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Guidance released on Fair Work Practices in public contracts

27 Oct 2015: From 1st November 2015 public bodies across Scotland will be required to consider whether to include a question on fair work practices, including the Living Wage,  when issuing public contracts.

Support for smaller businesses to share in £1.13 billion City Deal

23 Oct 2015: Small and medium size businesses (SMEs) in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley area can find out for free how they might share in over a billion pounds worth of investment being delivered through the City Deal.

GCV City Deal news - Benefits for Barrhead as site is developed

9 Oct 2015: Barrhead is set to benefit from East Renfrewshire CouncilÂ’s ongoing regeneration work in the area with the Nestle development.

Launch of the new national Procurement Journey

9 Oct 2015: The new and improved online Procurement Journey will be launched by the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, Keith Brown at Procurex on 6 October 2015.

Public Procurement Workshops– Tendering for Energy Efficiency and Renewables Contracts

9 Oct 2015: The Energy Saving Trust with funding from the Scottish Government and in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme are organising a series of free to attend tendering workshops to help SME contractors and suppliers become more successful at writing winning tender submissions.