Minister?
The new Coalition Government has made a laudable start in trying to balance the books of UK plc. Procurement has already started to feature with. Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Local Government saying recently 30/06/2010
Blogging and Tweeting - what next?
Things are moving very rapidly in the world of public sector procurement. There is now urgency in many places to make things happen quickly and for procurement teams to look at producing double digit cashable savings rather than the silly 2% and 3% requested of them in recent years. 11/06/2010
Where is my Pea-shooter?
"The UK government today revealed it is creating a central Efficiency and Reform Group that will have "Draconian" control over government spending", so reads a recent e-publication from Supply Management 09/06/2010
What's New?
- High Court Judgement goes against the LAML Appeal - this seriously affects local government's scope for innovation. Read our take on it here
- New public courses announced to help you meet HM Treasury's Operational Efficiency Programme
- HM Treasury issues its Operational Efficiency Programme. The report is hard hitting and sets out how extra savings of £9 billion can be delivered in 2013-14. Collaborative procurement will be a major aspect of this drive
- London ICT Hardware e-Auctions - 47 orgaisations, including 16 London boroughs, work together to save a cool £10.6 million. Read more here
- We are delighted to announce the appointment of Audrey Errington-Svard as SPS's new Business Relationship Manager. Read more here
- SPS opens a new office in Staines - see details here
- New case study on setting up and running the London Centre of Excellence now available
- SPS attend the Procurex Exhibition in Glasgow and the InfoChange Conference in Manchester - find out more and download slides here
- The Efficiency Library has been restructured to make it easier to access and has many more useful documents for you to download free of charge - click here to start browsing
- Efficiency Blog goes interactive - have your say about the topics posted and see what others think
- If you want to know what the Efficiency Agenda is really about and see conventional wisdom challenged then go straight to our new "Telling it how it is.." Blog
- Effficiency : Scottish Local Authorities are warned to avoid English mistakes
- Implementing McClelland - Learning from the Byatt Experience. Download Ken Cole's latest white paper (PDF 1mb)
- SPS is Looking for Sub-Contractors to Expand Our Team of Spend Analysts (PDF 71kb)
- ProClass - the New Face of Procurement Classification Download New Standards for Procurement Classification ProClass (PDF 276kb)
Services
SPS provides a wide range of business and consultancy services to its clients and has been responsible for the development and implementation of some leading projects in the UK and beyond since 2001.
- create a business case for efficiency gains and cashable savings
- develop practical, evidence based procurement strategies and policies
- deliver realistic savings opportunities through proven techniques including collaborative working
- manage communication and culture change successfully
- understand your supply base and potential risk exposure by using innovative market intelligence techniques
- train people in advanced procurement skills which make a difference
Explore the site to learn more, or email us at info@sps-consultancy.co.uk
Knowledge Store
Consistent with our commitment to skills and knowledge transfer we make it a priority to keep abreast with the latest announcements and publications. Our Knowledge Store has lots of helpful material for free download including:
"How To" guides on practice topics and policy papers on issues from expenditure analysis to supplier relationship development
Our own expert White Papers on "hot" issues in the areas of savings and efficiency gains
An Efficiency library of key government policy documents and papers
Please Contact Us if you are looking for something specific or would like to see added to our Knowledge Store.
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