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Evaluating Methods of Finding Construction Job Leads for Your Business  Finding the best construction job leads for your SME, or as a sole trader, can be tricky. In an ideal world, you’d always be able to find good leads as often and as quickly as you needed. Ideally, the perfect...

Seeing Success with Inspection Tenders; It’s Easier Than You Think  Inspection tenders are the perfect way to secure a pipeline of work and expand your business. Thousands of businesses use tendering as their regular development strategy. This not only secures work but also helps build lasting relationships with buyers. But...

How to Focus Your Commercial Building Tender on What Matters What is a commercial building tender? Commercial building tenders are the most common way in which buyers find suppliers to construct buildings for commercial purposes. The term covers a wide range of building projects that are, quite often, large contracts. For instance,...

What Will Brexit Mean for Carpentry Tenders? Securing work through carpentry tenders is a great way to get diverse experience in a specialised trade. If your business specialises in a sub-sector of construction, you need to consider the implications of Brexit while tendering. Do you import materials from countries in...

Building Tenders: How to Prepare and Win as an SME Building tenders aren’t the most traditional route that SMEs take to grow their building businesses. Instead, tradesmen often rely heavily on their reputation, local community, and word of mouth. In fact, a Constructionline survey looked at how construction SMEs expected...

How to Win Bricklaying Tenders as the Construction Industry ‘Bounces Back’  Bricklaying tenders are a gateway for growing your brickwork business. But is now a good time to grow as an SME, as we head into another National Lockdown? At first glance, you may not think so. Coronavirus and lockdown...

How to Choose the Best Construction Bid Site for Your Business  Using the best construction bid sites is a vital step in finding relevant tenders and growing your business. You might be wondering, what is tendering? And why is it important to the construction sector? You’re not alone – many...

What is tendering in construction? Tendering is a vital business development strategy for most construction firms. Why? Because tendering is an effective way of securing new contracts from buyers you may not have had access previously to or even be aware of. So, what is tendering? As in all industries,...

Shovel-ready projects receive a £900 million investment Shovel-ready projects will account for over £900 million of the Government’s £1.3 billion investment in homes, infrastructure and jobs. £360 million will be used to build 26,000 new homes. Overall, the funds are predicted to deliver up to 45,000 homes and create up...

The £600million North London Heat and Power Project  The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has called for bids to develop a world-class Energy Recovery Facility (ERF). The work comes as part of the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP) to modernise Edmonton EcoPark. The government originally granted development consent...

The Construction Talent Retention Scheme – Everything you need to know The Construction Talent Retention Scheme was announced by Chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak. The aim of the scheme is to protect workers in the construction industry as the UK begins to rebuild itself and emerge from the COVID-19...

Local Road Maintenance Contracts – could your business benefit? Local road maintenance contracts are expected to be announced as the government announces a prolonged £100 million investment into local road conditions. “As the country begins the recovery from COVID-19, we need to get on the front foot and invest in...

Building construction contracts for tender In 2018, the construction industry contributed to 6% of the UK economy. However, in March 2020, there was a large decline in outputs due to Covid-19. There was a 6.2% decrease in new work – the largest monthly fall since records were created in 2010....