2020 Private Sector Off-Payroll working & IR35 – AS CLEAR AS MUD?
So, at last we have some clarity on the introduction of the off-payroll working rules – otherwise known as IR35 - into the private sector. Or do we? The Chancellor announced in the Budget that, to bring the private sector in line with the public sector, businesses will become responsible for assessing an individual’s employment status. However, ...
Are procurement teams 2020 ready?
Back in 2012, Deloitte produced a report outlining what procurement needed to do to transform itself by 2020. Deloitte’s report at the time suggested that procurement was a service provider, an integrator and was building sustainable transformation through category leadership, advanced sourcing and performance tracking. The vision for 2020 was a...
What Next for the Procurement Skills Agenda?
According to a recent Raconteur report in The Times on the future of procurement, the job of a CPO does not feature widely in children’s lists of the top ten things they want to do when they grow up. Hardly surprising I hear you say, but a CPO is arguably one of the most varied and challenging jobs in business – especially given the evolving nat...
Crown Commercial Service is attracting the brightest and the best from the private sector - here’s why….
Designing a world class strategy, significantly shaping and influencing markets with a multi-billion pound spend, providing strategic category direction and creating centres of expertise and excellence. These are just some of the activities carried out by specialists working at the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), an organisation that procures co...
Head of Procurement Interview - Daniel Cox
1st Executive's interview with the Automobile Association's Head of Procurement - Daniel Cox Following the appointment of Simon Breakwell (ex Uber & Expedia) as CEO in August 2017, The AA has commenced a complex transformation programme focused on revolutionising the customer experience through investing in and embracing new technologies. Procur...
