
Insights and news
Stephen Alexander supports first school careers fair
Our directors Alex Footman and Stephen Timmins were invited by Mount Carmel First School to support their Careers Fair at the end of May. As part of the school’s programme to engage local businesses and help its pupils understand more about the world of work, they invited our team and several other businesses to attend and showcase their business to their pupils from Year 3 and 4.
Stephen Alexander wins new start up award
We recently won the 'New Business/Start-Up of the Year 2023' accolade at the Midlands Service Excellence Awards – one of the region’s leading awards programmes that recognises organisations for delivering exceptional client service.
A complete guide to the five stages of bidding behaviour
Bidding for new work can be complicated, intense, and stressful and this can often lead to some typical behaviours that can dilute the quality of a bid response. From our vast experience of managing bid and tender processes across a range of industry sectors, we've compiled an overview of the behaviours we see in businesses and bid teams from spotting an opportunity to finalising and submitting a response. At each stage, we have summarised key hints and tips for how to overcome the challenges we see as the bid process progresses.
Our first six months
Six months ago we launched Stephen Alexander. Since July last year, it’s been a busy time working with businesses across a range of different sectors supporting their bids, marketing, and business development activity. Check out our video to see what we’ve been up to.
A guide to winning new work: bidding fundamentals
Work wining guide: in this guide, we have collated some of our key tips all in one place - providing businesses with a reference tool to help them improve many of the ways in which they approach bidding for new clients and contracts and how they promote their business.
The importance of deconstructing a bid
The process to manage a successful bid submission can be complex and daunting. The key to navigating the process begins and ends with comprehensive planning and deconstructing every opportunity and bid. Take a look at our short guide.
Partnering with Lightbulb Credit
We’re excited to announce we’ve partnered with Lightbulb Credit - the UK’s first trade credit rating advisory business.
Adam Hutchison joins our business as Non-Executive Director
We are delighted to announce that Adam Hutchison has joined our business as Non-Executive Director.
Joining Redditch Business Leaders
We are delighted to have joined the Redditch Business Leaders group to promote Redditch as a great place to live and work.
Choosing your bid win themes
A key starting point for any bid is the identification and agreement of your win themes – why should the buyer choose you? Read our top tips in this short article.
Creating compelling case studies
Compelling case studies are critical to marketing your business and winning new work. Read our short article on how to make the most of them.