Procurement services
Protect your business.
Strong governance holds suppliers to account and keeps you on the right side of regulation. Practical, proportionate and built around how your business really works, not a textbook.
The numbers behind it.
of SMEs
have no formal supplier risk process.
lost each year
by UK businesses to procurement fraud.
more likely
to keep contracts when a documented compliance framework is in place.
of supply chain disruption
is linked to poor due diligence.
Governance is not a box-ticking exercise.
Done well, it gives you real control over spend, protects your reputation and opens doors to clients and contracts that require demonstrable standards. We help SMEs get the rigour larger organisations take for granted, without the corporate overhead.
The risks of getting it wrong.
Regulatory fines
Falling short under the Modern Slavery Act, GDPR or sector rules brings fines and reputational damage that’s hard to recover from.
Supply chain risk
Without visibility of your suppliers you take on their risks too. Their failure can become your crisis overnight.
Unchecked spend
Unapproved buying and duplicate payments quietly erode margin. Most businesses only see the scale when they look properly.
Contracts you can’t win
Public sector and larger buyers want evidence of compliance before they award work.
Good governance wins work.
Businesses that get it right don’t just avoid problems. They win more work, pay fairer prices and build supplier relationships that hold under pressure.
The challenge for an SME is proportion. Frameworks need to mean something but run without a dedicated team. We start from where you are, find the real risks and build controls your team will actually use. No shelf-ware, no unnecessary complexity.
What we deliver.
Six service areas. We can work across all of them or focus where the need is greatest.
Procurement policy and framework
Clear, proportionate policies covering approval thresholds, competitive tendering, conflicts of interest and decision records.
Know your suppliers before you commit
Checks on financial stability, ethics and regulatory compliance, plus ongoing monitoring.
Modern Slavery and sourcing
Meet your obligations, write an ethical sourcing policy and build supplier questionnaires that surface risk early.
Audit trails you can rely on
Map approval processes, find where controls are missing and put in simple, auditable systems. Essential for finance, year-end and investors.
Contracts and suppliers
Lightweight contract registers and supplier scorecards, so you know what’s agreed, when it renews and whether it’s delivered.
Compliance assessments
Preparing for a tender, due diligence or an audit? A clear gap analysis and action plan. We’ve helped SMEs win public sector contracts they thought were out of reach.
Ready to focus on growth?
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll find where the money is going.
