Supplier diversity is rapidly developing in the UK, and the advent of the Equality Act is adding further pressure on organisations to develop their approaches.

It is also important that your organisation should be addressing its supplier diversity strategy in the base case - because suppliers are part of your talent pool.

Quote from previous participant:

"A lot of expertise was communicated but in a very clear, easily understandable form.  I feel like I could go away and actually make changes"

Develop practical skills to draft robust contracts for services and goods. Learn from two experts – a solicitor and a barrister – bring to life the contract documents and leverage resilient supplier relationships. (2 day seminar)

Software agreements are perceived as devilishly complex. Supplier standard forms are notoriously one-sided, and it remains notoriously difficult to get a supplier to work with a customer standard form or purchase for all but the largest of deals.

Led by a technology lawyer with two decades of experience negotiating and drafting software procurement agreement, the course takes a hard look at the question of what is important and what can be "given away" with minimal risk.

Procurement professionals face a software landscape that changes continually:

New types of sales structure
New styles of service provision
New threats from unexpected quarters
New forms of software agreement
This course has two goals: To focus on advanced topics encountered in medium-to-complex software projects, and to address some of the significant developments that have changed the business of software.

Despite the signs that we are coming out of the recession, the outlook is further staff cuts as organisations are considering outsourcing options to save money and drive efficiencies.

Keep your knowledge up-to-date with the latest TUPE regulations in this highly topical seminar. All elements of the TUPE regulations are covered, with particular emphasis on their significance to procurement.

The impact of these regulations will be explained in a way that should clarify the key issues involved. The event also covers the question of risks between the client and the service provider(s) and the implications for outsourcing activities