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b'The government spends around \\xa3300bn a year \\u2013 a third of all public expenditure \\u2013 on procurement. Following the UK\\u2019s exit from the EU, the government has proposed major reforms to the rules governing public sector buying. \\n\\nThe government says the new Procurement Bill will create a simpler and more transparent system which makes it easier for SMEs to win contracts and for the government to disqualify poorly performing suppliers. \\n\\nThis event discussed the bill\\u2019s aims, challenges to achieving the government\\u2019s objectives and featured a presentation on the key measures contained in the bill from: \\n\\nEd Green, Deputy Director, Commercial Policy - International and Reform at the Cabinet Office \\nLindsay Maguire, Head of Engagement for Procurement Reform at the Cabinet Office \\nAnd responses from: \\n\\nMark Leigh, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer at DWP\\nLaura Wisdom, Partner at Burges Salmon \\nThe event was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.\\n\\n#IfGoutsourcing \\n\\nThis event was kindly supported by Burges Salmon.'