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The UK service sector continued to expand during November, supported by a further increase in new business, the latest CIPS/Markit business activity index reveals

UK manufacturing hit a 16 year high in November, according to the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index

Achilles has re-launched THEMiS, a specialist web-based procurement decision support package aimed at utilities, public sector and private organisations in the UK and Ireland

Former Asda distribution director David Gibbons has launched “The Logistics People” with the promise of an innovative approach to workforce procurement

UK manufacturing growth accelerated for the first time in seven months in October, the latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers Index reveals

Some 65 per cent of procurement and supply chain leaders feel the economy is showing clear signs of recovery from the recession, according to Capgemini’s 2010 Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey

Logistics outsourcing has increased in the past year, but spending on third party logistics services overall has decreased, according to the 15th annual third party logistics study

In August the UK service sector grew at its lowest rate in sixteen months, but a double dip recession remains unlikely, according to the Markit/CIPS purchasing manager’s index for August

UK manufacturing continued to recover in August, but rates of expansion in production and new orders slowed further, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI.

Manufacturing employment rose at fastest pace since February 1995, supported by robust output growth, according to the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Manager’s Index for June