Event: Is your business ‘Bid Ready’?

• The public sector’s tendering processes
• Get tips on how to write an effective tender and the importance of understanding social value
• Explore different options for bidding
• The importance of developing your digital presence.

It will also feature case studies from local businesses that have successfully been awarded public sector contracts and a Q&A with some of the Council’s Specialist Procurement team. This event will benefit a wide range of SME and micro-businesses but, will be of particular benefit if you are in the construction, care, ICT, maintenance, waste handling, or office and education supply sectors Image owned by Elliot Large Elliott Large, About With Friends I am the catering manager at about with friends.  My role is to oversee all of our catering outlets which include NNDC, community café and our external professional catering kitchen that provides catering for any manner of events. I have a background in mental health nursing and as working as a chef both skillsets allow me to help support our members in the best way possible and also provide a high quality training environment for those who attend. As a charity we work with adults and children with learning disabilities.  Providing a wide range of services from work skills that I have mentioned above to supported living and outreach.  We are extremely enthusiastic about our members working in partnership within the local community and also letting them live the lives they choose.  We have been based in Cromer for 20 years and really feel to be part of the community. Matt Dillon, Aspect Group Services With a career spanning over 30 years in Engineering, Operational Delivery, Business Development and Customer Services across the Utility, Public and Commercial contracting sectors; Matt is a skilled operator to share his knowledge and experiences across a wide range of procurement and tendering processes, especially during a time for client cost certainty, greater awareness for sustainable and responsible contracting, along with adding social value to projects and long-term community investment. Now as Owner/ Director of Aspect Group Services Ltd. he is distilling his business knowledge and attention to customer service across the Group as it evolves and diversify into a high performance and fully integrated service provider to both the Private and Commercial sectors.