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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!

When should Regulation 32(2)(c) be used?

16 November 2020 By Raoul Robinson - Contracts Manager at YPO

Issues created by the rise of COVID -19 in the UK has resulted in public sector contracting authorities and their supply chains, facing unprecedented difficulties to quickly meet urgent stakeholder requirements.
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Keeping customers at the heart of what we do

12 November 2020 By Jo Marshall, Executive Director at YPO

This year’s theme for World Quality Day is ‘creating customer value’, and with a topic so close to my heart I want to talk to you about how at YPO, our customers are our top priority.
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Are you getting the benefits of working with SMEs?

11 November 2020 By Robyn Lamport-Rann - Category Buyer for ICT at YPO

As a nation we are dependent on technology more than ever, but have you thought about how small or medium sized businesses can help with sourcing this through procurement?
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Creating a safer washroom experience

11 November 2020 By Initial Washroom Hygiene

Washrooms represent one of the greatest hygiene challenges for businesses and schools as they are spaces in which social distancing may be difficult to maintain. They also contain many shared touchpoints and hard surfaces, on which Coronavirus can survive and become vectors for transmission.
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Making maths magical through play

10 November 2020 By Learn Well

Make it sparkly and twinkly, make it squidgy and smelly, make it natural and textured. Let children use real things and lots of them. Let them hold them, move them, squish them, smell them, describe them and yes, count them. Doing the same thing in lots of different ways, using all of the senses, will build a strong sense of number: the awesome one, the tantalising two, the thunderous three, the fabulous four!
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The power of passion and positivity for maths

06 November 2020 By Catherine Chell from Learn Well

In this blog, Cath from Learn Well discusses the importance of having a positive outlook when learning or teaching maths and provides some top tips to nurture a passion for maths!
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XaaS: why everything is now a service

05 November 2020 By The IT team at YPO

As organisations look towards digitisation to improve their own business processes and their efficiency, services are becoming an increasingly popular way to cost-effectively use and implement IT.
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Procuring your specialist decorator paints

05 November 2020 By Jo King - Category Buyer for Facilities Management at YPO

As the Christmas holidays are fast approaching, have you thought about getting your buildings, classrooms and premises decorated ready for the new year and next school term?
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Keeping your outdoor areas cosy in winter

04 November 2020 By Cosy

Winter is coming – but don’t let that stop you from embracing the great outdoors! Playing outdoors in the fresh, chilly open air can help build resistance and improve health.
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Meet the education procurement team - Megan

03 November 2020 By Megan Robinson - Procurement Projects Advisor at YPO

Megan has worked at YPO for two years and is passionate about being able to help customers buy better, achieve value for money and is proud to be part of a team that's focussed on supporting the education sector.
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