Small businesses supported by Enterprise Nation’s Supply Connect programme have won more than £3.5m worth of public sector and supplier contracts since it launched a year ago, as direct public sector spending with SMEs reached a six-year high.
The contracts ranged in value from five-figure local authority work to six-figure, multi-year services deals with public sector suppliers, according to the programme. Enterprise Nation, a community of small businesses and advisers, describes Supply Connect as a two-year national pilot delivered with Newable and backed by JPMorganChase, running until March 2027.
Alex Williams thought winning public contracts would help expand his cleaning company, Tiger Cleaning, but found his tenders were consistently being rejected. The business did not hold the right accreditations.
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