Contacts 2 Contracts : helping you grow in Europe
Services to Support Your Development
Matchmaking Events:
- We take part in their organisation and ease your participation by briefing you on what will be happening, giving you advice on how best to prepare yourself, help you with your logistical organisation (travel and accommodation). Most of the times we will be at the event with you to make sure everything runs smoothly, open our ears to potential companies interested in your products or services, we even sometimes sit in for you on the meetings you cannot make. A complete support with only one aim: seeing you succeed. Did we tell you that most events are free to attend?!
Business Cooperation Database:
- With 600 partners feeding into this database there is a good chance that you will be able to find a partner that fits your requirements and even if that does not happen we can advertise your profile across Europe using our Network, giving you even more potential of meeting your perfect match... Also it is a service free to use!
Access France, Access Europe:
- France is a market on the British doorstep but it is not always the first country that springs to mind when developing your activities. Problems with different language, different culture etc. Valerie Pondaven our French colleague based in the Enterprise Europe Office in Kent has many years of very successful experiences bringing British products to France. She will research the market potential for your product or services, find you good companies to speak with, she can also organise and present at the meetings on your behalf, help you with translation of documents etc. She will literally be an extra ultra-qualified member of your staff and that for a very reasonable cost.
You can contact Valerie: valerie.pondaven@businesslinkkent.co.uk
- We are also looking to develop a similar service towards other countries and are at the moment evaluating potential partners in Norway, Poland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Italy. More coming soon!
Access the United Kingdom:
- It is not all about helping UK companies go abroad, some UK companies actually want to develop in the UK and some European businesses are looking for partners to distribute their products or services on the British soil. We have helped many companies with their UK market research and entrance. If you are interested in the British market and are not sure where to start? Contact us and we will tell you what we can do to help: info@eiscltd.eu
Identifying Funding Schemes:
- We have access to an extensive database of sources of funding. You would be amazed about the number of grants available. Why not try one of our free searches to see if any of them could help you get you going a bit more easily?
Winning Tenders:
- Tendering for Public contracts is maybe not easy but could be really rewarding. Tender procedures over a certain level are fairly standardised across the European Union enabling you to win contracts a bit more easily. Where are these opportunities? Published in the Official Journal of the EU, we help you find them and you can try our 4 weeks free search to see if there is anything there for you. More info: www.winningtenders.eu
Working With Partners to bring you more:
We try to work with other organisations to help you benefit form the expertise of all of us whose job is to support businesses.
We work closely with UK Trade & Investment in encouraging companies think about going international. UKTI are the International arm of the British Government when it comes to business support. They have very experienced advisers who have previously worked in the private sector and understand what you need. From mentoring companies to financially supporting you attending exhibitions and events, through the work of the commercial attachés in the British Embassies around the world, there is plenty of information and help to who need it.
We also work with many Chambers of Commerce, Business Links, Trade Associations that have something to offer to businesses...