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Procurement Says No

Procurement Says No

By: Richard Beattie & Edward Cross
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The thoughts of two CIPS award winning procurement gods who want to share our love of procurement with newbies, oldies and the procurious. Generally we'll be talking nonsense about all things procurement, with the occasional nugget of priceless insight.

All views are our own - we're not affiliated in any way to anybody or anything!

Er, except Kodiak Hub...who are sponsoring our shows. How smart of them.

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Episodes
  • A corrupt boss and buying garments, strategic consultants and a trench - Ask Rich & Ed Ep29

    A corrupt boss and buying garments, strategic consultants and a trench - Ask Rich & Ed Ep29
    Aug 12 2026
    We get lots of questions from our listener(s) on Procurement Says No. Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food.

    In episode 29 we have more lovely questions including:
    • Buying a trench - how much should it cost?
    • Using strategic consultants with "should cost models" - is this better than going to market?
    • Buying garments from a supplier in Pakistan with reported modern slavery in the supply chain - what's the next thing to do?
    • If your boss is very close to a supplier - suggesting direct awards and sharing competitors' pricing - should you be suspicious?
    All of the procurement questions, all of the time. Woohoo.

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    11 mins
  • How to buy a car - Procurement Says No Vids Ep23

    How to buy a car - Procurement Says No Vids Ep23
    Aug 6 2026
    How to buy a car. Not necessarily a better car.

    Another video which we said we'd never do. Except this is audio only.

    They're on TikTok and YouTube (shorts) in full glorious video.

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    1 min
  • AI Cyber battles, grenades, tariffs and diamonds - Procurement Says No Ep46

    AI Cyber battles, grenades, tariffs and diamonds - Procurement Says No Ep46
    Aug 3 2026
    Procurement Says No is now sponsored by Kodiak Hub - The SRM suite that makes you super smart. Check you out with your splendid fancy pants. www.KodiakHub.com

    Meanwhile it's almost time to set fire to the sky as various AI agents begin to attack one another in an "unprecedented" AI cyber-attack. Oooops. Don't worry, it's all contained in the sandbox, no wait...

    Also in this episode...
    • UK Military work out the best place to buy grenades. Not.
    • CIPS funds the promotion of deforestation-free procurement in Wales.
    • More Trump tariffs - this time for slavery in supply chains.
    • It turns out that diamonds aren't forever.
    • Who knew that the Suez Canal keeps closing and re-opening.
    • New UK Government - sort of.
    • Theme of resilience in procurement remains, er, resilient.
    • Sainsbury's chicken eggs white supremacy madness.

    All this plus more on our wonderful "Ask Rich and Ed bot" AI companion app - which will answer all of your questions with genius and brilliance. We couldn't believe it! You won't either - so click the link below to be amazed...

    https://mentaraiq.com/share/chatbot/0e874f81-612c-46e5-8c7d-b1a8fc7ee544

    And, yes there is a drone called the T-400. Not quite as good as the T-600. Yet.




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    29 mins
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