Prices rises for Paper & Packaging
According to independent researchers IBISWorld the price of wood pulp is forecast to rise by 5.1% year on year, for…
GDPR & the Equifax Hack
You may have missed the news at the weekend that the personal data of 400,000 Britons was amongst the 143…
Company car tax scheme: A blinkered vision clouded by the salary sacrifice
Since the government introduced a revision to the Benefit in Kind company car tax legislation on 6th April, all new…
Cloud Computing reaches tipping point
A significant event is about to occur later today (14th September, 2017) in the world of IT. Oracle, one of…
Choppy waters for Sea Freight
For the first time in the memory of experienced hands in the Ocean Freight market, there have been capacity shortages…
Changes to contactless payments may increase costs and, in the short term, risks.
From October 13th all contactless Visa card transactions will require authorisation. American Express will be introducing a similar change on…
The Rising Cost of Doing Business: A game of two halves – Part 2
Maintaining the right deal Getting the right deal is only the beginning. Ongoing Contract Management and Supplier Relationship Management…
Reduce Costs or protect the Environment? You can do both!
We now live in a severely resource constrained world. Increases in operating costs are invariably passed onto clients in order…
The Rising Cost of Doing Business: A game of two halves – Part 1
It’s instructive to see procurement as a ‘game of two halves’. Finding and achieving the best value from the market…
The Rising Cost of Doing Business: The profit challenge
In a landscape where costs are rising, it’s inevitable that whether you’re a profit making firm or an institution, budgets…