Blog

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!

Enforcement industry: learning from lockdown

18 August 2020 By Kirsty Gledhill - Further Competition Co-ordinator for Corporate and Financial services at YPO

As the Further Competition Co-Ordinator for Corporate and Financial Services within the YPO Procurement Services Team, I’ve seen many changes within the enforcement industry in the last five months. These changes include many of our supplier Enforcement Agents furloughed, regulation changes and mandatory training updates.
Read more
LGRP: An interim and executive recruitment update

14 August 2020 By Ebony Armitage - Further Competition Coordinator at YPO

Interim and executive recruitment has seen rapid and major changes during COVID-19. We wanted to find out exactly what’s changed in the market, the most popular roles and if there have been any changes in the way local authorities are recruiting.
Read more
Supplier relief and care market

24 April 2020 By Andy Perrins - Category Manager of Social Care at YPO

All providers/suppliers are under pressure to maintain services during the COVID-19 crisis and this is especially impacting the care sector, which is facing unprecedented demand and operational challenges.
Read more
Meet the Buyer - Claire Deacey

07 June 2019 By Claire Deacey, Category Buyer - Social Care

Claire started working for YPO in January this year as a Category Buyer for the Social Care team.
Read more
Knife crime reaches an eight year high

22 May 2019 By Les Hughes, Guardian Service

Knife crime is a growing problem within the UK and there is no discrimination when it comes to its victims, although a large percentage of activity seems to be aimed at the younger community and the disadvantaged.
Read more
Enabling change through digital transformation

26 April 2019 By Mike Fairbotham, Director at Perigean Ltd

Ahead of our World of Procurement event in July, each speaker will be previewing their session and discussing the different ways we can enable change through procurement...
Read more
Meet the Buyer - Laura Hills

23 April 2019 By Laura Hills - Facilities Management Category Buyer

Laura Hills joined YPO in May 2018 and has since progressed to her current role as a category buyer for facilities management.
Read more
Enabling change through the procurement process

12 April 2019 By Jeremy Brim, The Bid Toolkit

Ahead of our World of Procurement event in July, each speaker will be previewing their session and discussing the different ways we can enable change through procurement...
Read more
What's it like being an apprentice at YPO?

05 March 2019 By Jorden Nestor, Business Administration Apprentice - YPO

Are you considering an apprenticeship? Want to know more about what they’re like? In this blog, i'll be telling you about my time as an apprentice and how the experience is helping me progress with my future.
Read more
Implementation Guide - What's expected of you

16 January 2019 By Alex Detheridge - Click Travel

The last blog in this series equipped you with some top tips to get the most out of your travel management company during implementation. But what’s expected of your organisation during implementation?
Read more

Don't have an account yet?