Every €1 that a business spends on improving its procurement practices delivers €10 back, according to Ingrid De Doncker, CEO of iDDea, a specialist procurement advice and training company based in Bandon, Co Cork.

The annual awards usually throw up a few surprises but there was an air of predictability at yesterday’s Dunlop Ireland Champions of Motorsport Awards ceremony at the Hilton Dublin Airport Hotel.

THE DONEGAL Mini Stage Rally in Glenties fell victim to the weather conditions despite the heroic work of the organisers who salted the roads over which the event was to traverse.

FOR once The Chieftains sat back and did the listening.