Article Date: 14 April 2011

Categories: Invest

The Supplier Development Programme will be holding their FREE Meet The Buyer Event in conjunction with Business Scotland 2011 on Thursday, 9 June at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall from 10am – 4pm.

This annual event will have over 35 public sector buyers represented and for the first time, a number of large private sector buyers. The procurement team will be on hand to answer your questions and meet as many potential suppliers as possible.

Confirmed buyers attending include:

• Edinburgh City Council
• East Dunbartonshire Council
• East Renfrewshire Council
• Glasgow City Council
• North Lanarkshire Council
• West Dunbartonshire Council
• Historic Scotland
• Scottish Enterprise
• Public Contracts Scotland
• Procurement Scotland
• Scottish Procurement Directorate -Policy
• Scotland Excel
• Scottish Government
• Bovis Lend Lease
• Brookfield
• City Legacy
• 2014 Buyer Engagement Team
• South Lanarkshire Council
• London Olympics 2012
• Falkirk Council
• Glasgow Housing Association
• West Lothian Council
• Fife Council
• Renfrewshire Council
• Mid Lothian Council
• South Ayrshire Council
• East Ayrshire Council
• North Ayrshire Council
• Inverclyde Council
• Scottish Parliament
• BBC
  

There will also be seminars running throughout the day covering business related topics and issues. This gives you the opportunity to meet buyers face to face from every sector, interested in all types of services and products.  The seminar topics are:

10.30am -11.00am   Access to Finance 
11.10am - 11.40am  Getting to grips with the "killer" tender questions 
11.50am - 12.20pm  Using Your Assets to Win the Buyers Business 
12.30pm - 1.00pm    Social Media - making it work for you 
1.10pm - 1.40pm      Health and Safety 
1.50pm - 2.20pm      Content is King 
2.30pm - 3.00pm      Strategy and your bottom line 
3.10pm - 3.40pm      Online Video as a Business Communication Tool

The Supplier Development Programme offers FREE training, events and support to small and medium enterprises in partner areas - don’t miss out on future events!