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The Procurement Act 2023 (expected to go-live in Oct 2024) replaces dynamic purchasing and qualification systems with a single new commercial purchasing tool called a Dynamic Market (DM). DMs can be used and established by contracting authorities, including public and private utilities. They can also…

The Transport Industries Current Landscape The transport industry is a vital force for economic growth and a key player in the world’s progress to achieving a lower carbon economy. Sitting along side this the industry has seen commendable progress in workplace safety over the past…

The keys to driving positive changes in the energy sector. An optimistic mood prevailed at this year’s AchillesLive Conference for Northern European Power & Utilities, focusing on renewables and responsible sourcing. Companies highlighted their sense of accountability for creating a brighter future  shared by companies…

Key takeaways from the Institution of Civil Engineers’ report. When it comes to health and safety on construction sites, measures related to the ‘safety’ side of the equation are more visible and obviously linked to the physical work taking place. Workers wear hard hats, safety…

Weather, politics, economics, compliance and reputation are five key areas of supply chain risk that need to be properly managed The 2014 FM Global Resilience Index recently named the Dominican Republic, Bolivia and Venezuela as the five riskiest countries for supply chains. All nations are…

Date: 12 May 2020  |  Time to read: 5 mins “We are facing a global crisis that is leading to a delayed isolation of different regions around the world. This is causing disruptions at a global scale, and represents a major challenge when it comes to…

You could be forgiven for losing track of where things are with the CS3D legislation that has been slowly moving through the EU approval process over the last year or so. Here we provide a helpful update of what’s happened so far and what is…

What You Need to Know: A sample of 24 buyers in COVID-19 affected areas who use Achilles shows an increase in searches from Feb-2020 to March-2020 There are over 200 Achilles product and service codes for which more than 30% of the supplier base is…

Date: 20 May 2020  | Time to read: 7 mins COVID-19 poses a challenge to the supply chain of many industries. The spread of COVID-19 across the world has put a strain on global trade, which has brought about temporary paralysis of operations in many…

Zero harm is the holy grail of occupational health and safety. In the construction sector particularly that ideal can seem like a distant dream. The industry’s accident rate was three times the all-sector average among EU countries in 2018 – the latest year for which…

Compliance means different things to different people, depending on the industry they work in and their job role. For many though, the perception is that it’s a time-consuming task primarily concerned with ticking the right boxes in order to avoid unwanted attention from regulators. Compliance…

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, and in the interests of the safety of our customer and our staff, we have implemented an alternative audit procedure – a virtual audit process. This allows us to provide the audit service you expect without unnecessary risk to…