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03/09/2010 Procurement renegotiations help UK banking giant save £63m
Source: Procurement Leaders

03/09/2010 Threat of UK public spending cuts slows manufacturing growth

Source: Supply Management

03/09/2010 US$160mil supply chain win for Accenture
Source: Computer Business Review

03/09/2010 WA land grab aims to provide 'certainty' for gas project
Source: The Australian

02/09/2010 Don't give China control, warns Bush adviser
Source:  Sydney Morning Herald

02/09/2010 French firm battles UK councils over work in Israel
Source: Supply Chain Management

02/09/2010 Government to save $18.5 million on vehicles
Source: beehive.govt.nz

02/09/2010 IBM seals Sterling Commerce acquisition
Source:  Procurement Leaders

02/09/2010 Market research firms come up short on procurement outsourcing
Source:  Spend Matters

02/09/2010 MCIPS scholarship launced for 2010
The CIPS NSW educational scholarship is now accepting nominations for 2010.

01/09/2010 Hewlett-Packard to pay $55m to settle US fraud charges
Source: BBC News

01/09/2010 Nestle to spend $487M on sustainable coffee supply chain
Source: Environmental Leader

01/09/2010 Strong yen leads Japanese firms to look to overseas parts procurement
Source: Daily Yomiuri

31/08/2010 Be a part of CIPS NSW Gala Dinner
Pre-sales for the 2010 NSW Gala Dinner are going well with only limited tables remaining for sale.

31/08/2010 CIPSA Regional Chairs to meet September 12
Each of the CIPSA Chairs from the seven regions within Australasia will meet on Friday 17 September at the CIPSA Melbourne office to dicuss plans for the remainder of the year.

31/08/2010 CIPSA VIC Chair new CPO at NAB
Thomai Veginis formerly Head of Procurement at NAB has just been promoted internally to Chief Procurement Officer.

31/08/2010 From trains to planes…new CPO for Qantas
Kevin McCafferty MCIPS, formerly General Manager of Strategic Procurement and Supply at Railcorp has recently accepted the position of Chief Procurement Officer at Qantas.

31/08/2010 Indian Cabinet MSME procurement policy.
Source:  Business Standard

31/08/2010 Procurement Professional Awards now being judged
Judges for this year's Procurement Professional Awards are now busy reviewing entries and will meet this Friday to make their final choices. 

31/08/2010 Sunoco outsources indirect purchasing to IBM
Source: Supply Management