The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland Contract aggregation is driving a wedge between small businesses and Scottish public sector
By Susan Love It isn’t just illegally manipulated markets, economic stagnation or month-long banking glitches worrying Scotland small businesses. Enterprises north of the border are deeply concerned about its public sector’s procurement policies and practices. The Scottish Government, our 32 local authorities, the NHS, schools, colleges, universities and our public agencies collectively spends £9bn on