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07/01/2010

Supply London are offering FREE 1 day workshops for SMEs on Winning New Business and Contracts. These workshops are held in the Tower Hill, London. To attend this workshop your organisation should meet these criteria:

• Is based in London
• Employs less than 250 people
• Has a turnover of less than £40 million
• Is not more than 25% owned by a Large Enterprise
• Has completed the short Supply London registration form

Dates

Tuesday 26th January 2010

Wednesday 10th February 2010

Wednesday 10th March 2010

For more information on the workshop or to obtain a registration form please email us supplylondon@pera.com.

About Supply London

Supply London is funded by the LDA and ERDF to help London Based SMEs to win contracts. Preparing businesses for the opportunities in the public sector is our main goal.

The usual entry point is 2 years trading history and a turnover of more than £100,000. Businesses with less experience that are keen to understand public sector tendering will be offered a package of training support to help them on the path to future success.

Supply London has a 7 year history of supporting London SMEs to win contracts. We have a team of Supply Chain Advisers experienced in assisting with the tendering and pre-qualification process.

We have designed a workshop programme aimed at ensuring businesses can respond credibly at every stage of the tender process. We also recognise that businesses need to access contracts and opportunities to bid for and also provide these as part of the programme offering.

Our programme provides:

• One to one support and assistance on writing tenders and submitting pre qualification questionnaires (PQQs).
• Workshops covering such topics as:
• Winning New Business
• Successfully pre-qualifying
• How to write winning bids
• Pitching and presenting to tender interview panels
• Quality Management Systems
• Accessing new markets
• Effective Accounting for SMEs
• Understanding contracts, raising finance and tax
• Business mentors
• Market sector analysis
• Meet the buyer events

Last year, Supply London helped SMEs in London win over £20 million of new business.

If your business is based in London and fits into the description above then you can access the programme.

www.supplylondon.com

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06/11/2009

NMSDC NAMES PEPSICO CORPORATION OF THE YEAR

New Orleans, Louisiana, October 29, 2009 – The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) honored PepsiCo with its prestigious “Corporation of the Year” Award on October 28, at the Awards Banquet capping its annual conference. The company was among 73 nominees vying for the award that recognizes a corporate member’s exemplary achievements in minority business development.

To read full article click here.

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30/09/2009

Paragon Law opens a New Office in Leeds!

Leading international immigration solicitors' firm, Paragon Law, have opened a new office in Leeds servicing the local communities immigration advice needs. The multiple award winning law firm provides advice and representation to individuals and companies across the whole spectrum of immigration law, including:

Visitor Visa and Family Immigration Applications
Working in the UK
Asylum
Student Visa Applications
Investor and Entrepreneur Applications

Founded in 2003, Paragon Law has grown from a team of 11 to over 55. The firm have been awarded Tier 1 status by the Legal Services Commission and are noted by the prestigious Legal 500 and the Chambers & Partners Legal Directory as being leading immigration lawyers.

Paragon Law has also been recognised nationally by its peers as Legal Team of the Year and Best Legal Practice for Promoting Diversity Amongst Its Staff and Thalej Vasishta has been awarded Solicitor of the Year on three occasions by the Nottinghamshire Law Society.

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06/08/2009

Green Procurement Code Exchange: Becoming a green supplier

Monday 14 September, 3 - 6.30pm
America Square Conference Centre

With the rise in environmental regulations and legislation, sustainability and environmental compliance have become incredibly important issues in the business world.

Walmart’s recent decision to grade their suppliers by a range of environmental and sustainable factors demonstrates how large organisations are using their procurement power to fulfil their environmental objectives. Large companies, especially in the public sector, increasingly expect suppliers to match or exceed their environmental standards.

This event will provide information and advice to small suppliers on improving and using their environmental credentials to supply goods and services to large organisations. You will hear from expert speakers in the private and public sector on what they are looking for from suppliers and how you can increase your chances of winning contracts.

Confirmed speakers include:
Andrew MacAskill, Skanska
David Wathey, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.

Following the presentations you will get the opportunity to network in our exhibit area, where you can get further advice on supplying goods and services to large organisations from the public and private sector.

Confirmed exhibitors include:
Heart of the City
LRS

Who should attend?

Small and medium sized companies who are interested in becoming green suppliers to large public and private sector organisations.

This is a free event so book early to avoid disappointment. Priority will be given to signatories of the Green Procurement Code. To sign up to the Green Procurement Code visit www.greenprocurementcode.co.uk

How to register

Contact Jodi on 020 7061 6355 or email jodi@londonremade.com

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29/07/2009

If you'd like the benefits of a central base in Stratford, but want more flexibility and lower overheads than a full serviced office than hotdesking is for you!

Rich Visions in partnership with How to biz.co.uk are pleased to offer SME's, voluntary, faith and community organisations the opportunity for mobile office space and host desking facilities from 1st August 2009.

What can we offer you?

• Professional office environment in the heart of Stratford
• Flexible desk service
• Telephone message service
• Professional, efficient front-desk reception
• Waiting area for clients with a selection of newspapers and magazines
• Use of postal address
• Internet access
• Computer, scanning, printing and faxing facilities
• Meeting room hire
• Telephone message service

Hurry as places are LIMITED!

Prices start from as little as £50.00 per month!

For further information please contact Danielle on 0208 555 2200 or email: danielle@richvisions.co.uk

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10/07/2009

MSDUK’s Procurement Day 2009 Hailed as Major Success!

Two hundred leading business figures came together at the Emirates Stadium in London to explore opportunities to increase the levels of supplier diversity prevalent in all sectors of the economy.

Coordinated by Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK), the Procurement Day 2009 event gave individuals drawn from organisations as diverse as PepsiCo and Merck Sharp and Dohme as well as from over 100 SMEs, the chance to participate in a number of workshops, network and attend one to one meetings to discuss business opportunities.

Mayank Shah, Director of MSDUK described the event as one of the most significant to occur in recent years. “We all know how challenging the situation is for firms of all shapes and sizes at the moment,” he explains.

“There is a real need for SMEs to make sure they are chasing every opportunity and seizing every chance that is presented to them to work with companies that are setting not only the UK business agenda but the global business agenda.

“By bringing some of the most exciting SMEs in Britain together with some of the best corporations at Procurement Day 2009, we were able to not only get a two way flow of information going but also allow people to discuss opportunities one to one. We hope that, as we have seen at many of the other events we have organised, companies will go on to develop commercially successful partnerships that bring real benefits to both parties.

“Markets in the UK are competitive and therefore it makes complete business sense to tap into a supplier base that can not only provide the much needed competitive edge, but also represents the increasing number of ethnic minority groups in the UK.”

MSDUK works to provide its corporate members with an efficient and effective direct link to some of the UK’s most innovative and entrepreneurial minority owned businesses and provides assistance in the development of best practice supplier diversity programmes.

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27/05/2009

6th Edition of Minority Report Is Out Now!

In spite of the economic downturn, things have been very hectic over here at MSDUK since our last newsletter in February. Deloitte, Peek Traffic Systems and Dresser-Rand have joined our ever growing corporate family and there are 54 extremely talented ethnic minority businesses that have also become part of MSDUK. These suppliers represent a highly diverse range of industry sectors, including one of the largest suppliers of fresh fruits and vegetables in the UK, the country's leading importer of oriental foods and an extremely successful consultancy firm engaged in clinical audits for the health and pharmaceutical sector.

Read all the stories featured in the latest Minority Report by clicking on the link below.

http://www.msduk.org.uk/Pages/MinorityReportIssue6.aspx

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30/01/2009

East Midlands Supplier Diversity Hub

MSDUK and East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) join forces to provide regional ethnic minority businesses greater access to private sector procurement opportunities.

A project funded by emda will help MSDUK raise awareness and identify ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) from the East Midlands to do business with some of the top global and British firms, including PepsiCo, ExxonMobil, Eversheds, KPMG, and IBM amongst others.

With more than £20m worth of business opportunities identified for 2009, MSDUK wants more EMBs from the East Midlands to get the opportunity to bid for these contracts and grow their businesses.

This ten month regional project, funded by EMDA, will see a number of networking events, breakfast meetings and outreach events being held across the region to:

• Engage with diverse networks, intermediary organisations , business support organisations, industry networks and ethnic minority business

• Provide information on all the contract opportunities to EMBs

• Raise awareness about MSDUK’s activities

Speaking about the project, Mayank Shah, director of MSDUK said, ’I am very excited about this regional project and commend EMDA in supporting our vision and efforts. Ethnic minority businesses in the East Midlands already make a significant contribution to the regional economy and we at MSDUK would like to reach out to the maximum number of these entrepreneurs and help them not only to grow their business but help create more jobs in the regional economy and build sustainable communities’.

Ian Harrison, Head of Business Support and Enterprise, speaking about the benefit of this project, says, “This is great opportunity for ethnic businesses in the East Midlands to develop their business proposition, access corporate opportunities as well as strengthening their own networks.”

The project will be launched with a luncheon meeting, hosted by emda, for all the intermediary and business networks in the region. This meeting is being held on Monday, 9th February at emda’s office in Nottingham.

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06/10/2008

Precious Awards Seeks Enterprising Nominees!

The search is on for the UK's most entrepreneurial women of colour. Precious Online Magazine and Network has announced that nominations have opened for The Precious Awards sponsored by Pearson plc.

The Awards are an opportunity to promote those inspiring individuals that generate ideas and turn them into action and change. Social Enterprise, Creative and Online Entrepreneurs, are among those set to be honoured. As well as celebrating female entrepreneurs the Awards also pay tribute to women that play a leadership role within a large organisation.

Foluke Akinlose, Founder of Precious Online Magazine and Network, said: “The Awards are about creating role models, raising the profile of female entrepreneurs and encouraging other women to start their own businesses. The contribution that ethnic entrepreneurs make to the British economy is
significant, and we want to acknowledge and celebrate that fact.“

Abu Bundu-Kamara, Diversity Manager UK, Pearson PLC said: ”Our support for the Precious Awards is about recognising talent and diversity in whatever form it takes. We are delighted to be part of this key event, which acknowledges the skills, ambition and success of Black and Asian women in the UK. As ever, Precious is a fantastic partner to work with and we look forward to many more years of collaboration.”

More information and nomination forms can be found at http://www.preciousawards.com

Winners will be announced on Thursday 20th November 2008 at a high profile event hosted by Guardian columnist and author Hannah Pool and Rasheed Ogunlaru, the eading UK- business coach.

Tickets for the event are available at: http://preciousawards.eventbrite.com/

FOR INFORMATION ON SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, IMAGES, AND MORE INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT Foluke Akinlose on 07956 439990; or email: awards@preciousonline.co.uk

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15/09/2008

ETHNIC MINORITY BUSINESSES GATHER AT LEADING PROCUREMENT EVENT

10th Meet the Buyer - A Huge Success!

Over 100 ethnic minority business owners from across London and the south east gathered at the Institute of Directors to network and do business with some of the world’s leading blue chip companies.

In the latest of a series of hugely successful ‘Meet The Buyer’ procurement events organised by Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK), ethnic minority suppliers had the chance to take part in one-to-one briefings with corporate buyers from global players such as JP Morgan, Aramark, GW Professional, Tyco, Capital One and ExxonMobil.

Commenting on the success of the event, Mayank Shah, director of MSDUK, said: “Once again, we’ve received excellent feedback from suppliers and corporates alike. The interactive sessions were particularly popular and offered an informative insight into the procurement processes of some of the UK’s biggest and best known firms.

“At the same time, attendees benefited from two workshops, one which dealt with intellectual property rights and the other which addressed issues around certification.”

Bilal Hussain, managing director of Luton-based providers of bespoke corporate clothing and merchandise, Alvastone, said: “I’ve been to numerous networking events and never found them particularly useful. MSDUK’s event was refreshingly different and the one-to-one meetings were incredibly interesting, giving me a unique opportunity to talk about my business and find out more about corporate procurement.”

Reza Choudhury, managing director of chauffeur service company, Reliance Worldwide, added: “The event has benefited me immensely. As a new supplier to MSDUK, I feel very excited about the opportunities forthcoming events will present. To actually have the chance to meet decision makers from such large corporates is priceless – I would certainly urge other minority owned businesses to get on board with MSDUK.”

Concludes Mayank: “By identifying specific opportunities beforehand, we are able to match up suppliers with commodity buyers to facilitate mutually beneficial meetings. We help to open doors which, in turn, enables suppliers to embark on the often lengthy corporate procurement process with a view to gaining lucrative contracts in the future.”

Since its inception in July 2006, MSDUK has organised over eight ‘Meet the Buyer’ events which have brought together over 400 ethnic minority-owned businesses and 70 buyers from 26 corporate organisations and generated business opportunities worth over £9 million.

For information on future events please contact Louise McHale at louise@msduk.org.uk or Tel: 0116 254 2500.

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