Procurement News, Opinions and Latest Market Leads

Continuing our series of blogs on understanding public procurement, we’re covering one of the most important aspects of the procurement process – OJEU tenders. If you are looking for OJEU procurement opportunities, read on to find out more about the OJEU including what it is and what aspects of it affect your business. What does […]

Submitting a tender can be incredibly daunting — but if you win that tender, the hard work pays off and your business will really see the benefit. With a tender preparation checklist, the process of preparing all of the necessary documentation, writing a winning tender response, and submitting your bid response, is simplified. Tracker’s official […]

When it comes to renewable energy, the technology has been advancing every year and with that has come increased capacity to produce energy for homes and businesses. In Scotland especially, renewable energy has boomed and has overtaken nuclear power as the country’s principal power source. Analysis by Scottish Renewables has said that in Scotland wind […]

Research and Development (R&D) and technology innovation is rarely out of the news these days. In the past year, global technology giant Apple has been driving R&D especially hard. Being one of the biggest companies in the world, Apple assuredly … Continued

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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne today (3 December 2014) delivered his Autumn Statement detailing changes he is planning on making to improve the UK’s economy. This year’s Autumn Statement was heavy on the economy with special notice for investment … Continued

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Sweden’s 10 year infrastructure plan has been revealed to offer exciting export opportunities to supply expertise and equipment for the country’s road and railway projects. The Swedish government currently has a 10 year infrastructure spending plan in place worth around … Continued

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The UK has more offshore wind turbines than the rest of the world put together alongside a pipeline of investment opportunity of up to £21 billion by 2020 and is on track to deliver over 10GW by then. A new … Continued

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The first national UK shale colleges have been given go-ahead by Business, Enterprise & Energy Minister Matthew Hancock. The new centres will train a generation of onshore oil and gas specialists which will help the UK seize economic opportunities offered … Continued

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Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has welcomed UK Government funding on the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband project on the day it was confirmed that 150,000 businesses and homes in Scotland now have access to fibre optic, high-speed broadband. Thousands of businesses … Continued

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Business Secretary Vince Cable has launched a £50 million investment from Innovate UK to nurture the latest, potentially game-changing technologies. The four-year Emerging technologies and industries strategy will help UK business and academia to transform ideas into reality in seven … Continued

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