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UK public sector procurement: current state of play

Posted on November 7, 2017November 3, 2017 by admin

Ian Ronayne, SAP As the dust just about begins to settle on the 2017 General Election, and we begin to get a clearer idea of the Government’s way forward on various policy areas, now is a good time to collect, and consider what this might mean for public sector procurement. The Conservative Party’s manifesto with regards to this, pledged that ‘Central government must play a role in supporting SMEs: across all government departments, we will…

UK Could Cut the Use of Disposable Coffee Cups by 50 – 300 Million Per Year, New Research Suggests

Posted on April 25, 2017 by admin

Research by Bewley’s and Cardiff University identifies measures that can help encourage the use of re-usable cups by coffee drinkers The use of disposable coffee cups could be reduced by 50 – 300 million annually according to research announced today by leading coffee roaster Bewley’s. An estimated 2.5bn disposable coffee cups are used in the UK each year, creating approximately 25,000 tonnes of waste. The research, conducted from September to December 2016 by Cardiff University…

BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ Teaching Building Officially Opened

Posted on March 24, 2016 by admin

The new BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ South Lanarkshire College Low Carbon Teaching Building was officially opened today by Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. Designed by Austin-Smith:Lord, the building is the first in the UK to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating in the BREEAM 2014 new construction assessment process, and achieved this rating at both design and post-construction stage. It has been deemed to excel in all ten categories under BREEAM (Management, Health + Wellbeing,…

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