Category: Procurement

  • Pareto Rule & Procurement

    Pareto Rule & Procurement

    The Pareto principle states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. Other names for this principle are the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity Quite simply the Pareto rule is to concentrate 80% of your spend time and effort in 20%…

  • Procurement & Net Zero

    Procurement & Net Zero

    Source : UN.Org What is net zero? Put simply, net zero means cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphere, by oceans and forests for instance. Why is net zero important? The science shows clearly that in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change…

  • Public Procurement & Supporting Apprentices

    Public Procurement & Supporting Apprentices

    Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-1415-supporting-apprenticeships-and-skills-through-public-procurement Action Note 14/15 27 August 2015Issue Raising skills levels within the UK workforce is key to delivering sustainablegrowth. The Government has committed to increasing the quantity and quality ofapprenticeships in England to three million starts over the next five years. Public procurement of contracts with a full life value of £10 million and…

  • UK Market Overview

    UK Market Overview

    Source: https://www.trade.gov/knowledge-product/united-kingdom-market-overview For more information about the UK from a US pespective visit: trade.gov As of January 1, 2021, the UK finished its transition period out of the European Union single market and customs union in the split known as Brexit. However, the impact of Brexit on the economy has been rivalled by the impact…