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The Innovation Driven Procurement Project - Contracts with Sarah Fox
Tuesday 28th March, 9:30 – 10:30am.
The Innovation Driven Procurement Project is CITB, fully funded online training, coaching and mentoring for SME and Micro-Business Owners in the UK Construction Supply Chain.
It's here to help improve productivity, collaboration, expand procurement opportunities and increase profit margins.
In the third of our Masterclass series we are delighted to welcome our IDP Mentor, Sarah Fox.
Sarah is a construction lawyer who is an expert in writing contracts in just 500 words. Having spent years training the sector on complex contracts, she realised they were simply shoved in a drawer and nobody cared. So she's leading a one-woman revolution for contracts that you can read, understand and use, whatevere your line of business. She's also the author of a series of books on how to write construction contracts in just 500 words.
In this Masterclass, Sarah will share why you should bother with contracts before discussing how you can use your contract to:
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reflect your values as a business
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manage expectations on time, cost and quality
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proactively deal with risk issues
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create simple processes to deal with changes, remedies and cancellation
To register for your free place, click here.
The Innovation Driven Procurement Project - Marketing with Michaela Wain
Tuesday 28th February, 9:30 – 10:30am.
The Innovation Driven Procurement Project is CITB fully-funded online training, coaching and mentoring for SME and Micro-Business Owners in the UK Construction Supply Chain.
It's here to help improve productivity, collaboration, expand procurement opportunities and increase profit margins.
In the second of our Masterclass series we are delighted to welcome our IDP Mentor, Michaela Wain.
Michaela is the Managing Director of Design and Build UK, Framework Marketing, Vantage Utility Connections and Property Ninjas. Michaela was a finalist on BBC The Apprentice and later secured the investment after her exposure on the show.
Michaela wants to see a change in the construction industry, to see more money spent in the North, having inclusive environments for all to thrive in and allow SME's and Micro-Businesses to win more contracts.
In this interactive session Michaela will be covering:
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The importance of a plan
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What your website should be saying about your business
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Getting your brand out there on Social Media
Supply Chain Sustainability School - Procuring in Challenging Economic Times
Wednesday 1st February
This video below is from our conference with the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
During this event, we discussed providing support to industry as it faces the prospect of procuring and winning work in an increasingly challenging economic environment. It also focused on some of the challenges that arise as a result of market turmoil, and opportunities to ensure procurement can proceed while supporting supplier sustainability.
The Innovation Driven Procurement Project - Brand Masterclass
Friday 3rd February, 9:30 – 10:30am.
The Innovation Driven Procurement Project is CITB fully-funded online training, coaching and mentoring for SME and Micro-Business Owners in the UK Construction Supply Chain.
It's here to help improve productivity, collaboration, expand procurement opportunities and increase profit margins.
In the first of our Masterclass series we will be hearing from Mark Herring, Connector-In-Chief at Urbano Network and Director of Talent Lab, a communications and engagement agency.
In this interactive session Mark will be covering:
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What is a brand and what is branding?
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What are the benefits of using brand understanding to any sector or size of business?
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What lessons can small businesses learn from major brands?
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What are the brand challenges that SMEs face?
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Becoming a brand – how do I change my approach to become a brand?
Free online construction Innovation Workshops for SMEs and micro-business owners:
Wednesday 26th October, Wednesday 9th November and Wednesday 23rd November, 4pm - 6.30pm.
Reserve your place to attend our free online workshop for SMEs and micro-business owners working in the construction industry supply chain.
The Innovation Workshop is a facilitated forum to come up with ideas that could make a massive difference to your productivity and profitability. As an attendee of the Innovation Workshop, you will gain free access to four Innovation Driven Procurement CPD accredited modules.
For more information and to reserve your place for one of the dates, please follow the links below.
Register for workshop 1: Wednesday 26th October
Register for workshop 2: Wednesday 9th November
Register for workshop 3: Wednesday 23rd November
Wednesday 12th October 2022 10:00 – 12:30: Solving the Productivity Puzzle
Whilst the building industry in the UK continues to improve productivity through innovation, very rarely do we involve the front-line specialist and tradesman in considering and providing improvement.
During this conference we will explore what tools are available to encourage and support specialist contractors and operatives to develop and share their ideas.
This was a virtual event and can be watched below.
Thursday 29th September 2022 4 - 5.30pm: Innovation Workshops
Sign up to attend one of our free online workshops for SME/Micro-Business Owner working in the Construction Industry Supply Chain. IDP Community Delivery Partner, Construction Coach is facilitating an Innovation Workshop to brainstorm ideas that could make a massive difference to your productivity and profitability.
You will be guided through a process to help you think about where you need support.
What’s frustrating you in your business? What needs to be improved on site? Are your team working as efficiently as they should? Do you have the right processes in place to operate as effectively as you could be?
Hear from a Business Owner who has innovated in their business and the impact it’s had.
Leave with ideas and access to the support you need to implement them.
This was a virtual event.
Thursday, 24th March 2022, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Supply Chain Risk, Resilience and Capacity Conference
A 3-hour Conference to provide a deep-dive into supplier resilience and capacity issues in the supply chain. Are you experiencing challenges with supply, feeling the squeeze of inflationary increases, concerned that your supply chain is not going to be able to cope with the current challenges we are facing?
This conference was delivered virtually online, and you can click here for the presentation slides.
Friday 26th November 2021 2.00pm - 3.30pm: Collaborative Construction Procurement Training Hub Launch Event
The Collaborative Construction Procurement Training Hub – developed with the support of CITB - is intended to create a one-stop-shop for high quality training in relation to construction procurement. This launch event will provide an overview of the Hub, details of work that has already been delivered, and allow attendees to give their views on future content development.
This was a virtual launch event, and you can click here for the presentation slides.
The IDP Community - Are you an SME/Micro-business owner working in the construction industry supply chain?
How would you like to be part of a first-of-its kind, fully-funded initiative to collaborate and help come up with solutions to improve productivity, expand procurement opportunities and increase your profit margins? You could also be chosen to be 1 of 40 Innovation Champions to undertake an innovation project in your business. This could be to improve a site-based activity, a business process or an initiative to increase procurement opportunities and demonstrate the value you bring to a project.
The IDP Community is managed by our Delivery Partner Construction Coach where all members will get access to free, weekly mentoring calls. You will also get the opportunity to network in a Facebook-style platform with fellow Business Owners to learn from each other’s experiences. This is a collaborative way of learning and an opportunity to break out of your silos.
Why get involved?
Our industry is fast-paced and challenging. You are constantly juggling resources to meet Client demands and there is little time to learn from previous projects.
Added to this you are battling inflation, energy price increases and materials and labour shortages.
This community is here to support you
Here’s how it works:
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Sign up to complete four, short, 20 min courses on Collaboration, Productivity, Innovation and Value in the Supply chain
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Attend an online innovation workshop to brainstorm ideas to boost productivity in your business and on site
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Become a member of our free online IDP community to receive business support to help embed the learning into your business and site operations
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Have the opportunity to become 1 of 40 Innovation Champions to receive 12 hrs of funded Coaching and Mentoring to undertake an innovation project in your business
Why complete the courses?
These four short training courses are designed to help you:
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Stop and think about what collaboration truly means and how collaborative behaviours can increase productivity on site
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Consider how you can add value in your business
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Be inspired to look at how you can increase productivity through innovation
We'll also explore these further in the community so you can start to embed the learning into your business and see the difference it makes to your productivity and your profits.
Start today
Sign up for the courses to start thinking about what’s frustrating you in your business. What needs to be improved on site? Are your team working as efficiently as they should? Do you have the right processes in place to operate as effectively as you could be?
The courses are now available on the Supply Chain Sustainability Portal and can be accessed via our training page. Not only will you get access to these courses, there are also hundreds of free courses available to support you and your business.
Sign up to attend a free online Innovation Workshop
Hear from business owners who are already innovating and get the opportunity to brainstorm ideas that could make a massive difference to your productivity and profitability.
Register your interest via this link, or find out more by visiting our events page.
You could then become an Innovation Champion to access 12 hours coaching/ mentoring to develop your idea.