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    ContractsBusiness Skills Support and Mentoring - High Streets and Rural Areas 2025-26
    Awarded contract

    Business Skills Support and Mentoring - High Streets and Rural Areas 2025-26

    Awarded
    £68k
    Published 24 Aug 2026

    Deliver personalized business mentoring, skills training, and diagnostics to 50+ businesses across high streets and rural areas with UKSPF funding.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· South EastPublished 24 Aug 2026· 1 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £68k
    Published 24 Aug 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £68,000
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Professional Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      South East

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • HS
      THE HIGH STREET EXPERTS LTD
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 1 months ago.

    24 August 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    This is a fixed-term contract opportunity to deliver comprehensive business support services across the district for 2025-26. The project combines high streets revitalization with rural economic development, targeting over 50 businesses. Key deliverables include: business diagnostics to identify needs, tailored one-to-one mentoring from experienced advisors, practical skills training workshops, and strategic business engagement activities. Suppliers should have expertise in business development, mentoring delivery, and community engagement. The contract is funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and aims to strengthen local economies by building business capability and confidence.

    Track record

    5 awards · 5 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In professional services, The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe has awarded 5 contracts to 5 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. THE HIGH STREET EXPERTS LTD1× · 20%
    2. VENN GROUP LIMITED1× · 20%
    3. Haymarket Media Group Limited1× · 20%
    4. THOMSON REUTERS PROFESSIONAL UK LIMITED1× · 20%
    5. VOICESCAPE LIMITED1× · 20%

    Across professional services, the most active winners are REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED, KPMG LLP, Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Award notice and full record on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06eab1
    DC
    Buyer
    The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe
    Sector
    Professional Services