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How to do business with Renfrewshire Council

If you're interested in doing business with Renfrewshire Council, come to Johnstone Town Hall on Tuesday 29 November.

You'll find out how to register for the national Supplier Development Programme - and be ready to tender for contracts issued by Scottish councils, including Renfrewshire.

Expert advisors will also be on hand to discuss:

• grant and financial support from Renfrewshire Council
• support from Business Gateway (improving your finance, developing a marketing strategy or building an e-commerce website)
• Net Zero grants to help your business reduce its carbon footprint
• working with our procurement team to be tender-ready when contracts are issued.

The event will start at 9am when suppliers can get a coffee or tea and network with other local business owners. There will be a series of speakers from 9.30am-11.45am. Then you'll have another opportunity to network and speak with the presenters and team members.

Renfrewshire Council wants to make sure as much of its £200m spend as possible benefits local businesses and communities. Come along and find out more.

Agenda

9:00am - Tea/coffee/networking (Please notify a member of staff at the event if you have food allergies).

9:30-9:35am - Introduction from Ruth Cooper, Economic Development Manager, Renfrewshire Council.

9:35-10:10am - Overview of Council spend and opportunities to bid for Council contracts by Bridget Lambert, Procurement Manager, Renfrewshire Council.

10:10-10:30am - Overview of how to register your business profile on Public Contracts Scotland, and the range of support available in public sector tendering by Fran Goldie, Supplier Development Officer, Supplier Development Programme.

10:30-10:45am - Break/tea & coffee.

10:45-11:00am - Overview of financial support to businesses by Colette Saez, Assistant Economic Dev. Manager, Renfrewshire Council.

11:00-11:15am - Overview of Net Zero Grants Mhairi Gardiner, Green Economy Officer, Renfrewshire Council.

11:15-11:30am - Overview of Business Gateway support by Gary Kenyon, Senior Economic Dev. Officer, Renfrewshire Council.

11:30-11:40am - Closing remarks by Ruth Cooper.

11:45-12:45pm - Opportunity for one-to-one conversations with the presenters and the wider team.

Exhibiting Organisations

• Renfrewshire Council Procurement Team
• Renfrewshire Council Economic Development Team
• Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce
• Supplier Development Programme

If you are interested in attending this event, please book your free place on Eventbrite.