30 November 2006

Regulars

4 Editorial

News

7 Major changes in health purchasing

8 Council staff face pay cuts

9 BNG to improve decommissioning

10 Sainsbury's turn to local suppliers

11 Consultants win buyers' vote on value

12 US Metty case to go jury trial

News focus

15 Dependence in NHS purchasing

Law update

16 Public-sector IT

Opinion

18 David Hawkins, Olivia Thompason, Letters, Adviser

Knowledge zone

40 Level 2 CIPS, reviews

42 CIPS update

46 CIPS diary

48 People & jobs

49 Appointments

62 Home truths

Cover story