procurement

“In business for yourself, but not by yourself,” the franchise offered all corporate management advice, branding support and procurement security while still promising small-business independence.

It is looking into suspected criminal offences committed over the procurement of PPE.

One of the core ideas is to increasingly focus on joint procurement.

Basis invests in companies such as Civic Marketplace, which is a public procurement platform designed to connect government agencies with service contractors.

In England and Wales a new procurement law mandates companies to spend 10% of the value of major public contracts on "above and beyond" things like training or community projects.