Engineering firm supplier delay solved by buying the lot, up to and including a suspiciously large chunk of Birmingham.
Manufacturers have been instructed to make obsolete bespoke components several days before customers realise they need them.
The £100 million Sovereign AI procurement competition asks British start ups to fix public services, while the queue machine seeks a contract.
G Cloud 15 unites three public sector cloud frameworks, opens opportunities for smaller suppliers and leaves one filing cabinet fighting for relevance.
New procurement guidance puts national security and resilient supply chains at the centre of public spending, with a padlock overseeing the paperwork.
