Great news 🥳 We raised £2.2m from some awesome investors @crane_vc @seedcamp @techstars (and brilliant angels). “Paid is a well-timed new venture”. Thanks to @davidprosserind for this brilliant article on @Forbes 🙌 It captures our vision perfectly! 🔗 bit.ly/3knweTa

Procurement Trailblazers ⚡️Our next Q&A features Jonjo Hobbs, Managing Director at @CapitaPS Procurement Solutions on on the core priorities for #procurement today, buying software to create an ecosystem, and how procurement can drive the social agenda. bit.ly/3wBqzyZ

Supply chain management needs to be focussed on #values to drive #ìnnovation 💫 - the core message of our #readoftheweek from @cipsnews  bit.ly/2UTe7NR

Procurement Trailblazers ⚡️Our next Q&A features Derren Chamberlain, Director of Supply Chain Operations @FirstPortUK on on the evolution of #procurement, implementing digital systems, failing fast and why start-ups are the route to growth. bit.ly/35LqjSU

"The digital future for procurement has arrived." Great to see @DarkbeamTweets + @Fairmarkit featured in this article from @kearney about the "tech revolution" 👏 We look forward to being included in similar round-ups of procurement tech start-ups soon! bit.ly/3oRmvIp

Should #procurement be focused on saving cost or adding value? That's the debate in our #readoftheweek from @cipsnews 💸⚖️ We'd love to hear which perspective resonates with you most. bit.ly/33V4MpM

A is for Agility⚡ @Deloitte's newly published 2021 CPO Survey shows that CPOs are building capabilities focused on—you guessed it—agility. Cost is still key but so is driving value through #DigitalTransformation, supplier relationships, and innovation. bit.ly/3ekC7Rb

We're excited to welcome Paul Smith (@smithfive) to our growing team. He's joined us as Procurement Lead and we're thrilled to have him on board! 🎉 Here's a few words from the man himself: bit.ly/3e1FFb1

A year of protests and a pandemic made 2020 a challenging year for supply chains (to say the least!). Our #readoftheweek unpacks the lessons that CPOs are building on this year, which includes everything from sustainability to supplier relationships. 🔗🌎bit.ly/2QKj6OH

Procurement Trailblazers ⚡ Our next Q&A features Ninian Wilson @ninian68 (Global Supply Chain Director @VodafoneGroup) on how #procurement can better society, the key to the software adoption + why buying internally should be as easy as Amazon shopping bit.ly/3mMUaSC

#Procurement is finally getting a seat at the C-suite table 🎉 but @cipsnews warns it should avoid making key mistakes including equating value with cost savings, automating inefficient processes + getting bogged down in processes that measure processes bit.ly/3sdnYZN

"Improving #supplierdiversity isn’t a nice thing to do—it’s the smart thing to do." Why? Because diverse suppliers tend to be smaller, more agile and adaptable than their larger counterparts, which increases supply chain resilience. ⛓️💪 The key is tech! bit.ly/31N7Mn5

"Now is the time to rethink and reshape the #procurement function". This starts with defining top priority business needs and (crucially) leveraging the digital tools that support them. The result? Accelerated recovery through value capture. 🚀 mck.co/31wBGMv

Our next #ProcurementTrailblazers is with Alex Jennings, CPO at @dssmithgroup 📦 Alex discusses circular procurement, how the industry has changed over 3 decades, eliminating modern slavery in the supply chain + the perils of overlooking smaller suppliers. bit.ly/3ttDFx1

"Procurement must disrupt itself to stay in front of change. What is driving this shift in #procurement? One word — #digitisation." 🔐 Our #readoftheweek on the future of procurement explains why digital platforms are key to enabling modernisation. bit.ly/3lmkNgD

Corporation tax is set to rise to 25%. This puts #procurement teams in the spotlight 🔦Why? Because supply base is a crucial source of saving — especially given that external spend makes up 70-80% of total corporate spend 🤯 #readoftheweek bit.ly/3sW6UIq

☀️ Pandemic + Procurement = Positives Our #readoftheweek from @cipsnews brings #procurement leaders together to discuss how procurement has demonstrated its value through the pandemic, and what it must do to build on its newly-enhanced reputation. bit.ly/3q9fIc3

If businesses want to be more resilient (who doesn't...? 🤔), they need to make #procurement their strategy. The key is creating resilient multi-relational networks rather than linear #supplychains. 🗞️ Our #ReadoftheWeek from @HarvardBiz explains why. bit.ly/2NyVHyy

🔗🔮 Why procurement software is the future for supply chains. Our #ReadoftheWeek from @ngpcapital shows that 40% of procurement tasks can be automated (@McKinsey) reducing time by 80% and generating savings of 1%-3% (@BCG). bit.ly/3bgj47F

#Procurement Trailblazers ⚡ Join Cyril Pourrat (@CPourrat) and Adam Brown from @bt_uk as they talk digitisation, ‘doing the right thing’ in the buying process, and how smaller suppliers significantly helped the company get vital work done. Thank you both! bit.ly/2Ot2hXu

#ReadoftheWeek Key issues for procurement in 2021 from @HackettgroupPR 🔑 reducing spend cost 🔑 accelerating #DigitalTransformation 🔑 modernising #procurement application platforms 🔑 finding innovative sources of #supply (hello smaller suppliers!). bit.ly/36XaGcc