With London 2012 well underway everyone's looking to capture some Olympic glory. In the case of procurement the link with sporting success is real and tangible. As Peter Rushton, CEO of Optimum Procurement and CIPS past-President, highlights in our guest article this month professional procurement is offering real competitive advantage in sport. For more on this and other sporting and procurement endeavours please read on.

Articles this month include:

• Performance enhancing - Procurement stimulates sporting success says Peter Rushton, CEO of Optimum Procurement.

• CPO video - Nicola Dunne of RCUK SSC Ltd discusses procurement objectives and challenges.

• Irrational predictions - 12 for 12 #7: England to win the Euros; where did it all go wrong?

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