64% of surveyed UK purchasing and procurement decision makers say they will buy British at any cost
Aug 21, 2020
Made in Britain, an organisation that represents almost 1,300 UK manufacturing companies, has conducted a survey of 1,000 purchasing and procurement decision makers at British firms. The aim was to understand the extent of the willingness to ‘buy British’ as the UK officially enters a recession...
Procurement specialist launches UK-wide £500m solution to help education institutions
Aug 13, 2020
2buy2 supports more than 1,000 UK education professionals ranging from teachers to school business managers and CFOs of multi-academy trusts with its procurement tool. It helps schools source everything from energy to stationery in a more time and cost-effective way. Now, it has created a...
Workshop on results of Europe-wide benchmarking of national innovation procurement investments
Aug 13, 2020
The Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission which is responsible for managing the Digital Agenda. To benchmark the national innovation procurement investments and policy frameworks across Europe, DG CNECT...
Buying artificial intelligence – a guide from the WEF
Aug 13, 2020
As part of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Shaping the Future of Technology Governance: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Platform’ project, the WEF is co-designing guidelines for the responsible and effective procurement of artificial intelligence by governments to better meet the...
Majority of public see technology as the most significant force in the modernisation of the UK public sector
Aug 6, 2020
A recent UK survey by software company Thoughtworks covered a representative sample of 2,041 adults and showed that 63% cited tech and data factors required by the public sector to modernise. In addition, 18% believed the public sector would specifically need to address issues on out-of-date...
Cloud adoption by the public sector – use and aspirations
Aug 6, 2020
The need for the public sector to embrace the cloud and other technologies has long been an issue. The public sector consists of vital organisations that are still hugely reliant on legacy solutions and processes, most of which are aware of the benefits digitisation can bring. In a public sector...
New Procurement platform in Scottish Government will help kick-start economy post Covid
Aug 6, 2020
A new software platform will help the Scottish Government focus on sustainability requirements during procurement to help kick-start the national economic recovery post-Covid-19. Scottish software consultancy Horisk Leslie Development will supply the new platform specifically developed for...
Royal Navy – told to Build British
Aug 6, 2020
The UK Ministry of Defence’s contract tender for three new fleet auxiliaries was suspended last year over concerns from maritime unions and domestic shipbuilders about foreign bidders. The FSS project attracted interest from shipbuilders around the world but a review of the UK’s National...
Public sector needs to set rules around AI procurement
Aug 6, 2020
A report published by The Oxford Commission on AI and Good Governance, led by the Oxford Internet Institute, which includes policy recommendations to improve AI procurement in the UK, has warned that “existing frameworks for procurement and implementation are no longer fit for purpose and...
Researchers Confirm Shift in COVID-19 Testing Needed as Country Reopens
Aug 4, 2020
A recent Science Magazine article discusses the radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses.
While the country increased testing throughout the summer, we have not be able to mitigate spread effectively. “Diagnostics experts, public health officials, and...
Are Drones in Ports and Shipping: the next big market for the industry?
Jul 30, 2020
An article in dronelife asks whether drones in ports and shipping are the next big market for the drone industry, as the UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) moves from a drone pilot programme to drone operations. The ABP, PwC, Aerodyne Group project to use drones to bring value to asset and...
India’s MoD procurement policy proposes ban on import of specific weapons, looks to indigenisation
Jul 30, 2020
MoD India has introduced a new procurement category – Buy (Global — Manufacture in India). This stipulates indigenisation of at least 50 percent of the contract value of a foreign purchase bought with the intention of subsequently building it in India with technology transfer. Under its...
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