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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!

Putting our Print Marketplace solution to the test

11 October 2021 By Katie Beaumont - Further Competition Co-ordinator for ICT at YPO

Katie Beaumont, the Further Competition Co-ordinator for ICT in the procurement services team puts our Print Marketplace solution to the test, and shares her experiences and challenges she faced along the way.
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Five tips to help adapt to a hybrid working model

07 October 2021 By Ian Dickinson - Key Account Manager at Banner

Adapting to the right hybrid working model is going to be crucial for many organisations moving forward. Whilst a hybrid model can deliver value for both employers and staff, it does not come without its challenges to make it a worthwhile experience for all.
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World Mental Health Day – Happiness at work

05 October 2021 By Jacob Smith at Wellbeing Solutions

The 10th October this year marks World Mental Health Day – an international day of recognition of the legitimacy and urgency of mental health issues across society.
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Four top tips to store your biomass

04 October 2021 By Sam Johnson - Assistant Category Buyer for Energy at YPO

During recent times, there has been a huge strain on public sector organisations to make the transition to renewable fuels. One of these has been the use of biomass – and in turn this has brought many challenges.
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Why social value and enforcement go hand-in-hand

28 September 2021 By Helen Addis - Social Responsibility and Customer Welfare Manager at Bristow & Sutor

Corporate social responsibility has been a term used by businesses in every sector for many years, but social value intends to better represent modern holistic thinking. It considers how businesses can positively impact a local community as part of usual working practice.
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Facing skills scarcity? Collaboration is the key

16 September 2021 By Matthew Lewis - UK Public Services and Not for Profit Director at Hays

Many will have seen the headlines in the media around the lack of people and skills to meet demand across the post-Covid landscape. We’ve hit a perfect storm as a resurgent private sector and transforming public sector compete for skills in a labour market that’s vastly reduced due to large numbers of EU nationals returning home.
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Meet Katie from the ICT procurement team

13 September 2021 By Katie Beaumont - Further Competition Co-ordinator for ICT at YPO

Katie Beaumont joined YPO two years ago and is now a Further Competition Co-ordinator for ICT in the procurement services team.
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The ISDN/PSTN switch off – are you ready?

20 August 2021 By Matt Dykes – Chief Operating Officer at Abzorb

From 2023 public sector organisations will be unable to buy ISDN and PSTN telephone systems, and in 2025, they will cease to exist.
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Sustainable printing for the public sector

17 August 2021 By The APS Group

As part of your social value objectives, you may be considering how to ensure any print requirements are aligned to your environmental and sustainability goals.
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Our biomass suppliers fuelling a greener future

13 August 2021 By Sam Johnson - Assistant Category Buyer for Energy at YPO

No matter what industry you are in, we are all facing unique individual challenges to become carbon neutral by 2050.
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