Meet the buyer event success for Nottingham

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Local suppliers flock to meet with construction buyers in Nottingham

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More than 100 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire SME construction businesses take advantage of the opportunity to have a one to one meeting with key buyers of construction services.   Buyers such as Willmott Dixon, GF Tomlinson, Wates, Nottingham City Homes, Efficiency East Midlands, Fairgrove Homes and Robert Woodhead were all keen to meet with local businesses to help deliver key contracts over the next 12 months.  The hugely successful event was arranged in partnership with NCN College and was opened by Graham Allen MP for Nottingham North at the brand new Nottingham Sustainability and Enterprise Centre at Basford Hall. 

Social value was the buzzword at the event.  Price, service and reputation are all elements of a competitive tender that separate those that secure the deal from those that are unsuccessful.  However, a key area that principal contractors and buyers are judging tenders by are the commitments made to support the agreed social value KPIs of the development.  Apprenticeships, traineeships, training of existing employees, work experience opportunities and jobs for local people, graduate placements, internships and school interventions, these are all areas where the suppliers can add value to their proposals. 

The support available through the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Joint Investment Strategy offers local construction businesses the unique opportunity of an off-the-shelf social value package. Businesses located across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire region can up-skill their existing employees with courses available from an extensive range of fully funded construction related leadership and management courses.  Businesses located across the Greater Nottingham City region can also host pre-trained work experience placements at no cost and take advantage of a £2,500 employment grant for the recruitment of an unemployed Nottingham City resident into a construction related position.  All of which are measurable social value added KPIs that enhance a sub-contractor’s offer to a principal contractor. 

See below list of courses and details about the recruitment support available through the Joint Investment Strategy.  

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Fully funded Leadership and Management Business Training Courses available for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire construction businesses with less than 250 employees.  

Courses available such as;

  • NVQ level 6 Site Management
  • NVQ Level 3/4 Site Supervision
  • CLIM Level 3 in Construction and Management Practive for the Construction Built Environment
  • CDM Regs workshops

Plus much more.  Click HERE to view our full range of available fully funded courses.


For more information or to book a course contact Nathan Wilkins on 0115 876 5426 or email nathan.wilkins@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Access our FREE recruitment service!

Nottingham Jobs have a proven track record of finding and developing local people to help meet the demands of the local market.  The service we offer not only finds you the right people it also adds a Social Value KPI to you business.  We target unemployed people and deliver a variety of skills and training interventions so that by the time they are presented to the employer they are work ready.  Flexible recruitment options are available;  interview or take a candidate on an unpaid work trials or do both.  We want you to be be sure that your new recruit is right for your business.    

Plus we can pay you £2,500 for the recruitment of a local person that has either been supplied through our service or or who meets our eligibility criteria.  On top of this you can access a further £500 for additional skills training of your new recruit.

For more information please call Nottingham Jobs officer Kyle Richards 0115 876 3554 kyle.richard@nottinghamcity.gov.uk   

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