B2B Engage

B2B Engage are a division of Business to Business that specialise in delivering apprenticeships, vocational training and NVQs.

Link: http://www.b2bengage.com/

Built to Achieve

Built to Achieve is an on-going programme of workshops aimed at social enterprise and third sector organisations in the North East region.  The workshops are aimed at established organisations as well as individuals planning to set up and run a social enterprise or third sector company.  Built to Achieve provides practical, informal training to assist these companies to grow and succeed.

Better People Better Business

This event took place on the 12th February 2008, at HG Wells Centre, Woking.

Link: http://www.bpbb.co.uk

Winning Business from Big Business

Winning Business from Big Business is a is a unique seminar programme designed to help small businesses increase their competitive advantage and win new business directly from large organisations, or within supply chains. This programme took place between February and April 2008 and consisted of 14 seminars covering all aspects of the procurement procurement process and looking specifically at certain industry sectors.

Link: http://www.procurementnortheast.co.uk

Action sustainability – flexible framework

The flexible framework tool we have developed with Action Sustainability helps procurement staff to understand how their supply chain compares to the good practice recommended by the Sustainable Procurement Task Force. This is the first step towards a more sustainable supply chain and does not take long to complete. Please click below:

Flexible framework tool

Public Procurement

This project was designed to help businesses in the North East to understand the nature of public procurement, where the opportunities lie, and how they could fit in to local supply chains.

Link: http://www.publicprocurement.co.uk/

GoSouthGo

This project took place from February to May 2007 and was constructed to give small and medium-sized enterprises a greater understanding of where opportunities lay for them as a result of London 2012. This involved five seminars across South London and targeted the seven borough in this region. In total 275 attendees gained an in-depth understanding of the key issues surrounding the Games.

An online portal was created for this that contained a directory of 50 local purchasing organisations for each of the seven South London boroughs and acted as a focal point for event bookings. In addition to this five online web-based seminars were created to last beyond the life-time of the event and to allow attendees to share the knowledge they gained with their own organisation and spread the learning of the event.

Link: http://events.gosouthgo.co.uk/

Please click below to view the relevant seminars:

The Opportunity that Awaits You
The Olympic Opportunity
Understanding Local Government Procurement
How the Tender Process Works
EU Procurement Legislation
Developing and Communicating Your Unique Selling Point