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Business Growth Director Vacancy
Intend Business Development Ltd provides professional business development consultancy advice and training including: supporting clients to submit winning bids for public sector and commercial contracts (proposal and tender writing/review, bid management, setting up...
Vacancies at Intend
Here are details of our current vacancies. Should you be interested please send your application letter and CV to enquiries@intend-eu.com. Freelance Bid/Tender Writers Job description Established in 2006, Intend provides professional business development advice and...
Ethical Working Practices
Over the years, there have been marked improvements in the way that companies are required to operate. Gone are the days when price was the only factor taken into consideration by buyers when selecting suppliers. Nearly 50 years ago, The Health and Safety at Work etc...
Quick Quote Opportunities for Public Sector
Within the public sector, there are specific opportunities for smaller suppliers to bid for lower value contracts through the Quick Quote facility on the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) portal. Quick Quote is an online facility where the regulations allow buyers to...
Bidding to Win
Many small businesses are run by people who are experts in their field, or who are driven by a love of their product or service and want to spend their working lives delivering a high-quality customer experience in that field. However, becoming successful is not...
Glasgow Business Growth
Glasgow City Council's new Glasgow Business Growth Programme is funded by the European Regional Development Fund through Scotland's European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) programmes and will be delivered by the Business Growth team within Economic...
Intend’s New Team
We are pleased to announce that we have engaged the services of 3 new consultants to help with our current projects and bring even more skills and experience to Intend. They have backgrounds in engineering, physics, human resourses and business development. To view...
The Procurement Journey
It was launched earlier in the year. You don't need to register and it's free to use. The Supplier Journey includes information on such areas as: How to Use Public Contacts Scotland The ESPD Procurement Procedures Glossary of Procurement Terms Getting Further Support...
Funding to Help Reduce Waste
This support can help businesses overcome barriers and undertake specific projects such as making raw materials savings. You will recieve free advice from an expert advisor and access to grant funding. Find out more and apply by contacting Resource Efficient Scotland...
Data Protection Changes
The Infomation Commissioner's Office have released an overview of the new General Data Protection Regulation that will be apllicable in May 2018. This will be of particular interest to those with day to day responsibility for data protection. Click here for more...
Collaborate to Tender
Intend Business Deveopment along with Clerwood Legal help set up collaborative working relationships for small businesses who wish to bid, buy or market together. There is currently Scottish Enterprise funding available to develop new consortia as well as a new...
Become a Certified Green Champion
The training is organised into small planning and practical modules that you can easily follow in order or access individually to suit your needs. For full details on this training please click...
The Scottish Business Pledge
We are pleased to be part of The Scottish Business Pledge scheme which advocates best practice as well as evaluating the fair and consistent ways in which a business operates. Areas addressed by this pledge include: Living Wage Zero Hours Contracts Workforce...
Celebrating 10 Years in Business
Intend Business Development - owned by Gill Joy and Joeke Abbing - has acquired an enviable reputation in the field of public tendering. Typically focusing on where they are going rather than where they have come from, Gill who looks after the Scottish arm of the...
Meet the Buyer Procurement Update
Gill Joy from Intend presents a session on the new European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) which replaces the Scottish Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. Please see the video below to hear the full explanation. https://youtu.be/4aYIdCZgCJw
Scottish Government Procurement Video Updates
Laurie Wilson, Head of ecommere service & best practice at the Scottish Goverment, discusses what the new regulations will mean to buyers and suppliers. Scott Bell, Depury director for procurement at the Scottish Government, also talks on his perspective of these...