Food miles
It is excellent to see that Western Isles Health Board have signed-up to the sustainability principles of the Scottish Executive. This involves mitigating the food miles - or to put it in old fashioned language - buying locally.
Applying these principles to all services delivered to the public sector should give more opportunities for local suppliers to bid for and win public sector contracts. For too long price has been the sole determining factor, and quality has come a poor second. Finally, it looks like the tables might be turning.
Applying these principles to all services delivered to the public sector should give more opportunities for local suppliers to bid for and win public sector contracts. For too long price has been the sole determining factor, and quality has come a poor second. Finally, it looks like the tables might be turning.
2 comments:
When spending tax-payers money, price has to be the main factor, obviously quality does come into it as well, but buying local just to LOOK GOOD is only going to end badly. Cheery Tws.......
yayyyy!
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