Over on Spend Matters Jason Busch recently unveiled his predictions for the summer season and, after so much doom and gloom since the turn of the year, it’s refreshing that he is predicting a little more sunshine for procurement over the next few months.

From a stabilising of inflation to the comeback of the Greenback, Busch gives two good reasons for procurement executives to loosen their ties and breath a (albeit) short sigh of relief.

However, after sunshine must come rain (something that certainly seems to be the case here in London), and his prediction that three new major supply risk catastrophes will make the headlines over the next few months should be enough to leave people checking the location of their umbrella, if not reaching for it.