Scottish Efficiency

Local Procurement or Protectionism? Recently there were calls in Scotland for public procurement to favour Scottish firms as the Jimmy Reid foundation published "Using our buying power to benefit Scotland". This sparked the usual political knee-jerk around favouring local firms and so on.

The purpose of this note is to alert stakeholders to new Scottish Government guidance on framework agreements

This consultation document sets out proposals for taking forward shared services across Scotland. It provides evidence to support the view that shared services can release significant efficiency savings for investment in front line services.....

A white paper by Ken Cole on Learning from the Byatt Experience

The review of Public Sector Procurement in Scotland produced by John F McClelland

The Scottish Executive's plan to grow the economy, provide better public services, have stronger safer communities and delive a confident, democratic Scotland.

Produced by the Efficiency Delivery Group of the Scottish Executive in April 2006, this paper is a consultation paper on a national strategy for shared services