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Government Opportunities magazine
receives top accolade
Source: BiP, 26 November
2007
Government Opportunities (GO) magazine –
the essential guide to public procurement in the UK –
has triumphed at the Business Services Association (BSA)’s
Annual Media Awards.
GO, published by Glasgow-based public procurement
solutions providers BiP Solutions Ltd, picked up the plaudits
in the BSA Specialist Journal award category, which recognises
excellence in a specialist publication, in front of several
hundred business leaders at the awards ceremony in London
on Wednesday 21 November 2007. GO was commended for
the quality of its coverage of the public procurement marketplace,
its increasing focus on the contribution of the private sector
and its new design style.
2007 is the second year in a row that GO has won
the BSA Specialist Journal Award. In total, it is the fifth
year that the magazine, which provides procurement-related
news features, opinion and debate from around the world, has
been recognised for its achievements. The magazine previously
collected the BSA Chairman’s Award in 2002 and 2003;
the BSA Journalist of the Year Award in 2005; and the BSA
Specialist Journal Award in 2006.
Since its inception in 1999, GO has provided a stimulating
and topical range of essential information for any organisation
working with or within the public sector.
GO is audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations,
and in September 2007 the magazine saw its circulation increase
to 8415 (July 2006 to June 2007). GO’s estimated
readership is in excess of 30,000 each month; its audience
is diverse, ranging from ministers and heads of industry to
local authority procurement officers and purchasing specialists
in other areas.
Grahame Steed, Managing Editor of GO, said he was
delighted that the magazine had been recognised for its contribution
to the procurement community: “GO aims to keep all
those working within public procurement, on both the buyer
and supplier sides, fully up to speed with the latest thinking,
developments and initiatives in this important area. We are
delighted to win this award, from such a high-profile and
respected organisation as the BSA.”
The BSA Awards, now in their seventh year, aim to recognise
the best reporting and analysis of issues affecting the business
services and outsourced services sector, and are highly prized
by those working in the field.
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