Media Coverage

Municipal Journal: Getting to grips with commissioning and procurement - Ken Cole's white paper "Having it all" addresses this tricky issue.

It is official the UK's nine Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships will cease to exist, at least in their current form, after March 2011.....

Government Opportunities: Central Government must deliver savings - Ken Cole launches his new white paper "Having it all"

Supply Management: the English approach is not organised in the most effective way to deliver a very challenging target. So let's look northwards

Municipal Journal Scotland:  Scotland forges ahead and sets the example to follow by implementing McClelland's cross-sector approach to procurement.

Government Opportunities; As local authorities gear up to address the challenges of CRS07, Scottish local authorities should avoid the trap English local authorities have fallen into in its efforts to become more efficient.

A collaborative public sector procurement programme will be the "litmus test" for all of London's partnership projects. Parking Partnership is set to save £15m for the capital.

Supply Management - Ken Cole answers a question on Supplier Relationship Management in the public sector - is is feasible and how to achieve it.

A consortium of local authorities in Essex join forces in a bid to improve the county's public sector procurement. Ken Cole is the Acting CEO for the Procurement Agency for Essex.