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Peter Smith's Bad Buying Podcast
Peter Smith
13 episodes
1 day ago
Organizations waste billions through spending their money badly, through failures, frauds and... you know what! In this podcast, industry expert Peter Smith explores cases of Bad Buying, looks at why they happen, and what people and organizations can do to avoid such disasters. Full of shocking, sometimes almost unbelievable stories, along with a bit of humour, Peter Smith's Bad Buying podcast is entertaining and enlightening for anyone interested in business, how government spends our money, or how to make their own organisation’s cash go further!
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Organizations waste billions through spending their money badly, through failures, frauds and... you know what! In this podcast, industry expert Peter Smith explores cases of Bad Buying, looks at why they happen, and what people and organizations can do to avoid such disasters. Full of shocking, sometimes almost unbelievable stories, along with a bit of humour, Peter Smith's Bad Buying podcast is entertaining and enlightening for anyone interested in business, how government spends our money, or how to make their own organisation’s cash go further!
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"Where's the Flipping Documentation" says National Audit Office Report on UK Government Pandemic Procurement - Peter Smith's Bad Buying Podcast Epdisode 8
Peter Smith's Bad Buying Podcast
21 minutes 24 seconds
4 years ago
"Where's the Flipping Documentation" says National Audit Office Report on UK Government Pandemic Procurement - Peter Smith's Bad Buying Podcast Epdisode 8

I look at the UK National Audit Office report on how the UK government has conducted emergency procurement (worth many billions) during the pandemic. The main focus is on buying PPE, where some "interesting" (to say the least) suppliers won huge contracts. But there are also horror stories in terms of lack of good process in other areas too. The most commonly used phrase in the report - "there was a lack of documentation..."  Not for the faint-hearted... 

Peter Smith's Bad Buying Podcast
Organizations waste billions through spending their money badly, through failures, frauds and... you know what! In this podcast, industry expert Peter Smith explores cases of Bad Buying, looks at why they happen, and what people and organizations can do to avoid such disasters. Full of shocking, sometimes almost unbelievable stories, along with a bit of humour, Peter Smith's Bad Buying podcast is entertaining and enlightening for anyone interested in business, how government spends our money, or how to make their own organisation’s cash go further!