Universities are storehouses for an awful lot of brain power. Building useful apps is an attractive and very satisfying way of tapping into that huge resource for the public good. Looking back just 10 years, the Guardian sought opinions on…
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There is sound psychology behind the well known sales maxim, “Sell the sizzle, not the steak.” Focus on the effects and benefits rather than on the item or service being sold. Our imaginations grab hold of the potential gratification and…
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Rumours, fake news and conspiracy theories all belong to the same stable of potentially dangerous misinformation that can kick off social unrest and even panic in some cases. You would think that with so much information at our fingertips these…
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BeConnected is only 4 years old. It’s still an infant but with a big vision for the future. If we were to encapsulate this vision into one sentence it would be: The go-to source and cross-departmental sharing resource for internal…
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Tactics win battles – strategies win the war. Countries that copied China’s strategy to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus achieved the best outcomes for controlling the disease. Alexander the Great excelled at military strategy and many commanders successfully copied his methods,…
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BeConnected is a marvellous tool for public sector procurement managers who want to save costs and stretch their budget. But did you know how it is also invaluable for non-procurement managers? In this series of short articles we will explore…
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A great public sector procurement deal has several successful components. All should be present to qualify it as a “good deal”. Here are 4 that spring to mind: Lower cost, ideally through collaborative procurement for greater buying power Demonstrable savings…
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This dive into Be Connected’s public sector procurement data analysis capability looks at Mobile in the Greater London area. We chose that location because it is the single largest UK region and is broadly representative of the UK as a…
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A service such as Telephone Maintenance requires physical attendance capability in a supplier. That represents an opportunity for local SMEs to compete with the national companies where a regional public sector procurement group opens a tender for competition. The primary…
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Cross Sector Procurement Gateway (CSPG) holds a great deal of extremely useful data for public sector procurement officers. It is very easily leveraged to generate real savings when approaching a framework. Be Connected is the inbuilt tool for extracting usable…
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