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Home » Posts tagged 'Acquisition'

  • Financially Incompetent

    • July 22, 2010
    • By Think Defence
    • Land, Sea and Air
    • 2 comments

    Is there really anything to add Oh, yes, of course there is MoD Gifts £26million to the Northern Ireland Assembly (H/T UK Defence Forum) And there’s more where that came from “A crucial question for the Ministry of Defence is whether it can use strategic financial management to stop living beyond its means. The current Strategic Defence and Security Review [...]

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  • An Acquisition Game Changer

    • May 21, 2010
    • By Think Defence
    • Business and Politics
    • 5 comments

    Tucked away in the Coalition Agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat party was this; We will require full, online disclosure of all central government spending and contracts over £25,000. Am I the only person that thinks this is going to have a significant impact on defence acquisition? When we see headline news like the Springer contract costing £7.5million for 75 [...]

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  • is Bernard Gray Off to Advise the Conservatives?

    • December 7, 2009
    • By Think Defence
    • Business and Politics
    • no comments

    Amongst a number of government advisers that are supposedly off to advise the Conservatives on public sector efficiency is Bernard Gray, the same Bernard Gray that ripped Defence Equipment & Support a new one on the woeful experience of buying, managing and disposing (but mostly buying) military equipment. The source of the news is only a blog post so who [...]

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