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Thought leadership on UK public sector procurement, AI, and what it takes to win government contracts.
A Plain English Guide for UK Suppliers (2026)
CPV codes classify every UK public sector tender. Learn how they work, why buyers get them wrong, and how to build alerts that don't miss contracts.
There was a headline doing the rounds last week that a lot of people in public sector sales will have skimmed as a health story or a Westminster story. It is neither. It is a procurement story, and it is one of the clearest signals yet of where the whole market is going.
This morning Sir Keir Starmer stood outside Number 10 and said he'll resign as Labour leader. But the question I care about isn't the Westminster psychodrama. It's this: what would a Burnham premiership do to public sector procurement?
Seven changes that tilt public sector buying towards SMEs, from our webinar with Matt Spencer.
Fifteen months after the Procurement Act went live, the effects are showing up in real tenders. We ran a webinar with public sector sales veteran Matt Spencer on what's changed: seven SME-friendly shifts, new departmental spend targets, and a five-step playbook. Recording included.
Here's what it means for British firms.
The Chancellor has named AI critical to national security and put an enforcement mechanism behind 'Buy British'. Here's what it means for the people who sell, write bids, and run businesses in the public sector.
Most people missed it.
DSIT's £80m Sovereign AI R&D programme is procurement being used as industrial policy, with founder-friendly IP terms and a clear map of where government AI budgets are heading next.