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Ken Cole

Ken Cole has worked in senior positions in both the public and private sectors and was one of the founding Directors of SPS in 2001. He recently completed a three year secondment as Director of the London Centre of Excellence. Ken has thrilled many public and private audiences with his incisive analysis, robust delivery and his belief in 'telling it as it is'. His blog is a regular commentary of the improvement and efficiency agenda.


Make sure you pay a frequent visit to find out Ken's latest thoughts on the workings of government, the latest policy initiatives and much more...

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Just Who is Briefing the Minister?

30/06/2010

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

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Blogging and Tweeting - what next?

11/06/2010

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.

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Where is my Pea-shooter?

09/06/2010

"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

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Making Fudge at Number 10

14/05/2010

After all the waiting, manoeuvring and back stabbing (surely not I hear you ask), the UK now has a new Government!

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Moving into Number 10

28/04/2010

It is election time in case you had not noticed and an ideal time to check out what the great thinkers in the world of UK politics are planning to do on procurement

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Playing the Pre-Qualification Game

08/03/2010

The Times recently ran a story entitled "big contractors squeeze out the little man" (6th February 2010, page 58). It was about construction

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The Tide is Turning

19/02/2010

The tsunami of expenditure reductions, often reaching over 20% of current budgets is rapidly approaching. Levels such as this cannot be met by statistical contortions and a healthy dose of smoke and mirrors

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Where there's a will there's a way!!

05/10/2009

Good news coming my way is that OGC is setting up a special unit dedicated to promoting e-Auctions across the UK public sector. Some of the recent e-

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Starting the Savings Debate

31/07/2009

Getting More for Less by Jamie Bartlett was launched at a recent Demos event.

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High Court Judgement Goes Against LAML

10/06/2009

The outcome of the LAML Appeal is now know and can be downloaded here.

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