Outcomes

Meet the Buyer North 2023 Outcomes

The Supplier Development Programme has published an online report on the Meet the Buyer North 2023 event which took place on 12 September 2023 at The Music Hall, Aberdeen. Alongside the Supplier Development Programme, Scottish Government, and the Commercial and Procurement Shared Services (Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Highland Councils) were official partners of this event.

In total, 842 suppliers had pre-registered interest on the SDP website for Meet the Buyer North 2023. There were 380 actual attendees on the day. Of those, 242 attendees from 194 Scottish SME unique businesses attended Meet the Buyer North 2023.

Exhibitors at Meet the Buyer North 2023 included headline partners: Scottish Government, the Commercial and Procurement Shared Services (Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Highland Councils), and the Supplier Development Programme. In total there were 32 exhibition stands, which included a range of public sector buyers, business support organisations, and a number of supply chain contractors, including: Balfour Beatty, hub North Scotland, Ogilvie Construction, RJ McLeod, Robertson FM, Scottish Wholesale Association, and Vattenfall.