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September 4th 2010

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Briefing Events for Building And Civil Engineering Materials

Newcastle City Council is inviting businesses to attend one of three briefing sessions in September regarding procurement activity for building and ci...

Buy North East survey

NECC is conducting a survey to assess businesses’ views on public procurement....

Procurement strategy aims to help region's companies

A NEW public sector procurement strategy is being introduced in the region, which will help open up more big contracts to North-East companies and see...

North East RIEP supplier newsletter published

The North East Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP) has published its latest newsletter for suppliers to North East local authoritie...

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Briefing Events for Building And Civil Engineering Materials

Tue 24th Aug 2010, 4:15pm

Newcastle City Council is inviting businesses to attend one of three briefing sessions in September regarding procurement activity for building and ci...

Buy North East survey

Thu 29th Jul 2010, 3:43pm

NECC is conducting a survey to assess businesses’ views on public procurement....

Procurement strategy aims to help region's companies

Mon 19th Jul 2010, 10:17am

A NEW public sector procurement strategy is being introduced in the region, which will help open up more big contracts to North-East companies and see...

North East RIEP supplier newsletter published

Wed 30th Jun 2010, 9:32am

The North East Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP) has published its latest newsletter for suppliers to North East local authoritie...

Middlesbrough Council procurement workshops

Tue 15th Jun 2010, 1:08pm

Middlesbrough Council has announced a new series of free procurement workshops, starting on 19 July....

Selling to the public sector workshops

Mon 14th Jun 2010, 4:37pm

The North East Improvement & Efficiency Partnership (NE IEP), Compete North East and ONE North East have joined forces to develop, manage and run a Su...

Durham University Meet the Buyer Event

Thu 1st Apr 2010, 5:39pm

Durham University's Procurement Service is set to host their second annual Meet the Buyer event. ...

NHS procurement

Mon 29th Mar 2010, 3:02pm

Through Buy North East, NECC has agreed to work with Procurement North East (Prone) to help members find opportunities in the NHS in the region. ...

IT firm's PC re-furb programme helps clients to help local youngsters

Thu 25th Feb 2010, 11:25am

A COMMUNITY-minded computer firm is helping school children in the region brush up on their IT skills at home while also working to save the planet in...

Procurement advice in Darlington

Tue 9th Feb 2010, 3:02pm

Darlington Council is staging a free event offering advice on the public sector tendering process....

Procurement events announced

Mon 8th Feb 2010, 5:04pm

Find out how to win public sector contracts and grow your business ...

Support boost for North East businesses

Thu 4th Feb 2010, 5:06pm

Further details have been unveiled on an initiative to strengthen the regional economy and help North East businesses win a greater share of the £1.5 ...

North East businesses seeking Olympic contracts tops 2,000

Tue 19th Jan 2010, 4:58pm

Over 2,000 companies across North East England have now signed up to the official London 2012 online brokerage service CompeteFor in a bid to secure c...

Procurement training sessions announced

Mon 11th Jan 2010, 10:58am

Business Link is launching a series of free interactive training events to help North East businesses compile winning bids for public sector contracts...

Public sector equality duty

Wed 2nd Dec 2009, 4:52pm

The Equality and Human Rights Commission, in conjunction with NECC and FSB, will be hosting an event on 27 January ...

80% of firms say winning public sector contracts too complicated

Wed 18th Nov 2009, 9:21am

EIGHTY per cent of firms say getting public sector work is still too complicated, according to a new report....

Supermarket giant looks to trade with North East businesses

Thu 12th Nov 2009, 3:30pm

SMALL and large businesses in the North East have an opportunity to learn how to become a supplier to supermarket giant Tesco....

Clipper Meet the Buyer event

Thu 12th Nov 2009, 3:26pm

A meet the buyer event with Clipper Windpower Marine will be held in Newcastle next month. ...

Major Contract Award for Document Storage Company

Tue 3rd Nov 2009, 1:32pm

NECC member Datastor has been successful in tendering for a 10 year contract with a major North East Local Authority. The contract is for a document s...

Event to give advice on public sector contracts

Tue 3rd Nov 2009, 11:05am

From the Northern Echo: BUSINESSES in the Darlington borough are being given free assistance to help them win more work in the public sector. ...

Middlesbrough procurement workshops

Thu 15th Oct 2009, 4:15pm

Middlesbrough Council is running a series of workshops between November and January to help SMEs become a part of the supply chain....

Opportunity to quote for procurement research

Wed 17th Jun 2009, 4:02pm

The North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership is seeking quotes research good practice in connecting suppliers to procurement opportunities....

Opportunity to quote for procurement research

Wed 17th Jun 2009, 3:55pm

The North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership is seeking quotes for a piece of work to identify where good practice is helping to connect supp...

Councils should pay bills within ten days, urges MP

Thu 14th May 2009, 11:07am

From the Northern Echo, Thursday 14 May 2009: COUNCILS are failing to help cash-strapped businesses during the credit crunch because they are not m...

More needed to help small businesses gain public work

Mon 20th Apr 2009, 9:56am

From the Northern Echo, Monday 20 April 2009: MORE needs to be done by the Government to help small businesses win work in the public sector, a cro...

£50m contracts up for grabs at procurement event

Thu 2nd Apr 2009, 9:35am

CONTRACTS worth £50m will be up for grabs at a special event designed to help companies across the North East tap into opportunities with the public s...

North East Firms urged to sign up to Supply2Gov

Fri 13th Feb 2009, 10:32am

BUY NE campaign requests free access to Supply2Gov event ...

Collaborative Procurement event

Thu 12th Feb 2009, 3:57pm

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Chamber calls on Darling to back campaign

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:24am

THE region's most influential business group has called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to back councils that excel in working with North-East firms to...

Northern Echo

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:23am

The campaign to increase public sector spending with companies in the North-East - bringing thousands of jobs to the region and boosting the economy b...

Bidding process criticised by expert

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:22am

THE financial expert appointed by the Government to study ways of enabling small businesses to win more public sector work has described the bidding p...

NECC calls on councils to sign Concordat

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:21am

A campaign calling on North East councils to work more closely with local businesses has taken its message to the doors of local authority chief execu...

Support grows for regional campaign

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:18am

An influential business forum has added its support to the Buy North-East campaign, which aims to stimulate job and wealth creation in the region by e...

Businesses to get free use of Government database

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:17am

Small and medium-sized businesses in the North-East are to be given free access to a Government database of public sector contract opportunities, givi...

Warning over union plans for small firms

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:16am

SMALL firms could be held back in public sector procurement by Government plans to promote trade union membership, business leaders have warned. ...

Quest to help small firms beat barriers

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:15am

A GOVERNMENT report looking at ways to get more small and medium enterprises successfully pitching for public sector work has been handed a number of ...

Olympic-sized opportunities with London 2012

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:13am

As Team GB returned home from Beijing laden with medals and glory, there was a very noticeable shift in focus to London 2012....

Buy local, and the cash stays local

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:13am

THIS Saturday, marks the first anniversary of the Buy North- East campaign, which was launched by the North-East Chamber of Commerce and supported by ...

Regional campaigners take the fight to Brussels

Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 10:07am

The campaign to bring 6,000 jobs to the North-East and generate £1.35bn for the regional economy has taken its fight to Brussels. ...