Persuasive Writing

How to Get Your Audience to Take Action Persuasive writing is a type of writing that is designed to convince the reader to take a particular action. It can be used to sell products, promote ideas, or change behavior. Persuasive writing is often used in advertising, marketing, and public relations. Read more…

Social Value

Social Value Series (Part 6/6)

Measuring and Reporting Social Value – The TOMs Framework The National Social Value Measurement (National TOMs) Framework is a tool that helps organizations measure and report on the social value they create. The framework is based on five key areas of social value: jobs, growth, social, environment, and innovation. The Read more…

Social Value

Social Value Series (Part 5/6)

Setting your Social Environmental goals Environmental impact is one of the three areas the Social Value Act examines. Environmental impact goals might include: Reduce energy consumption: One of the easiest ways to reduce your environmental impact is to reduce your energy consumption. You can do this by using energy-efficient appliances, lighting, Read more…

Social Value

What is Social Value?

Social value has been defined as “‘the additional benefit to the community from a commissioning/procurement process over and above the direct purchasing of goods, services and outcomes”. Suppliers can have a substantial positive impact on local communities beyond the direct remit of their contract. And by aligning social value commissioning Read more…

Tender Writing Skills

If you’re looking to win new business, a poorly written and presented bid won’t get you very far through the process, no matter how well qualified or experienced your Company. The end client will probably be left feeling underwhelmed on the effort and consideration that has gone into your submission. Read more…

So what is a tender?

The word ‘tenders’ refers to the contract opportunities published by public sector organisations for goods and services. Strictly speaking, a ‘tender’ is a bid submitted by a business to win work, but in the public sector procurement context it is used more loosely to cover the whole process from the contract notice Read more…