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SME NATIONAL PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE 2009

If you own a small or medium sized business and wish to bid for Public Sector contracts, then get yourself along to the Mermaid Conference Centre in London on March 24th 2009, for this conference .

You can BOOK HERE now.

The UK Government realises the importance of including a diverse range of suppliers within the supply chain and is making progress on introducing initiatives to attract Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to engage with them. This is resulting in more and more opportunities becoming available in the marketplace, and GO Conferences has developed an event to bring together leading experts in this field to assist you in accessing these opportunities.

With businesses competing in exceptionally challenging economic circumstances and facing financial uncertainty over the short to medium term, Engaging with SMEs – Glover and Beyond The conference will discuss the key recommendations of the recent Glover Report, Accelerating the SME engine: through transparent, simple and strategic improvement, including improving SME access to – and simplifying the process of winning – public sector contracts.

Speakers include:

Patrick Elliott, Chief Executive, Business Link in London
Leon Clarke, Head of Olympic Business Legacy, London Development Agency
Helen Hughes, National Advisor, Voluntary and Community Sector, IDeA
Ken Cole, Efficiency Advisor, Capital Ambition
Gary Welch, Programme Director, London Procurement Programme
Attending this conference will allow you to hear representatives from key organisations
set up to advise, support and aid you in competing in this highly valuable marketplace.

If you are unable to make it to the conference but wish to find out more about this programme, check out the Supply2.gov.uk website.