Friday 12th July, 2013

Global provider of collaborative business networks, Hubwoo has announced that Microsoft has chosen The Business Network for catalog management in a move designed to improve spend compliance for Microsoft employees. Microsoft is deploying Hubwoo's catalog management in the cloud to transform the efficiency and end-user experience for procurement across the company's 90,000 plus employees and contractors, with the key objective to drive bottom line savings.

Thursday 11th July, 2013

The Justice Minister, Chris Grayling has revealed that the Government's two major suppliers, Serco and G4S have been over-charging for their electronic tagging services for a number of years. As reported by Channel 4 news, the matter may now be forwarded to the Serious Fraud Office.

Wednesday 10th July, 2013

According to KPMG’s latest ‘Fraud barometer’ fraud cases totalling over £0.5bn were recorded in the first half of 2013, up over a quarter on the previous year. They noted that one of the biggest differences this year has been in the number of professional criminals involved – now responsible for fraud totalling £290m, up from £110m in 2012. One of the key drivers for this seems to have been supply chain fraud - worth £61m (up from less than £1m in 2012).

Tuesday 9th July, 2013

Following on from our January report into the ongoing dispute over possible problems with the Post Office's Horizon system, BBC News has reported that the Post Office has admitted that software defects have occurred at some of its 11,500 sub-postmasters across the UK.

Monday 8th July, 2013

Swiss based trade unions, IndustriALL and UNI Global Union have coordinated an agreement and pledged allegiance to a new, legally binding legislation to conduct safety inspections at factories in Bangladesh. The move comes after the Rana Plaza disaster in which more than 1,000 workers lost their lives as the eight storey garment factory where they were working collapsed. Retail giants such as M&S, Tesco, Primark, Abercrombie & Fitch, Carrefour and Metro have all signed up to the pact. Last month Tesco ceased trading with a Bangladeshi partner due to concerns about safety.