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Corporate Member Levenseat features in Scottish Governments first video case study

Over the next couple of months, the Scottish Government will be sharing a number of video case studies focusing on supplier engagement. Its latest video series highlights rural SMEs using the power of procurement to grow its business and bring benefits to its local communities.

The Scottish Government’s first video features Levenseat, - a resource management company based in rural South Lanarkshire. Over the past 20 years, Levenseat has grown its work with the public sector from winning its first contract to today working with over half of the local authorities in Scotland.

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Scottish Government's "Waste not, want not" Rural SME showcase with Levenseat00:00

You can watch the full video on the Scottish Government website.

Levenseat has recently joined the Supplier Development Programme as a Corporate Member to connect with more than 18,000 registered SMEs, Supported Businesses, Third Sector Organisations and Social Enterprises.

So far with its membership Levenseat has exhibited at last year’s National Meet the Buyer event giving them the chance to connect with over 500 suppliers from across Scotland and beyond.

Levenseat’s Managing Director, Angus Hamilton said,

“We are so pleased to be joining the Supplier Development Programme as a corporate member, we remember well our first local authority contract win and how daunting the procurement process can be for an SME. We now work in partnership with over 50% of Scotland’s local authorities and we are looking forward to passing on some of the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Levenseat has a long history of working with local SMEs as part of our sustainable procurement duty and we are hoping to continue to strengthen our supply chain through the Supplier Development Programme.”

You can read more about how Levenseat became a corporate member of the Supplier Development Programme by reading SDP’s previous blog ‘SDP welcomes new corporate member: Levenseat’.

SDP’s Corporate membership is open to organisations that, whilst not from the wider public sector organisations, are actively involved in the supply chain and are keen to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability, community benefits clauses, and local suppliers.

SDP’s corporate membership offer includes:

• Supplier Engagement – raising awareness of your company and opportunities via our database of 17,500+ Scottish SME third sector/supported businesses.
• Bespoke Events – hosted webinar sessions promoting your company and how to do business, bespoke sessions for contracts/projects. SDP manages event registrations and data collation highlighting the breakdown of company size and location, including post-event feedback collation.
• Marketing & Social Media – promotion of your projects and potential supply chain opportunities, case studies, and promo through our media channels.
• Corporate Company Page – on the SDP website with contact details, promoting your business, how to get involved in your supply chain and other news.
• Exhibition Opportunities – stand and potential speaking slots at our annual Meet the Buyer events and regional events.

If corporate membership sounds like something your business would be interested in, find out more on the Supplier Development Programme website.