Helping businesses win new work

Outsourced bid, marketing, and business development support

 

We are celebrating our 3rd birthday!

Three years ago today, two lifelong friends, Alex Footman and Stephen Timmins, turned a shared ambition into a business, creating Stephen Alexander. Since then, our team has worked with businesses across the UK in various sectors to secure new work, helping them achieve their growth ambitions.

From strategic and hands-on marketing support to bidding for new work and business development training and support, we’ve worked on some amazing projects and with some incredible businesses.

What we do

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    Bid Services

    Winning new work through competitive bidding is complicated and requires specific skills and experience. Stephen Alexander helps businesses optimise their approach.

  • A large orange lightbulb for Stephen Alexander marketing services

    Marketing Services

    Marketing your business can feel complicated and overwhelming. Stephen Alexander help clients to deliver highly impactful marketing that generates a measurable return.

  • A large yellow sunflower for Stephen Alexander growth services

    Growth Services

    Stephen Alexander work with businesses to help them increase pipeline and generate new leads through a range of business development campaigns and activities.

Meet the Stephen Alexander team

What our clients say

  • “The process was highly professional and also found that they were at the end of the phone for general tender advice whenever we needed it.”

    Michael Allcock, Managing Director, PJA Electrics

  • “Having secured the contract, we were delighted with the outcome and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.”

    Darren O’Neill, Managing Director, Arrow Services

  • “They were very hands-on, happily answering any questions big or small and I appreciated how invested they were in putting together a great bid for us.”

    Samantha Slingsby, Director of Production, Tinker Taylor

  • “Having worked with the team on several bids we have been delighted with their approach and output. They are incredibly thorough and take complete ownership of the process.”

    Qadeer Qureshi, CEO, Aegis Support Services

  • “The support we have received from Stephen Alexander has been game changing for us as a business.”

    David Neate, Partner, Evolve Corporate Finance

Insights and news

  • Behind winning bids

    Behind winning bids - managing key stakeholders

    One of the most overlooked, yet critical, parts of any successful bid is the coordination of key stakeholders and subject matter experts. They hold the knowledge that sets your bid apart, and it’s the bid writer or manager’s role to make sure that knowledge is captured, shaped and submitted in the most compelling way possible.

  • Business development isn’t just for sales teams

    Business development isn’t just for sales teams

    Business development shouldn’t be confined to sales teams. There are lots of people within a business that can contribute to growing new referral relationships, spotting new opportunities, and cross-selling to existing customers.

  • Navigating your funding options

    Navigate your funding options to support business growth

    Access to the right funding is often the difference between standing still and scaling up. Whether you're investing in new equipment, expanding your team, or simply managing cash flow more effectively, understanding the financial options available to you is essential.

Some of our clients

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Get bid ready with Stephen Alexander

We help business optimise their approach to competitive bidding by looking at all aspects that influence the decision to choose a supplier or partner - from your marketing messages, social value activity, and, of course, approach to the bid process.

  • Capacity booster logo for Stephen Alexander's interim support for marketing and bid professionals

    Interim support

    Managing capacity in marketing, bid and business development teams is difficult. We can support teams with our Capacity Booster service.

  • Logo for Stephen Alexander social value and ESG services

    Social value and ESG builder

    We work with businesses to help them create and deliver innovative and compelling social value and ESG programmes.