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Company news, industry insights, and thought leadership
on the Procurement sector and beyond.

Thought Leadership

Strategic supplier relationships in FMCG

What should FMCG companies look for in a strategic supplier relationship? Strategic relationships and partnerships are critical to every organisation and can deliver incredible results – superior operational performance, supply chain assurance, innovation, faster time to market, product quality and improved financial performance. Increasingly, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands see their suppliers not simply as […]

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Thought Leadership

Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG): Doing Our Bit

With Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) on all our radars as we work together to achieve Net Zero, we talk about how SMEs and large companies can do their bit. We will also discuss what we have seen happen across global business in relation to Scope 3 – supply chain emissions – and what corporations of […]

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Company News

Celebrating International Women’s Day: #EmbraceEquity

International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8th March to recognise women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements, raise awareness of discrimination and bias, and inspire and empower us to take action for equality. The first International Women’s Day was celebrated in 1909 to honour the 1908 garment women’s strike in New York. The women […]

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Company News

Accelerate Procurement Join Forces With Valorant

The best collaborations create something bigger than the sum of what each company can create alone Accelerate Procurement Ltd and Valorant are beyond pleased to announce that effective today we have joined forces in a partnering agreement. As two successful organisations coming together, it provides both our existing and future clients with further improvements in […]

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Thought Leadership

How to start a supplier diversity programme

In the past, we’ve talked about the benefits of supplier diversity. Supplier diversity can be one of the most effective ways to drive real business value, beyond just procurement. As more companies take steps to increase diversity on executive teams, it’s becoming clear that there is a relationship between diversity and improved financial performance. Research by […]

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Thought Leadership

Procurement: the workforce of the future

Right now the world is complicated and markets are difficult to navigate and at the same time individuals continue to reassess what they want to get out of their lives and how work fits with this, as well as placing greater emphasis on workplace dynamics that shape those decisions.  Gartner recently identified 7 key trends […]

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Thought Leadership

Overcoming challenges in pharma and life sciences procurement

The Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industry is one of the UK’s most important industry sectors. However, whilst pharma and life sciences organisations have been on the cutting edge of scientific innovation for decades, sourcing and procurement methods can still be a challenge. In recent times, we’ve seen more clearly than ever the challenges faced by […]

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Company News

Our supplier relationship diagnostic tool

Strategic relationships and partnerships are critical to every organisation and can deliver incredible results – superior operational performance, supply chain assurance, innovation, faster time to market, product quality and improved financial performance. But every relationship requires effort, and it’s easy to lose sight of the multiple elements that must combine in order  to drive success. […]

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