Why Sometimes You Need to Source Locally
The world of procurement is often tricky. It involves choosing one appropriate candidate, ultimately benefiting them, while rejecting and disadvantaging others. That said, it isn’t just the businesses that are picked which will profit from winning the contracts, it’s also their supply chain, their local economy, fellow businesses, families, and so on. The above is […]
PIN published for £6bn ‘Construct’ Framework
A Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been published for an upcoming £6bn public sector framework from Southern Construction Framework (SCF). SCF is a leading construction procurement framework delivered by the public sector for the public sector in the South of England. Kicking off with a supplier information event on 12th April, the latest PIN advises […]
UK Engineering Firm Powers into Poland
Offshore Design Engineering Ltd (ODE) has powered into Poland, after securing the contract for a major offshore windfarm development. ODE used the General Export Facility from UK Export Finance (UKEF), gaining a €900,000 package financed by HSBC UK. HSBC UK and UKEF’s support provided working capital benefit by bridging the cash flow gap caused by […]
Can British Businesses Fulfil Domestic Demands?
Brexit has dramatically changed the UK import and export dynamic. Pre-Brexit trade predictions estimated a 15% decline in UK imports and exports. However, several factors skewed this outcome. First, UK goods trade to the EU fell by more than 30% at the start of 2020 (Compared to 2019) and didn’t recover. The extended transition period […]
Britain’s Least Legitimate Public Sector Contractors – The Peaky Blinders
While you might think we’re going to start divulging details of companies who’ve been outed by television shows like Cowboy Builders, Don’t Get Done Get Dom, or Rogue Traders, you’d be wrong… We’re talking about a far more popular organisation – a company who are searched for more than 365,000 times a month on Google […]
Do We Need to Sacrifice the Planet to Work from Home?
What does remote working ‒ or ‘working from home’ (WFH) as it’s affectionately known ‒ mean for the future of life in Britain? The COVID-19 pandemic is, undoubtedly, the biggest working from home experiment in history – at least half of the British workforce worked from home part, if not all, of the week in […]
Bidding for £500M Contracts at HS2’s Euston Station Opens
Small businesses are being encouraged to bid for some £500M worth of contracts as work ramps up at HS2’s new Euston station. Hundreds of packages are available to bid on as the programme of procurement gears up to support the delivery of HS2. Many of the smaller contracts are suitable for Small and Medium […]
Growth Secures Scottish Construction Pipeline
In July 2021, Scottish Futures Trust launched the Scottish Construction Pipeline Database, in response to the construction sector’s need for clear visibility of anticipated work across the public sector. The Construction Pipeline Forecast Tool provides greater transparency on future construction workload, helping businesses plan better and maintain their investment in skills and future training needs. […]