The Scottish Government’s 2016-17 Draft Budget has pledged around £4 billion infrastructure investment over the next year. This investment will be spent on house building, transport and digital links, among other projects. With this spending comes massive opportunities; this slideshare from Supply explains these opportunities in more detail:

1. Infrastructure
Investment
Pledged in the 2016 Scottish Draft Budget
(on 16/12/2015)
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2. The Scottish Government 2016-17 Draft Budget
has pledged around £4bn infrastructure
investment over 2016 -17.
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3. This won’t just benefit those in
construction...
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4. The investment will boost local and
international businesses that rely on Scottish
infrastructure for trade, logistics and power...
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5. By funding key projects across various sectors,
including...
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7. Transport
• £1 billion investment in roads and transport projects,
• including the electrification of the Edinburgh-Glasgow
rail line.
• Continuing work on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral
Route.
• Completion of the Queensferry Crossing.
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8. Housing
• Around £690m investment in housing supply
• including an increase of around £90m in
affordable housing supply year on year.
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9. Digital
• More than £130m for Scotland’s digital
strategy,
• to give 95 per cent of premises in Scotland
access to next generation broadband by 2017
• and enhance mobile coverage.
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10. But?
These infrastructure plans remain to be confirmed in the
Scottish Government Spending Review, later in the
year...
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11. So why are we waiting?
This publication has been delayed by the late
release of the UK Spending Review, which
was published on 27 Nov 2015.
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12. The Scottish Government says:
“We have long placed considerable emphasis on
public sector investment in infrastructure to
stimulate economic recovery and that is what has
driven much of the post-recession growth in
Scotland.
“This Budget supports that continued growth
through improving infrastructure and investing in
housing to ensure all Scots can benefit from these
opportunities.”
Scottish Infrastructure Secretary Keith Brown
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13. Industry says:
“Such pledges of investment are always welcome.
“For Scotland, in particular, these are essential to help
the country thrive in an ever more competitive
global environment.”
DTL Chief Executive of UK Training, Chris Wood
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14. But can SMEs win this business?
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15. Yes!
In a recent report, the Scottish Government
showed 46 per cent of the country’s public
sector spend was with SMEs.
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16. But to access these opportunities SMEs must
keep abreast of contract notices.
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17. Supply publishes more non-OJEU contracts
than anyone else.
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18. Supply is the only complete solution in the market
that will help you find, bid for, and win the
contracts that will grow your business.
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19. Over 60,000 start-ups and SMEs have
registered on Supply.
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20. To discover more about how Supply can boost
your business visit:
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