Royal Bank of Scotland Works Towards Ensuring Diverse Supply Chain's Success

According to the head of procurement at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Jonathan Sutherland, a diverse supply chain can help drive success at RBS. He said the "strategic imperative" for the organisation is due to the fact that the bank has the most SME customers serving 32 per cent of the sector. This means that its fortunes are closely linked with the success of these companies and what he described as "growth makers."

RBS has been working towards mobilising these plans and for this it has established an executive steering group with representatives from across its organisation. The goal is to start a registration portal for firms where they can declare their interest and find out more informatio

“A healthy SME market is a healthy client base, which is a healthy RBS, so why would we not be [supporting SMEs through our supply chain]? There is a strategic imperative for us in this. For us it’s a case of strategy, not philanthropy,” as per Mr Sutherland.

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BITC Urges UK firms to Make their Supply Chains Accessible for SMEs

A reputable business charity Business In The Community (BITC) wants that SMEs be offered more opportunities to land key contracts by way of enhanced transparency. The company is encouraging organisations throughout the UK to open up their supply chains meaning that smaller firms have a better opportunity of securing these agreements. The charity also wants larger firms to enter into an 'access pledge' thereby promising to make their operations simple, transparent and fair on a level playing field. The goal is to improve communities by enabling local businesses get the major contracts, as per the reports.

Head of operations at BITC, Matthew Lill said: "If you have a £25,000 contract, do you need to have £50 million of public liability insurance against it? Often that is not deliberate and has just been copied and pasted from another contract, but it immediately excludes SMEs."

The purpose of this move is to boost parameters around the supply chains that are present within the aerospace and automotive sectors.

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TFL Contract Worth £88m Goes to Bombadier

TFL (Transport for London) has hired Bombadier- the Derby-based train maker to supply new carriages for its network of passenger trains. The contract is worth £88 million and expires in the year 2015. It is expected by that time that Bombadier will have provided approximately 57 new units for the London Overground system. TfL’s investment is expected to help boost business for Bombadier, however its ultimate effects on jobs at Litchurch Lane’s production hub are still unclear.

“London Overground has been a truly dazzling success and more and more Londoners are now using the vastly improved service. Not only will these new carriages help us meet passenger demand, but they will also support jobs and growth at Bombadier’s birthplace in Derby,” said the mayor of London.

According to the acting director for London Rail, Jonathon Fox, “The increased capacity is vital, London’s population is expected to reach nine million by 2018 and the additional carriages will help London’s transport network accommodate the new residents expected to move to the capital.”

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Queen’s Speech Featuring Defence Reform Bill Stirs Controversy

The Defence Reform bill, which was featured in the latest speech of the Queen has sparked a fresh controversy throughout the United Kingdom. Following mismanagement concerns, plans to partially privatise military procurement and boost reserves are being scrutinized. Union leaders, industry experts, and former military personnel are already in an uproar since the announcement has been made.

In the legislation's  first piece, the Queen had mentioned a partial privatisation of the DE&S (Defence Equipment and Support), MoD (Ministry of Defence) department. At present, the DE&S has a staff of roughly 16,000 and an annual budget of about £14 billion. But, future performance is vital for the department's survival because it has suffered numerous failures in the past. As the funds have already shrunk, at stake are thousands of jobs in case the new legislation fails.

Reforms will make way for private companies and alleviate the DE&S' financial burden. Private organisations will also be provided with access to highly-classified information concerning the purchases and supplies of defence equipment worth billions of pounds.

In effect, the latest laws will convert the DE&S into an agency that is owned by the government but operated by contractors. The law is revolutionary because there is no other military power worldwide that has privatised such an important department of defence.

The US is alarmed in particular by this impending partial privatisation. “Putting contractors in roles normally filled by government employees and the effects this would have on ongoing and future operations,” said a concerned unnamed officer. Washington officials may no longer consider the UK the confidante it used to be.

The other piece of the legislation that was announced in the speech of the Queen involves  military forces, adjusting reserves and cutting army numbers so that the reduction is balanced. The British army is expected to reduce by about 20 per cent, whereas reserves will likely increase from 17,000 to approx. 30,000. In compliance with the move, the MoD would fund equipment and extensive training, in the amount of about £1.8 billion.

However, recruitment seems to have become a challenging proposition for the military. A white paper would be published soon explaining how the MoD plans to boost reserves and increase enrolment to comply with latest legislation. Meanwhile, more details will likely surface, with more heated debates kicking off concerning the partial privatisation of the DE&S.

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Royal Bank of Scotland Requires Diverse Supply Chain for Success

According to the head of procurement at RBS, Jonathan Sutherland, a diverse supply chain remains the key factor driving success at the bank. Mr.  Jonathan also noted that SMEs' participation is also vital for the bank's long term success mainly because the bank has most SME customers serving about 32% of the sector. This implies that the success of RBS is largely dependant on the success of these SMEs.  Jonathan described these companies as “growth makers".

“A healthy SME market is a healthy client base, which is a healthy RBS, so why would we not be [supporting SMEs through our supply chain]? There is a strategic imperative for us in this. For us it’s a case of strategy, not philanthropy,” as per Mr Jonathan.

Recently, RBS lost its global head of portfolio investment management and money markets after Neil Hookway announced that he would quit to join independent provider of advisory, software services and business consulting IT to the investment banking community, Rule Financial. Mr Hookway took over as the Domain Group's principal consultant. Previously, he has worked in the eurozone contingency preparation programme of RBS and will set his new post immediately.

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Widnes Vikings Takes the Help of Cast UK to Find Ideal Candidates

Recently, Cast UK finalised a kit sponsorship deal with Widnes St Maries Vikings- a firm that was previously recognised as a stupendous feeder club for the Superleague side Widnes Vikings RLFC.

Established by a school headmaster and his pupils in 1937, Widnes St Maries was an open-age community club. While competing in the local leagues, the club got to discover and develop local talent. Many of the members of the club continued cutting it in the professional game.  Selling of the players by the Widnes RLFC indeed enabled the club to survive and prosper. However, in June last year (2012), the club had forged a partnership with Widnes Vikings which resulted in their name being changed to St Maries Vikings. Furthermore, the Stobart Stadium's  hallowed turf  would play their home fixtures. Please click here to know more: http://www.castuk.com/supply-chain-jobs-recruitment

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“To read about St Maries’ illustrious history is quite humbling, and knowing they are in good hands as part of the Vikings is reassuring,” he said. “That Cast UK is playing its part in maintaining their funding gives me a real lift, and I hope their continued success gives inspiration to a generation of young people. We have a number of clients based around Widnes, Runcorn and South Liverpool, so it’s great to strengthen our links with the area,” the  Logistics Managing Director of Cast UK, Gary Robinson is proud of the affiliation.

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Chemical Company Finds Ideal Candidate for the Job with Cast UK

While Tennants Distribution was founded back in the 1700s, it is a thoroughly modern company that manufactures, stores and delivers bulk chemicals throughout the world. If considered from the commercial standpoint, the operation of this company is complex enough with powdered, liquid and solid materials in portfolio. However, considering the amount of legal compliance and safety regulation the company has to deal with faultlessly, it's evident that that Tennants Distribution requires directors and managers that hail from the industry's highest ranks.

Last year in October 2012, there arose an opportunity for the role of Depot and Operations Manager at a Tennants' depot. One of the leading recruitment agencies, Cast UK for creating a shortlist of ideal candidates for them. This did not come as an accident; Cast UK has over the years emerged as the go-to company within the supply chain, logistics and procurement sectors. This leading logistics recruitment consultancy has its base in the UK and deals only with these industries in specific, at managerial as well as executive level. Notably, Cast UK has sourced all its own staff as well from within those sectors. Based out of offices in Birmingham, London and Manchester, Cast UK deals with entire UK as well as into Europe. The consultancy successfully found the ideal candidate for Tennants, thus saving them the time and expense of doing it alone, as well as giving them access to Cast UK's impressive database of manager-level candidates.

The Managing Director of Cast UK's, Wayne Brophy was happy having placed yet another manager with a prominent distribution company and said, “This was not the sort of job anyone with logistics experience could walk straight into.” “The candidate chosen by Tennants had a very specific set of skills, and to find them in one person probably would have taken many months for the company. It was great to be able to speed up the process and find a quality candidate.”