Business starts 2001-2010
NVQ level 3 in Starting a New Enterprise Awards
The latest awards evening for the NVQ level 3 in Starting a New Enterprise took place on Tuesday 8th June 2010 with the Chairman of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Mr Peter McNestry, presenting the certificates. Jill Levens, the Director of Business Initiative, explained that the delivery of the NVQ would not be possible without the funding from the CRT and thanked Peter for their support over the last 5 years. Many of the participants explained how they had gone on to run successful businesses and thanked the trainers Irene and Theresa for their support.
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Olympic Games 2012
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Funding Websites:
GRANTnet, a straightforward FREE-to-use service from GRANTfinder, can help groups and small businesses like yours to find suitable funding
West Midlands Finance - helping businesses find and access different types of funding to develop and grow. For details of the City Wide Grant Scheme please go to our Training page.
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How to become a Supplier to Government
Broaden your horizons and source new business opportunities from within the public sector - a stable and reliable marketplace with an annual spend of £175 billion per annum. (Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk)There are a vast number of public sector organisations throughout the UK. Local government alone covers every area, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has over 200 establishments across the country, there are hundreds of NHS trusts and government departments such as HM Revenue and Customs with offices nationwide. Colleges and universities are to be found in many towns and cities, as are social services and countless numbers of non-departmental public bodies. All of which potentially have requirements for virtually every possible product and service, including those of your business.
As a small business, it is imperative that you have visibility of government contract opportunities; however, simply tracking down available contracts is a challenge in itself. Under EU rules all public sector contracts worth typically £100,000 or more must be advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), however, below this threshold, contract notices could appear in a host of places, including websites, trade journals, the national press or local newspapers.
Supply2.gov.uk is the only official UK-wide lower-value (typically below £100,000) contract opportunity portal. These opportunities are the key route for your business to secure work within this growing market.
Free registration provides you with notification of new government contract opportunities relevant to your business via the Daily Email Alert service. An advertising platform, where you can promote your company to the public sector market provides reassurance that your company is searchable by government buyers who are able to identify suppliers based on the products and services they require.
Approximately 3500 new contract opportunities are advertised on Supply2.gov.uk every month - view comments from businesses already benefiting from the Daily Email Alert service.
In a recession, identifying and winning new business from the public sector is vital. The Government requires a wide range of goods and services from businesses throughout the UK. Ensure the New Year brings the confidence that you are doing everything you can to support your organisation.
It allows community and voluntary groups, sports and other clubs, schools, social enterprises and small businesses to search across EC and UK sources including Government departments, local authorities, charitable trusts and corporate sponsors.