SME Matchmaker businesses secure honours at prestigious supply chain awards A huge congratulations to Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service businesses who walked away with honours at the Britain’s Energy Coast Business Awards 2023, which took place in West Cumbria… Read more
Programme and Project Partners Quarterly Procurement Plan (October 2023) Please find the latest quarterly edition of the Programme and Project Partners (PPP) Procurement Plan available to download below. The purpose of the Procurement Plan is to give current and future… Read more
Supply chain head delivers key Programme and Partners update at BECBC showcase event John Rossiter, Head of PPP Supply Chain and Executive Director at Solomons Europe, hit the road to deliver a presentation at the Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster’s Energy and Engineering… Read more
Matchmaker Service welcomes first Programme and Project Partners SME frameworks The first SME frameworks have been awarded through the £7bn Programme and Project Partners initiative. Process Pipework Services (Ulverston); Shepley Engineers Ltd and PPS Electrical, Whitehaven; and… Read more
Solomons chief will press the case for SME potential to be unleashed at high profile RICS event Our Managing Director Dominic Doig is heading to the second city this month to press the case for positive SME procurement in major projects and programmes. Dom will be part of a panel discussion at… Read more
Swimming with the Big Fish message proves a hit at ACostE North West group meeting Our message for greater SME involvement in the delivery of major programmes and projects proved a hit at the latest meeting of ACostE’s North West group. More than 20 delegates attended the “… Read more
Growing SME champion Solomons joins Cumbria Chamber of Commerce network Solomons Europe has joined Cumbria Chamber of Commerce in a dual bid to support its latest period of growth and promote opportunities for SMEs to secure long-term transformational contracts. Solomons… Read more
Programme and Project Partners publishes ambitious five-year roadmap Programme and Project Partners (PPP) has published its ambitious roadmap for the next five years as it continues to support Sellafield to deliver its purpose of creating a clean and safe environment… Read more
Socioeconomic value of strategic SME procurement in the spotlight at ACostE event We’re taking our mission for greater involvement of SMEs in the delivery of major programmes and projects on the road later this summer. Solomons Managing Director Dominic Doig and Claire Louise… Read more
Solomons' SME Matchmaker Service featured by prestigious RICS Construction Journal Solomons Europe’s Swimming with the Big Fish SME Matchmaker Service has been making positive waves in a prestigious industry journal. Our Managing Director Dominic Doig penned a first-person piece… Read more
Solomons kicks of 25-year birthday celebrations with nostalgic trip down memory lane A quarter of a century. 25 years. No matter how you frame it, it’s a long time! 2023 makes Solomons Europe’s 25th birthday. Since it was created by co-founders Dominic and Kerry Doig, the company has… Read more
Caption: Matchmaker SMEs head to £75m Carlisle Citadels Campus project Meet the Buyer event Our Swimming with the Matchmaker Service is all about building relationships that lead to long-term collaboration between the ‘Big Fish’ and SMEs. While our focus is on helping SMEs to secure… Read more