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Dorset Council have been awarded funding from the Department for Business & Trade to deliver the pan-Dorset Growth Hub for the financial year 2025 – 2026. The official, pan-Dorset Growth Hub is now branded as Business Growth Dorset.
Business Growth Dorset is part of the network of 41 Growth Hubs across England that exists to support and improve business performance, enabling businesses to build their capacity and capability. Business Growth Dorset is supported and managed by Dorset Council with core funding from Government and delivers services across the County including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
We are pleased to invite your organisation to submit a quotation for the delivery of one, two, or all three of Business Growth Dorset Scale-Up programmes:
- Scale-Up – Finance, Business Growth Dorset Scale Up Finance ITQ_April 2025_Final
- Scale-Up – Growth, Business Growth Dorset Scale Up Growth ID ITQ_April 2025_Final
- Scale-Up – Smart Tech, Business Growth Dorset Scale Up Smart Tech ITQ_April 2025_Final
Each contract has a maximum value of £30,000, bids must be received by 5pm on Friday 23rd May 2025, and a decision will be announced by midday on Monday 16th June 2025.
If you have any queries please contact businessgrowth@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk by email by Friday 16th May 2025. All queries will be anonymised and the query and response sent to all bidders.
Please note the following requirements:
- If quoting for more than one programme, each contract must be quoted separately.
- Only one bid will be accepted from each organisation for each programme.
- Assessment of bids will be based on both quality and price.