SME Matchmaker Service to support PPP’s £182m scaffolding, insulation and painting framework The Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service will yet again kick into action to support SMEs looking to secure work on Programme and Project Partners’ latest £182m framework. PPP launched… Read more
Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service shortlisted for prestigious award Hot on the heels of the Small Business of the Year win at the NEPIC Industry Awards 2022 last week – we’re in the running for another high-profile accolade. A joint entry from us and Programme and… Read more
Caption: Solomons scoops Small Business of the Year accolade at NEPIC Industry Awards 2022 Well, all we can say at Team Solomons is “oh, what a night!”. Our Managing Director Dominic Doig was bursting with pride to receive the Small Business of the Year Award at the NEPIC Annual Industry… Read more
More SMEs set to invest and grow following PPP’s mechanical and pipework framework award Yet more high performing SMEs are set to realise their growth ambitions in West Cumbria following the award of the third long-term Programme and Project Partners (PPP) framework. Balfour Beatty… Read more
National Careers Week 2022: Ewan Peacock, Contract Executive, on making an impact Variety and the fact every day brings a different challenge, are the two big reasons Ewan loves being a Quantity Surveyor. Having made the move from a multi-national to an SME practice, he’s looking… Read more
Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service celebrates latest PPP framework award The appointment of NG Bailey and Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick to deliver the Electrical and Instrumentation framework by Programme and Project Partners has been welcomed by the Swimming with the Big Fish… Read more
Team Insights: Now's the time for one giant leap from the construction industry In 1962, President John F Kennedy visited NASA headquarters and introduced himself to a janitor with a broom by asking him “What are you doing?”, with the (now infamous) reply “I’m helping put a man… Read more
Fabrication and Manufacturing framework award hailed by SME Matchmaker Service The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) have awarded Goods/Services Agreements to seven businesses for the Fabrication and Manufacturing framework at the Sellafield site – including an alliance of… Read more
Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service welcomes PPP contract award The Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service has welcomed the award of the Heating and Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) package of work by the Programme and Project Partners (PPP). … Read more
Solomons embarks on next stage of growth with second North East office Quantity surveying practice Solomons Europe is forging ahead with its ambitious growth plans for the North East by opening a second office in the region. The SME – which already has a… Read more
Solomons Europe Insider Insights 1 – Tackling supply chain woes It seems every day brings stories of woe across the supply chain. The impact of Covid-19 and Brexit, workforce shortages, and demand far outstripping supply are combining to create a perfect storm –… Read more
Caption: Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service makes waves in Construction Enquirer The Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service has been making waves in the construction media. The Construction Enquirer picked up on the launch of the Programme and Project Partners’… Read more