According to the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), Manchester City Council is playing a pioneering role in progressive procurement thanks to key changes it has made over the past 10 years. The new corporate procurement department has led to savings of over £65 million and has focused procurement in Manchester with the proportion of total procurement spend with organisations based in, or with a branch in, Manchester has increased from 51.5% in 2008/09 to 73.6% in 2015/16. To read more about this story, click here.

The GSA is hosting a Northern Conference this May focusing on the value of the Northern sourcing and procurement sectors, click here to find out more.