Business and management consultancy and related services

Tender description

Tees Valley Combined Authority was successful in applying for funding from the European Regional Development Fund to deliver a programme of support to SMEs in the Tees Valley which is known as Business Compass Growth. Further funding via the European Structural Investment Fund is being applied for to complement the current activity of Business Compass Growth by deploying 4 additional programmes of activity. The project will complement the current activities of Business Compass Growth by deploying 4 additional programmes of activity providing specialisms in the areas of supply chain development, manufacturing and productivity improvement and investor readiness. This will include the provision of advice and support for local, national and international supply chain interventions; provision of independent access to finance advice, support for investment in product and process improvement (particularly in the manufacturing sector) and advice and support for SMEs to enter, establish and expand into new domestic and international markets. Whilst the recently recruited Business Compass team are experienced in working with SMEs, they have not been recruited on the basis of specific technical abilities and this resource will therefore complement not duplicate that activity.