Parkes is a specialist
content producer based in Swansea for over 25 years. Our team of researchers,
writers, editors, IT specialists and project managers has expertise in industry
sector analysis, business information and guidance, finance, tax, statistics,
and general and technical writing.
We have produced business start-up guides for Virgin.Biz, Alliance &
Leicester Commercial Bank (now Santander) and Adviserplus Business Solutions.
The guides provide sector-specific
guidance on starting and running a business. They cover over 200 different
business types in exhaustive detail and include an interactive Start-up Costs
Calculator and other useful tools. The company also produces a white label
interactive business planner and cash-flow forecast.
We have used
Sell2Wales for over 5 years. It is an invaluable free resource for marketing
the company's services, for finding potential contracts and identifying useful
contacts within the businesses who post tender opportunities.
The company has won
tenders for providing website content for the government and blue-chip
companies. Trade sector guides were commissioned by and produced for Business
Link. Other contracts tendered for and won were to write guides on tax and
benefits for Direct.gov and simplified customer facing guides for the HMRC
website. We have also produced regional business guides commissioned by Welsh
Government.
Tendering
is time consuming so you need to make sure that the time is not wasted.
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If you have never tendered before, workshops like
those provided by Sell2Wales are a must.
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Don't then use a scatter-gun approach, tendering
for every possible contract. It's like panning for gold - review all the
opportunities advertised on Sell2Wales but pick only those few that are an
ideal match for your skills.
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Read the tender documents carefully and take all
the time that's necessary to complete them fully, taking note of the scoring to
make sure you shine where it's most important.
Carola Parkes
01792 458525 Ext 21
Website: www.parkestax.co.uk