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UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

Supply of Start-Up Business and Social Enterprise Support Services

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
Value£40k
Deadline27 Jun 2019
Published5 Sept 2019
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 5 Sept 2019ClosedCloses 27 Jun 2019
Contract value in context
£40ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

The University is funding an enterprise and entrepreneurial programme (E&EP) to support students and recent graduates (clients) who want to improve their enterprise skills to secure graduate level employment or to start their own business.

This contract is for the provision of a minimum of six hours (per client) relevant business support and advice that adds value to the programme, as well as to the client's business / enterprise start-up.

The Careers & Employment Service (CES) Enterprise Programme, Be The Boss, as part of the University of Derby, wishes to recruit a pool of Business Professionals (any individual who may work in or run their own Not-For-Profit, social enterprise organisation, micro-business or commercial organisation) who can be allocated on an "as needed" basis throughout the delivery period of the (E&EP).

We are expecting beneficiaries of the project will be clients 1) who have a business idea, but who are not yet trading, possibly with no prior experience of self-employment or 2) who want to improve their employability by gaining enterprise skills.

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01

The University is funding an enterprise

The University is funding an enterprise and entrepreneurial programme (E&EP) to support students and recent graduates (clients) who want to improve their enterprise skills to secure graduate level employment or to start their own business.

02

This contract is for the provision

This contract is for the provision of a minimum of six hours (per client) relevant business support and advice that adds value to the programme, as well as to the client's business / enterprise start-up.

03

We are expecting beneficiaries of the project

We are expecting beneficiaries of the project will be clients 1) who have a business idea, but who are not yet trading, possibly with no prior experience of self-employment or 2) who want to improve their employability by gaining enterprise skills.

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