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CIPS Fellow Clare Tetlow explains why UK public sector procurement professionals have a key role to play in delivering government social value ambitions on local job creation and opportunities.

Supply chains, and the people at their heart, face growing risk and pressure as conditions and challenges shift. For procurement professionals, this means being prepared to prevent disruption, not just respond and adapt to it. Designing resilient supply chains, as Iain Cameron, CIPS Technical Developer and SME, explores here, is key.

When it comes to climate-driven supply chain disruption, the window for proactive procurement opens long before the impact is felt. Announcements about El Niño were being made in late 2025. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said then that there was about a 60% chance that we’d be facing an El Niño by April or May of this year

Preparing for El Niño isn't just about assessing your own exposure. It's about anticipating how others are likely to react when they see what’s coming too, says Michael Lewis, professor of operations management at the University of Bristol Business School and member of the Global Board of Trustees at CIPS.

Six months after the Middle East crisis began, uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz continues to disrupt global supply chains and affect commodity prices and availability worldwide. Hear from Sam Achampong (FCIPS) on what we have learned so far, how organisations have responded, and what might be on the horizon for procurement and supply.

In a supply chain landscape increasingly defined by uncertainty, relying on static forecasts is a risky game. Get the story from how CIPS award-winning Oxford Nanopore switched up their supply chain planning to manage the challenges procurement now face.