Outcomes

Meet the Buyer 2023 Outcomes

 The Supplier Development Programme has published an online report on the Meet the Buyer 2023 event which took place on 17 May 2023 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The Scottish Government, Scotland Excel, UK Department for Transport and Elcom were official partners of this event. In addition, OutSystems were the premium partner.

Meet the Buyer Tayside 2023 Outcomes

The Supplier Development Programme has published the final report for Meet the Buyer Tayside 2023.

Meet the Buyer Tayside 2023 was held on 21 March at the Invercarse Hotel in Dundee. In total, 445 suppliers pre-registered interest on the SDP website for the Meet the Buyer Tayside event. There were 268 actual attendees on the day. Of those, 185 attendees were from 144 unique Scottish SME businesses. Of those, 44 unique Scottish SMEs were based in Dundee, 20 in Perth & Kinross and 14 in Angus.

Lanarkshire Meet the Real Buyer 2023 Outcomes

The Supplier Development Programme has published the final report for Lanarkshire Meet the Real Buyer 2023.

In total, 632 suppliers pre-registered interest on the SDP website for the Lanarkshire Meet the “Real” Buyer event. There were 337 actual attendees on the day. Of those, 254 attendees were from 200 unique Scottish SME businesses. Of those, 46 unique Scottish SMEs were based in North Lanarkshire Council and 78 unique Scottish SMEs were based in South Lanarkshire Council.

Inverclyde Council Meet the Buyer 2023 Outcomes

The Supplier Development Programme has published the final report for Inverclyde Council Meet the Buyer 2023.

Inverclyde Council Meet the Buyer 2023 was held on 8 February at the Beacon Art Centre in Inverclyde. In total, 262 suppliers pre-registered interest on the SDP website for the Inverclyde Council Meet the Buyer event. There were 147 actual attendees on the day. Of those, 101 attendees were from 83 unique Scottish SME businesses. Of those, 34 unique Scottish SMEs were based in Inverclyde.