November 2016 - Keystone Procurement

Bid Management Business Growth Keystone Column

Keystone Column 47 – collaborative bidding

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week's focus is on collaborative bidding. Our weekly list of open tenders in the Irish public sector is also included below. Business Stories Iceland versus Iceland Anyone who…

Donnacha Phelan25th November 2016

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Keystone Column 46 – Scaling business

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week's focus is on scaling business: we look at the Web Summit which has grown to a level beyond what the conference infrastructure of its first home, Dublin,…

Ross McCarthy18th November 2016

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Keystone Column 45 – Global turmoil

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week's news revolves around the US and the surprising victory for Donald Trump and the risk of global turmoil arising from it. We also observe evidence from the US…

Donnacha Phelan11th November 2016

Bid Management Business Growth

Consortiums – a path to growth for SMEs

We are strong advocates for business expansion through cooperative engagements like business consortiums, clusters and networks. It makes sense for businesses, particularly micro-businesses and small businesses in so many ways. The benefits of cooperation are that it allows companies to grow through an alignment of mutually beneficial interests (growing the…

Ross McCarthy9th November 2016

The Keystone Column - No 44. Localising supply chains

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Keystone Column 44 – Localising supply chains

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week's news is again dominated by Brexit and its impact across the Irish border, prompting us to consider the merits of localising supply chains. Our weekly list of…

Donnacha Phelan4th November 2016