Rick Webb

My @NakedWines Xmas order due 26/11 still hasn't arrived. Honestly, why does anyone still use @YodelOnline as couriers?

I have 2 tickets for Craig Charles at the Wardrobe tonight (23 Oct) - can email. Would love to go but sadly not well enough @CCfunkandsoul @wardrobeleeds

Don’t be a litterbug!

All CIPS and MCIPS Members are eligible to vote in the forthcoming Congress Elections. My vote goes to Michael Sellors who is up for re-election and does an outstanding job chairing our Northern Congress and Branch forum. Whoever you vote for, do take t…lnkd.in/gKv7NKF

So much we can learn from inspirational videos. This gem teaches us to be a hero. Go it alone and certainly don’t ask for help. If that means putting your own health at risk or causing some discomfort to the vulnerable, that’s ok. That’s the meaning…lnkd.in/gBhC26P

True or false: procurement people LOVE visiting distribution centres? Is it just me? 😬 CIPS South Yorkshire Branch are hosting a visit to Amazon in Doncaster on 1st July. Can’t wait to see how they do that picking and packing.…lnkd.in/gnMxd_q lnkd.in/gur3tdv

We invest resources into looking for innovative ideas. These 10 things are tech innovations to help people with disabilities that are now part of everyone’s lives. lnkd.in/giyfky5

The Minister’s written to 10,000 businesses to warn them that tough new rules on paying suppliers on time come into force on September 1st. Government will consider this when awarding contracts in future. Are you ready? lnkd.in/dwh98wh

Good managers do not avoid tough conversations. But I really don’t know how to go about telling our work air conditioning units that they’re sexist. lnkd.in/gDqDRj7 lnkd.in/gsEN7cf

IACCM and the University of Leeds have exciting plans to make Leeds a centre of academic excellence in commercial and contract management. I’m delighted to be invited to their academic symposium. First thought for the day: if academia is about anything, i…lnkd.in/gF58TEK

This is an interesting post on the difference between procurement and commercial. A lively debate in the comments too! Do you agree with @tcummins? lnkd.in/gzEeD9M

I’ve been at DHSC for so long as it is genuinely a great place to work. Our aim is simple. We help people live better for longer. The work we do matters and there is nothing more rewarding than knowing that your work improves peo…lnkd.in/g7ezSYW lnkd.in/gRjFmvB

What a delight to mix my two great passions (procurement and theatre) at today’s #cips Yorkshire Branch event hosted by @ActSustainably of Act Sustainably. A packed room learning communication skills usually reserved for drama school. And Dave certainl…lnkd.in/g5pPBJB

I was once taken aside and advised “never brown in town”. As an act of minor rebellion, I now ensure that I regularly wear brown shoes with a blue suit, though I wear a suit much less than a used to. I’m lucky to work for an emp…lnkd.in/g7K8wXV lnkd.in/gMsTTva

CIPS Members asked us to deliver more category specific events. Delighted to host Harry Fawbert from MoJ at the CIPS Yorkshire Branch to share his experience of collaborative working in the languages services category. A strong turnout and high quality…lnkd.in/gGtMjCW

9 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. That’s why National Geographic are asking us all to take the plastic pledge: if you give up one thing this year, make it plastic. lnkd.in/grKPwdb #Nationalgeographic #plastic #environ…lnkd.in/gnihdST