Procurement Archives

The Met Office: Procurement Act Readiness

The Met Office appointed 4C Associates as a trusted partner to support them with navigating some of these challenges and to ensure their readiness for February 2025.

Digital Procurement: Saving our Government’s Systems

Some 25% of government systems are outdated, according to findings from DSIT (2025) - contributing to an estimated cost of £45 billion a year to the taxpayer. If optimised correctly, technology in public sector procurement can enhance transparency, accelerate strategic decision-making, secure sensitive data and soften long-term cost to the taxpayer.

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions: Commercial Support

4C are making a significant commercial contribution to a programme exploring the potential for fusion energy to deliver safe, sustainable, low carbon energy for generations to come.

Cut Smarter, Spend Better: How Zero-Based-Everything Redefines Procurement Efficiency

In today’s economic reality, traditional strategies like incremental savings or across-the-board reductions are just too slow, too blunt, and too superficial to cope with these pressures. Simply put: leaders can no longer rely on yesterday’s budgets or blanket reductions to solve today’s challenges. To thrive, businesses need a smarter, faster approach - one that delivers impact quickly and aligns every...

In the News: The Future of Europe’s Food & Drink Industry: What challenges and opportunities await in 2025?

Pete Hatfield, Director at 4C featured in Food Navigator’s latest article where he explores key trends and challenges shaping the sector in 2025

4C Associates named in Management Today’s Top 100 Management Consultancies 2024

4C Associates has been named in Management Today’s Top 100 Management Consultancies, a testament to our team’s commitment to delivery exceptional value to over 60 clients we have worked with this year, across the public and private sectors.

Integrated Business Planning Implementation

London Underground handles up to 5 million daily passenger journeys. With core operations to maintain and operate key assets like rolling stock fleet, rail tracks, signalling, stations and electrical and power infrastructure, they came to 4C for help with their end to end planning to address their budget challenges.

Procurement’s Role in Supporting Innovation and Agility: Moving Beyond Traditional Boundaries

In the News: The Shifting Sands of Shopping

Our Head of Consumer Products, Katy Gallagher featured in November’s issue of FMCG CEO Magazine where she talks about changing consumer preferences in food and beverage.

Podcast: The Secrets to Effective Procurement in Competitive Markets

Our MD, Jeremy Smith joined Higgle: The B2B Sales Club Podcast to unlock the secrets of effective procurement in today’s competitive landscape.

Range Optimisation ‘Less is More’ – UK Health and Wellness Retailer

We supported a UK health and wellness retailer with 700+ high street stores suffering from significant range proliferation driving up working capital, reducing rate of sale and produced a confusing assortment for customers to shop.

Podcast: Building and Retaining High Performance Teams

4C Associates' Managing Director, Jeremy Smith spoke with Rich Sains from The Procurement Conversation about building and retaining high performing teams

Podcast: The Opportunities & Challenges of Growth

4C Associates' Managing Director, Jeremy Smith and Senior Manager Joanne Davies spoke to Tarka Talent about how we work alongside our clients to deliver practical, sustainable solutions even in the most challenging circumstances.

Roundtable Event Takeaways: Crafting a Global, Regional, and Local Organisational Model for Procurement of Consumer Products

Last week, the 4C Consumer Products team organised an engaging roundtable event. During this session, industry-leading procurement experts delved into the complexities of balancing global and local procurement requirements.

In the News: Are 3D-Printed Foods Ready for the Mass Market?

Peter Hatfield, Director at 4C Associates has been featured in an article from The Grocer, “Labs to supermarkets: How 3D-printed foods are getting ready for retail”. The article discusses the current state and potential of 3D-printed foods for mass market adoption.