Ok, so Leeds and Sheffield don't look like this cover. But the new edition of Insider is packed with 30-pages on business finance and deals coverage and you get the idea! Our Corporate Finance Guide features expert assessment of current demand, who is lending and doing deals. And then we give you the lowdown on the big and complex deals of the last year for our Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards shortlist. This is the edition where we also rank the fastest-growing Yorkshire and Humber companies in our Growth 100 too. These aren't any one-season wonders - they're monitored over a four-year period. Also, in this edition is a look at how to implement best practice in Health and Safety, pieces on Placemaking and Sustainable and Ethical Manufacturing and a writeup on an excellent 'Invest in Leeds' breakfast panel event. If you don't receive the magazine you can subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/g8nUZHG#CorporateFinance#YorksDeals#Dealmakers#Deals#Business#Growth#Yorkshire#Placemaking#Manufacturing#HealthandSafety#Leeds
If you are a Bromley business, contact us to find how you can access the many contracts that are available from local and national larger businesses. Larger businesses want to buy from local businesses but those local businesses don’t have everything in place to be ready to supply them. Join the programme to find out what you need to have in place to ensure your business knows how to find new opportunities, how to meet the buyers’ needs and what it takes to win.
Are you a Bromley-based business looking to win more contracts? Supply Bromley is here to help!
This free programme equips SMEs with the skills, relationships, and opportunities to win lucrative contracts with major buyers. It offers bespoke 1-2-1 advice from our experienced advisers, a series of interactive workshops and the opportunity to pitch your products and services to buyers.
Learn how Supply Bromley can open doors for your business by joining our in-person event 'The Importance of Social Values within the Supply Chain' in Bromley Town Centre on Tuesday 30 April from 09.30. Our expert speaker, @Farieta Udoh will help you understand why social value is important and how it can strengthen your tender responses.
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What do the recently decided Supreme Court Case, Connelly v. United States and The Home Depot have in common? The subject company in Connelly was a roofing supply business named Crown C Supply. In 2018 (five years after the Connelly buy/sell agreement issues first came to light), SRS Distribution Inc. purchased Crown C Supply. Terms of that transaction were not disclosed. Crown C Supply was one of many companies acquired by PE-backed SRS Distribution over the years. Fast forward to March 28, 2024: The Home Depot announced it was purchasing SRS Distribution for an enterprise value of $18.25 billion. This is a great example of a platform business owned by a financial buyer purchasing a family business, then the financial buyer selling that platform business to a large strategic buyer a few years later.
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The public tender procurement process fills most SMEs with dread. Working in the property sector this is even more fustrating as LAs are relucant to breakdown large tenders so that smaller businesses get a piece of the pie. I have heard a lot of lip service from LAs looking to 'engage' with SMEs and I come away feeling like they have just carried out a tick box exercise.
But attending today's session delivered by GMGH did give me a little ray of hope.
Back in the early 2010s I worked with closely with the largest LA procurement team (clue: they have just gone bankrupt) to divert £1.5 mill that they were spending in the private sector on meetings and events into charities and non-for-profits. On the back of this I got involved in CSR in a big way and ended up on a steering group for a white paper on 'Added Value' in the tender process. The problem with this was it only made up 10% of the tender requirements and therefore, even though it was a positive move in the right direction, it still gave large companies a 'get out clause' and not to take it all too seriously.
The percentage for Added Value, I discovered today, has now risen to 30%
and this could give SMEs the edge. SMEs are perfectly placed to build relationships with our local communities, tweak our supply chain to improve Eco-ratings and provide short and long term opportunities to people who may need a bit of extra help getting into work. We are nimble, flexible and adaptable. We are not bogged down by processes and red tape. We have our ear to the ground and can contribute in so many creative ways to benefit our communities using the skills, knowledge and experience we draw on day in and day out. This is our power.
As election time approaches, SMEs can If this percentage begins to creep above 30, I look forward to the day when SMEs won't be picking up the scraps of tenders won by large contractors (naming no names here) but rather we are approached to work in partnership because they need us to achieve their Added Value to the communities they are serving. And slowly but surely, the playing field could start to look a little more even 😊
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Do you know where tenders are advertised? How to decide when to bid and when not to? What buyers are looking for and how they judge you and your competitors? Join us on the 25th of April in Oldham to learn more and talk to the Oldham Council about opportunities.
Event aimed at Oldham businesses.
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Research is everything….
Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail
How often do you win business if you haven’t researched and done your homework???
Pickfords water bottle he had with him, listed out every potential penalty taker and which way to to go based on historic shots
England won the game 👏 because he prepared…
We can apply this to any stakeholder, knowing our customer and the people in the room.
Know you’re customer and do that research!