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Keep up to date with the latest news and views in the YPO Blog

We'll be blogging every few days about various topics, so come back soon to see more!

Fire Extinguishers – The First Line of Defence

24 May 2021 By Richard Parker - Account Director at Chubb

Richard Parker, Account Director at Chubb explains why regular maintenance of fire extinguishers is an essential part of any fire safety strategy and shares his best practice advice on fire prevention.
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Meet the Procurement Assistant - Gareth Foster

13 May 2021 By Gareth Foster - Procurement Assistant for Energy at YPO

Gareth Foster joined YPO in 2018 and is now a Procurement Assistant for Energy in the procurement services team.
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Remember Emma? Home working is having an impact

12 May 2021 By Richard Monk - Commercial Business Manager at Fellowes

Emma Work ‘Colleague of the Future’ was developed by Fellowes - the healthy workspace experts - to show how office workers could look in 20 years’ time if we continue to work with inadequately set-up workstations, poor posture and minimal movement.
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Measuring social value in a recruitment contract

11 May 2021 By Amy Clark - Category Buyer for HR Services at YPO

Social value is a term we often hear when considering procurement and contracts, but what is it and how can you incorporate it into your contract for recruitment services?
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Meet the Buyer - Michelle Wood

05 May 2021 By Michelle Wood - Category Buyer for Fleet at YPO

Michelle Wood joined YPO in 2020 and is a Category Buyer for Energy in the procurement services team.
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Meet the Assistant Buyer - Sally Pemberton

22 April 2021 By Sally Pemberton - Assistant Category Buyer for Facilities and Waste Management at YPO

Sally started working at YPO in May 2018 after moving from NHS Supply Chain and now works in the very busy facilities management procurement team as an assistant category buyer.
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SoW and the future of work

19 April 2021 By Lucy Simpson - Category Manager for HR Services at YPO

Our strategic partners, Consultancy+ recently ran an event looking at Statement of Work (SoW) and the future of work. As this is such a hot topic for many of our customers, we decided to catch-up with Steve Dilley, the Managing Consultant at Consultancy+ to find out what the key takeaways were from the session.
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The Debt Respite Scheme: Impact on enforcement

15 April 2021 By Helen Addis - Social Responsibility and Customer Welfare Manager at Bristow & Sutor

The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) guidance is set to be rolled out on Tuesday 4th May 2021 and the purpose of this initiative is to support those who genuinely cannot pay or would benefit from some additional time to tackle their debts.
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Meet Cheryl from the HR procurement team

25 March 2021 By Cheryl Gahan - Further Competition Coordinator for HR at YPO

Cheryl Gahan joined YPO in 2015 and is now a Further Competition Co-ordinator for HR in the procurement services team.
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Top tips for looking at new recruitment solutions

22 March 2021 By Lucy Simpson - Category Manager for HR Services at YPO

When starting to look at recruitment solutions, timing is the key. It can often take time to make decisions internally and understand the requirements from all internal stakeholders, and more than one solution may be needed depending on how you procure recruitment.
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