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Up-Scale Your Marketing

There is no shortage of digital marketing options available to businesses today, all offering the potential to increase your website and social media traffic and create meaningful engagement with your target audience. These include: Social media – creating organic growth using engaging content across multiple channels to bring people to your brand. Paid advertising – reaching out to new audiences

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Legal Considerations within Bids

Some businesses may be reluctant to participate in public sector procurement as they seem lengthy and complex – this is often a missed opportunity. With some understanding and guidance (perhaps through engagement with a bid specialist), businesses can start winning public sector contracts. Before bidding, businesses will need to identify the opportunities that align with their business. They should consider

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£153m 4-year Safety Improvement Works Framework

Published date – 17th January 2022 1st Stage Deadline date – Friday 18th February 2022 2nd Stage Commencement – April 2022 2nd Stage Deadline – May 2022 Buyer Overview Guinness is one of the leading providers of social housing and affordable home ownership in England. Guinness currently own and manage around 65,000 homes spanning most parts of the country. Around

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Winning Work in Singapore – Interview with Fraser Morrison, 1000Steps

We caught up with Fraser Morrison, SBN Ambassador for Singapore, to discuss his experiences and advice on winning work in Singapore. Fraser provides some fascinating insights on life in Singapore as well as work-winning tips on sales optimisation. Tell us a bit about yourself and your background. I run a company called 1000Steps, a sales optimisation business, based in Singapore

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The Civil Engineering Sector – A Presidential View

Civil engineering is extremely important within any large-scale project. Surveyors play an integral role in land development – generally being the first people to scout and measure the land. Afterwards, civil engineers and architects use these measurements to understand the area. This helps them design the structures correctly and safely. Alongside them would be commercial colleagues who ensure that construction

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10 key considerations for public sector bidding success in 2022

The UK public sector tenders out more than £290 billion annually on buying goods and services, and in 2022 aims to increase the SME share by 21%, from £76 billion to more than £96 billion. However, research shows that less than half (46%) of UK SMEs are currently successfully bidding for public sector contracts. With this in mind, Andrew Morrison,

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Sustainable Housebuilding: Using Timber Frame and MMC

The UK Government has set the target for housebuilding to reach 300,000 homes per year. This provides suppliers with a number of issues, none more so than to provide a balance of affordable homes, whilst doing so sustainably. Timber frames and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) provide a sustainable solution for developers to construct houses in a controlled environment. Benefits

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22 Bid Trends for 2022

As more businesses look to bid for new contracts both in the UK and further afield, bid experts, Andrew Morrison and David Gray, directors at AM Bid, have compiled a list of 22 bid trends for the new year: Covid-19 & Business Resilience: 2022 will be the 3rd calendar year where Covid-19 will loomed large. We are all learning to

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£40m Roads Maintenance Framework

Published Date – Friday 3rd December 2021 Deadline Date – Monday 10th January 2022 Buyer Overview Renfrewshire Council, a local authority established under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and having its principal address at Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1JB, is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Their Corporate Procurement Unit works to develop Contracts and

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£835m Major Building Works Contracts

Published date – Wednesday 1st December 2021 Stage 1 Deadline – Monday 31st January 2022 Stage 2 Deadline – Monday 11th April 2022 Buyer Overview The London Borough of Southwark Council was created in 1965 to replace the councils of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey. Opportunity Overview The Council

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