Outcomes

Meet the Buyer North 2024 Outcomes

The Supplier Development Programme (SDP) has published an online report on Meet the Buyer North, which took place on 11 September 2024, at The Music Hall in Aberdeen.   

Meet the Buyer North 2024 was run by SDP, alongside headline partners Scottish Government, Scotland Excel, and the Commercial and Procurement Shared Services (Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Highland Councils), and sponsored by NHS National Services Scotland and CITB.

This free event gave suppliers in the North of Scotland access to buyers and decision makers from across the public and private sector, helping suppliers raise their profile as a business, and prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. 

In total, 1,040 suppliers pre-registered for the event on the SDP website, which was over 23.5% on higher than last year’s event. 590 suppliers were in attendance on the day, marking an increase of almost 55.3% on last year’s event. This included 364 attendees, from 271 unique Scottish SME businesses.