{"id":85907,"date":"2017-10-31T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=da82b4ebb86cdf6cced0ff2adcad51f7"},"modified":"2017-11-16T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T17:05:09","slug":"news-story-event-leeds-cross-government-sme-roadshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85907","title":{"rendered":"News story: Event &#8211; Leeds Cross Government SME Roadshow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> new agenda added<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Leeds Cross Government SME Roadshow is a great opportunity for SMEs in Yorkshire and beyond to hear directly from Central Government (Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Justice, Crown Commercial Service), NHS (Department of Health, NHS England, NHS Digital) and local government (Leeds City Council) about the opportunities to sell to the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll hear about what organisations based in Yorkshire are looking to buy, what they expect from their suppliers and about government\u2019s commitment to see more of its business won by SMEs.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also hear from an SME who has successfully sold to government and who is now advising them how to get more of their business done with SMEs.<\/p>\n<p>It is a chance to meet the people who make purchasing decisions, find out how you can find opportunities and what you can expect when you bid for a contract and after you\u2019ve won it, and also find out about future opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed agenda:<\/p>\n<p>09:30 \u2013 Registration<\/p>\n<p>10:00 \u2013 Welcome (Emma Jones &#8211; SME Crown Rep \/ Paul Ward)<\/p>\n<p>10:10 \u2013 Selling to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP Presenters)<\/p>\n<p>10:40 \u2013 G cloud and Crown Commercial Service frameworks (Liz Freeman &#8211; CCS)<\/p>\n<p>11:30 \u2013 Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>12:00 \u2013 Selling to Health (Joint Department for Health, NHS Digital, NHS England presenters)<\/p>\n<p>12:30 \u2013 SME Panel &#8211; how Elizabeth Vega sold to government and meeting the buyer (Elizabeth Vega \u2013 Informed Solutions)<\/p>\n<p>13:00 \u2013 Lunch (Break out session \u201cbuns and busters\u201d myth-busting session with DWP)<\/p>\n<p>14:00 \u2013 Selling to Ministry of Justice (MoJ Presenters)<\/p>\n<p>14:30 \u2013 Selling to Leeds City Council Digital (LCC Presenters)<\/p>\n<p>15:00 \u2013 Government policy on procuring from SMEs including Contracts Finder and Payment (Stephen Tokley &#8211; CCS)<\/p>\n<p>15:30 \u2013 Close<\/p>\n<p>To register your attendance, please visit <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/leeds-cross-government-sme-roadshow-tickets-38003231689\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 November, 9.30am. Leeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86445,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85907\/revisions\/86445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}