This session helps you become commercially confident and competitive, whether you’re bidding for public contracts or growing your private client base.
Learn how to write stronger bids, reduce reliance on public funding, and build a more resilient business model.
Key themes:
- Understanding public sector procurement: local authority and NHS commissioning, frameworks, DPS, and open tenders
- Bid writing and commercial readiness: compliance, quality, pricing, and social value
- Building a private client base: market trends, pricing, marketing, and referrals
- Reducing Reliance on Public Contracts: diversifying income, managing risk and cash flow, and blended models
- Embedding sustainability and social values, including a session on the Good Employment Charter
What you’ll gain:
- Improved commercial readiness for public tenders
- An action plan to grow your private client base
- Strategies to reduce dependency on public contracts
Interactive elements:
- Bid readiness checklist
- Private client persona exercise: Who are your ideal clients and how do you reach them?
- Peer discussion: What’s working in your area?
Eligibility:
- Business Leaders in the Health & Social Care sector based in Stockport (Sole Traders are not eligible)
As this workshop is fully-funded, businesses are subject to funders' eligibility criteria. If your place is confirmed, you will receive an email from bghworkshops@growthco.uk with further details.
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