The air was electric on the evening of 8 March as attendees, entrants and judges gathered at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate for the much anticipated Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2016/17. With over 130 finalists and over 500 guests, this year’s National GO Awards ceremony and gala dinner was the biggest to […]

Liverpool City Council is looking to set up its own energy company to help people save on their fuel bills. The council’s cabinet is being asked to approve proposals to start the process of setting up a company providing energy to Liverpool households which, as well as cutting costs to householders, would also improve energy […]

Possibility filled the air at this year’s Procurex North Live showcase event when representatives from both sides of the procurement process and some of the UK’s leading procurement experts descended onto the floor of the Manchester Central Convention Complex on Tuesday 8 March. Opportunities for discovery and networking presented themselves in all corners of the […]

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has announced 11 new Housing Zones that will provide 24,554 new homes and create new neighbourhoods across the capital.  The Mayor invested an additional £200m to designate the final 11 zones, which stretch from Havering to Kingston and Enfield and bring the total number planned in London to 31. […]

A new scheme that will help public sector bodies in Wales make savings and reduce their carbon impact has been launched by Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant. The Re:fit Cymru programme, which is being supported by £1.5m from the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the EU, will provide professional support to Welsh public sector organisations […]

A new supplier feedback service aimed to enable business to support the improvement of public sector procurement , has been launched by Finance and Government Business Minister Jane Hutt. The new service will provide suppliers with a channel to offer feedback on public sector procurement policy and delivery. It will act as a single point […]

The CMA has set out proposals to reform the energy market, open up competition and help customers get a better deal. In a summary of its provisional decision on remedies published, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out a comprehensive and wide-ranging package of remedies to address the problems hindering competition, which it […]

Pioneering councils are to help lead the way in bringing forward derelict and underused land for new homes, Communities Secretary Greg Clark announced. 73 councils across England will pilot one of the new brownfield registers, which will provide house builders with up-to-date and publicly available information on all brownfield sites available for housing locally. The […]

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is seeking suppliers to help build and sustain UK maritime science and technology (S&T) expertise. The Progeny Maritime Research Framework will create a community of S&T suppliers to support current and future maritime research projects. Dstl is hosting an industry day for potential prime and sub-contractors to find […]