Public Procurement and Property

• Changing lives through Supported Employment

  3rd December 2021 by Melissa Reilly

  

  On the UN Day of Persons with Disabilities, we hear from an award-winning individual and an employer on how lives are positively improved through meaningful work.

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• SME roundtables review: “Levelling the playing field”

  1st December 2021 by Niamh Duncan

  

  Director of Scottish Procurement and Property, Nick Ford reflects on the recent set of SME roundtable discussions.

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• Talking “sustainable change” and supplying the public sector with Hey Girls

  30th November 2021 by Melissa Reilly

  

  We talk "sustainable change" with Hey Girls - an award-winning ‘buy one, donate one’ social enterprise, producing environmentally-friendly period products that fund the fight to end period poverty in the UK.

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• Re-let of National Framework for the Provision of Interpreting, Translation and Transcription Services

  24th November 2021 by Melissa Reilly

  

  The framework is now live for a period of 4 years until 11 November 2025. All three suppliers are SMEs and committed to paying the real Living Wage.

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• Scotland’s Baby Box on display in Philadelphia

  21st September 2021 by Melissa Reilly

  

  Earlier this year, we shared a blog post announcing a new contract between Scottish Government and APS Group (Scotland) to continue to support the supply and distribution of Scotland’s Baby Box and support for the Best Start Grant. One of Scotland's Baby Boxes is now on display as part of the second 'Designing Motherhood' exhibition at the Centre for Architecture + Design in Philadelphia.

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