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UK firm launches AI-powered bid writing service to open up tendering for SMEs
bidtogether, headquartered in the North East of England, combines a purpose-built AI platform with the expertise of professional bid writers to produce high-quality, tailored tender responses at speed and at a cost accessible to all organisations.
The launch comes as a report from the Federation of Small Businesses reveals that nearly a third of small firms have not won a public contract over the past three years.
bidtogether was developed over the course of 18 months by Executive Compass, one of the UK’ s most established bid writing consultancies, which has supported organisations to win more than £ 5 billion in public sector contracts since 2009. The platform’ s AI workflows were built from the ground up by bid professionals, based entirely on what evaluators look for in winning submissions, rather than adapted from generic large language models. new AI-assisted bid writing service has launched, with a
A mission to level the playing field for SMEs seeking private and public sector contracts, at a time when the cost and complexity of tendering is putting contract opportunities out of reach for many businesses.
Craig Sutch, Operations Director at bidtogether, said:“ From our experience, time and cost are consistently two of the biggest barriers in tendering, affecting organisations of all sizes. bidtogether was built to help remove these barriers by making professional tender writing support more accessible, efficient and scalable for every type of organisation.”
Clarvos introduces platform to help small businesses find customers
Clarvos, a marketing technology start-up focused on simplifying marketing workflows for growing businesses, has announced the early access launch of its agentic marketing workflow platform designed to simplify how growing small- and mid-sized businesses( SMBs) plan, create and run marketing campaigns. The platform brings together audience discovery, creative generation and campaign execution into a single system, helping businesses maintain relevance and move from idea to live campaign in minutes.
Small- and mid-sized businesses today face increasing pressure to grow, but many struggle to find new customers, understand what those customers value and consistently produce marketing that performs. Managing campaigns across multiple platforms only adds to the challenge, making it difficult to keep up with the co-ordination required to plan and launch campaigns.
Research from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science shows that effective marketing depends on reaching new customers, understanding what they value and aligning creative, media and messaging accordingly. However, the growing number of platforms and data sources has made this process increasingly complex and time-consuming, especially for solo marketers and owner-operators.
The Clarvos Agentic Workflow introduces a unified workflow that co-ordinates campaign strategy, creative generation and activation across Google, Meta and TikTok, using AI to simulate customer response, compare campaign options and guide set-up before launch while keeping teams in full control of final decisions.
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