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Tender Portals: Find Irish, UK & EU tenders

Public contracts are a great way of achieving growth for a business. If you want to win more public work, then writing great tenders is key. But just as important is knowing where to find requests for tenders! That is where tender portals, or tenders sites, come in. Public sector…

Donnacha Phelan11th February 2019

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Keystone Column 96 – Brexit: the state of play

This week, we are focusing on the state of play in Brexit. Below, we provide a guide to the various scenarios it potentially presents for Irish business. Brexit in context - the state of play Many sources now rate a hard Brexit as 50/50 at the moment based on the…

Ross McCarthy10th November 2017

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Growth through Sluamor Consortiums!

Sluamor Consortiums is a project of ours that we are very excited about. This is because we believe that SMEs can expand and compete through consortiums and networks. It makes sense for businesses, especially small businesses, in so many ways. As a result we built the online platform sluamor.com, which we launched at the…

Donnacha Phelan6th November 2017

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Keystone Column 90 – Small Firms Can Win Big Legal Tenders

This week, we focus on the legal services sector and how some small legal firms are competing effectively and successfully against the large law firms to win legal tenders. There is no single path to doing so. One route involves differentiation but this can present risks and be a pro-cyclical…

Ross McCarthy2nd October 2017

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Keystone Column 88 – smart bidding is a growth hack

This week we focus on an Irish technology company called Tenderscout. Tenderscout has developed technology that enables businesses focused on public sector work and growth through public contracts to maximise their chances of winning the work. They contest that their platform is a way to scale through significant but manageable…

Ross McCarthy14th September 2017

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Keystone Column No 81 – The Global Innovation Index and Ireland

Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we take a closer look at the Global Innovation Index. It was published for 2017 in June 2017 and contains some interesting findings in relation to the Irish Market. We also feature this weeks tenders report for Ireland. *** Every year Cornell University…

Ross McCarthy27th July 2017

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Keystone Column no 80 – Exports to Canada: federal level opportunities

Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we take a closer look at the Canadian market and the potential opportunities for Irish companies. As usual, we conclude with our weekly list of current Irish public tenders. In this issue we are featuring our first ever guest blog from Joe O'Regan, an…

Ross McCarthy20th July 2017

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Trade, business growth and survival of the fittest

There is no point in any year where Irish companies do not have to make choices. Some choices sound bigger than others and can fall flat (Y2K anyone?) whilst others live up to their billing. Irish companies must operate on the basis that a hard Brexit is going to take place. In…

Ross McCarthy7th July 2017

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Keystone Column no 78 – growing business through global trade

We have changed to doing a monthly digest on procurement news stories from Ireland and around the world. This provides a better opportunity to follow the big trends whilst also covering some big cases as they arise. This week we look at possible changes to the UK system, an expansion…

Ross McCarthy6th July 2017

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Keystone Column 77 – CETA and procurement

Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we celebrate Canada Day by looking at CETA and procurement - the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada brings some interesting procurement opportunities. As usual, we conclude with our weekly list of current Irish public tenders. CETA and Procurement We make no…

Donnacha Phelan29th June 2017