4 Reasons Why Sustainability Is Key to Commercial Success

4 Reasons Why Sustainability Is Key to Commercial Success

In the wake of Shell and BP announcing record-breaking profits for 2022 driven by the increase in wholesale gas prices following the war in Ukraine, their sustainability targets have been placed firmly in the back seat. BP announced that its profits had doubled to...
Dynamic Purchasing Systems – How On Earth Do You Set One Up, And What Are The Planned Changes Under The Procurement Bill?

Dynamic Purchasing Systems – How On Earth Do You Set One Up, And What Are The Planned Changes Under The Procurement Bill?

Last week, I covered what a DPS is (Dynamic Purchasing System, and not Damage per Second for the gamers amongst you!), and the benefits to both you and providers. In this article, I’m going to give you the detail so you can go forth and multi-buy!   Warning…...
Dynamic Purchasing Systems – How On Earth Do You Set One Up, And What Are The Planned Changes Under The Procurement Bill?

Dynamic Purchasing Systems – What Are They and What Are The Benefits?

Many within Procurement have heard of Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS), as well as rumours of the good, the bad and the ugly. Whilst there is no disputing there are Regulations to govern the how and what, they don’t detail the why. So, what are the benefits of setting...
Procurement’s Perfect Storm: Silicon Valley Bank

Is Loyalty Dead?

When I worked in Retail Buying between 2001 and 2013, we worked hard to secure, and harder to keep customers. Retailers knew that loyalty was something that you needed to keep investing in, you needed to convince customers that you were there for them, that you were...