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Blackpool Council

Business Support for Blackpool Council Business Growth Team

Business ServicesCPV 79400000
Value£1.0m
Deadline7 Sept 2023
Published4 Oct 2023
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 4 Oct 2023ClosedCloses 7 Sept 2023
Contract value in context
£1.0mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This opportunity is being undertaken via our electronic tendering portal, The Chest: https://procontract.due-north.com Reference: DN669399.

You will need to register your interest and will then be able to access the tender documents.\r \r In April 2022, the Business Growth Team was allocated funding from the government's Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to deliver a series of capital and revenue projects under the themes of people and skills, supporting local businesses, and community and place.

The schemes will provide a wide range of support from physical town centre regeneration, through to direct business support, encouraging existing and new business development. £1.2 million has been allocated to supporting local businesses through a variety of schemes, including enhanced business support to increase entrepreneur and business engagement.

The council will administer the projects and some will be delivered through a variety of external organisations and commissioning arrangements like this.\r \r Blackpool Council's Business Growth Team (BGT) is seeking proposals from interested and qualified organisations to deliver the Business Support element of its services.

The BGT delivers a range of business support services to contribute to the economic regeneration of Blackpool.

The Business Support Element services are currently divided into two main elements\r • Start-up business support providing workshops and masterclasses on key topics as well as 1-2-1 mentoring support for those considering starting a business, with a focus on those in the first three years of operation.\r • Growth business support aiming to provide support to more established businesses, assisting them to develop and implement growth plans leading to investment and job creation.\r \r \r

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You will need to register your interest

You will need to register your interest and will then be able to access the tender documents.\r.

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In April 2022, the Business Growth Team

In April 2022, the Business Growth Team was allocated funding from the government's Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to deliver a series of capital and revenue projects under the themes of people and skills, supporting local businesses, and community and place.

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Blackpool Council's Business Growth Team (BGT) is

Blackpool Council's Business Growth Team (BGT) is seeking proposals from interested and qualified organisations to deliver the Business Support element of its services.

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The BGT delivers a range of business

The BGT delivers a range of business support services to contribute to the economic regeneration of Blackpool.

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The Business Support Element services are currently

The Business Support Element services are currently divided into two main elements\r.

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6866d405-b2ff-4d73-a5b3-e78f7d00e4bd
Stage
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Source
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Buyer ref
BLACK001-DN669399-00024031
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