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The UK public sector’s procurement process is the most expensive in the European Union, according to new research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). Commissioned by Gatewit, Europe’s leading e-procurement provider, the independent research found that procurement processes in the UK incur the highest combined costs to public sector bodies looking to attract bids, and private sector suppliers bidding to win contracts. The average total cost of a competitive procurement process (or…

The University of Birmingham has won a £6m grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to create a new Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage. The ‘liquid air’ technology could revolutionise the storage of energy, reducing the costs of integrating intermittent generation into the electricity system and ensuring power is available when it is most needed. This funding is part of an investment of £85 million to support university research announced today (17 July…

Amey, one of the UK’s leading public service providers, has been awarded a two-year contract extension to the Total Facilities Management service it provides to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice across London, the south and east of England. The base contract is worth over £24m per annum and sees Amey deliver facilities management services such as building maintenance, cleaning, catering, grounds maintenance, security and energy management to around 355 sites. Amey has been…