Bridging payments will be made to the 10% of farmers yet to receive their 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money in recognition of the cash flow pressures they are facing, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) announced on Tuesday, 19 April. Speaking at the NFU Council in Kenilworth, RPA chief executive Mark Grimshaw said these final […]
The latest UK jobs numbers show that although employment is broadly stable, unemployment has increased for the first time since mid-2015, up by 21,000 on the previous period. Wage growth has slowed – with earnings, including bonuses, up by 1.8%, a slower increase then the 2.1% in the previous period. The disappointing results mirror the […]
Two of GLD’s procurement law experts have recently returned from Rwanda where they delivered contract management training to government officials on a pro bono basis. The training aims to improve contract management and reduce the loss of public money arising from delays due to poor quality government contracts and contract management processes. According to the […]
Scotland has outlawed favouring the purely cheapest bid in tender competitions. These new regulations came into effect 18 April and mean that public sector contracts can no longer be awarded on the sole basis of price or cost. Companies and
Scotland’s new procurement rules will support transformation in public sector procurement and become an agent for social and economic change, according to the woman in charge of Scotland’s centre of procurement expertise for local government. Julie Welsh, director of Scotland Excel, believes that the introduction this week of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and […]
New modern homes in a near £10 million project could soon be rising on the land where there multi-storey blocks at Alexander Street were demolished. A report to the city council’s neighbourhood services committee (Monday April 25) outlines tenders received for the joint Hillcrest Housing Association and Dundee City Council development. Councillors will be asked […]
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has launched two free guides to help firms drive productivity growth. The move follows research showing that over six in ten UK manufacturers (64%) achieved productivity growth in the past two years, while 57% expect to make further gains in the next two. The first guide looks at effective workforce planning, […]
On the first day of Indonesian President Jokowi’s visit to Britain, a deal worth almost £1 billion to UK manufacturing has been signed. UK manufacturing received a boost worth nearly £1 billion on the first day of Indonesian President Jokowi’s visit to Britain. The deal signed at Downing Street will secure jobs at Airbus facilities […]
UK businesses are set to be at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution by embracing digital technologies that could improve productivity. The EU Commission has published details on how businesses across the EU, including those in the UK, can get better access to the technologies that will help them to modernise. The innovative package […]
Defence Minister Philip Dunne has visited the US to see first-hand the closeness of the UK-US collaboration on key defence programmes. In an indication of the strength of our bi-lateral relationship with the US, the Minister joined US Deputy Defence Secretary Bob Work on a programme of visits in the south-east of the country. The […]
