By Katy Berrill, Tuesday 24th January 2017 The Entrepreneurial Revolution is upon us, with so many going alone and setting up new innovative businesses. Working for yourself can be incredibly rewarding and liberating, but on the flip side the responsibility, pressures and stress of getting it...
By Penny Pinnell, Tuesday 17th January 2017 For many Companies, the cost incurred internally through the writing of bids can often be overlooked or at the very least underestimated. There are various factors which need to be considered before creating the content for the responses, arguably...
By Louise Lewis, Wednesday 4th January 2017 What is your New Year’s Resolution? Is it to be less stressed in 2017? To make more money? Find and win that ideal contract? Well, like most of us I’m sure you’d like to succeed in all of them. Start...
By Christine Brown, Wednesday 14th December 2016 The countdown to Christmas is well underway with children (and some adults) eagerly opening advent calendar doors counting down to the big man making his way down the chimney. And if the excitement of Christmas parties and stresses of...
By Christine Brown, Tuesday 6th December 2016 As much as you may love to laugh at the Darwin Awards each year (an annual publication recognising individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool via death or sterilisation by...
By Christine Brown, Monday 28th November 2016 There are endless varieties of awards for businesses in all industries and of all sizes. Some can be quite costly to enter for, and with no guarantee of a win many businesses may shy away from the process. But...
By Louise Lewis, 8th November 2016 To avoid the potential threat of disaster within an organisation it is necessary to consider all possible incident types as well as the impact they may have on the organisation’s ability to continue to deliver normal business services in circumstances...
By Christine Brown, 2nd November 2016 Over 400 years on and we still celebrate the failure of the infamous Gunpowder Plot every November 5th. But how do you make sure the impact of your bid makes a big bang rather than the disappointing sizzle of a...
By Louise Lewis, Monday 31st October 2016 There is no silver bullet and magic formula to writing a successful bid and often people feel daunted by loads of pages and multiple sections but if you’ve got a good fundraising strategy or a bid to write and...
By Christine Brown, Tuesday 18th October 2016 For those new to the world of bids and tenders, the acronyms commonly used can be confusing enough on their own to send people running. For those dipping their feet into the tendering world, or even a reminder for...
