A historic new global climate agreement has been struck at the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris. For the first time ever 195 countries, including the world’s largest emitters, have now committed to act together to combat climate change and be held equally accountable. The deal sets out a clear long-term goal of […]
Investments made by the Mayor have delivered 1,600 new jobs, attracted £150 million of additional funding and are generating £3 million per year to support essential services. A report to the Cabinet outlines the benefits of Mayor Joe Anderson’s ‘Invest to Earn’ strategy since 2012, which has seen the Liverpool City Council put money into […]
A £3.9m EU backed initiative to help business owners and managers gain new leadership and management skills has been announced by Finance and Government Business Minister, Jane Hutt. Led by Swansea University in partnership with Bangor University, the ION Leadership project is backed with £2.7m from the European Social Fund to raise skills and drive […]
The second Capacity Market auction has successfully concluded, securing capacity for 2019/20. The auction attracted enough bidders to secure the capacity needed at a competitive price for consumers – 46.354GW at a price of £18/kW. The second Capacity Market auction has successfully concluded, securing electricity generating capacity for 2019/20. The auction attracted enough bidders to […]
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has launched a new set of local data summaries, covering 39 local areas. A series of new publications from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) aim to make it simpler and easier to find and access the local data produced by UKCES. The 39 sub-regional […]
HS2 Ltd has published a shortlist of firms in the running to win a share of £900m of preparatory work ahead of the start of major civil engineering on the first stage of the project, between London and the West Midlands. The enabling works contracts cover a range of activities including utility diversions, ecology surveys, […]
Procurement intelligence market-leader BiP Solutions has closed 2015 with strong financial discipline and continued dedication to innovation. The company has hit many milestones in this calendar year, including product development launches within Defence Contracts International, Supply and Delta eSourcing; the
It has been a hectic year for the Charity team with many successful events and some changes in its members. Both Alison Campbell and Ross Herdman left the team, as their time at BiP Marketing came to an end. However,
BiP has won an African Union Commission (AUC) contract to undertake a feasibility study for the implementation of e-procurement across the African Union. The opportunity arose when the World Bank gave AUC a grant to implement the ‘Support for Capacity
Announcing the launch of Delta V5.8 BiP Solutions (BiP) is delighted to announce the launch of Delta V5.8, the latest release of Delta eSourcing – the EU-compliant, robust, secure e-procurement service for public sector organisations. BiP works on continuous investment
