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Exclusive bid support for ActionCOACH clients

ActionCOACH has partnered with Thornton & Lowe to offer eligible clients a free 60-minute Bid Readiness Check. This one-to-one session will help you understand where you are now, the contracts you want to win, any gaps in your current approach, and the next steps to move forward with more confidence.

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What Thornton & Lowe will help you with in the 60-minute session

This is a practical working session for business owners who want to understand whether bidding could be a realistic growth route, or who already tender but want to improve results.

The session will be shaped around your business, your goals and the opportunities you are considering.

Examples of what we often cover include:

✔️ Your current bid readiness, including whether your business has the right experience, evidence, accreditations, policies and resources to compete effectively

✔️ Which tenders, frameworks, DPS agreements or private sector opportunities may be worth your time, and which may not be the right fit

✔️ How to decide whether to bid or walk away, so you do not waste time on low-value or low-probability opportunities

✔️ How to improve your written tender responses, method statements, case studies and social value answers

✔️ Common reasons good businesses lose marks, including generic answers, weak evidence, unclear benefits and missed buyer requirements

✔️ Your priority actions for the next 30 to 60 days, so you leave with a clear list of practical next steps

✔️ Any live bid challenges, recent buyer feedback or tender questions you want to discuss with a bid specialist

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Why this session is available through ActionCOACH

ActionCOACH helps business owners grow stronger, more profitable and better-run businesses.

For many ambitious SMEs, tenders and frameworks can be a valuable route to growth. They can open doors to public sector contracts, larger private sector buyers, repeat work and more structured sales pipelines.

But bidding can also become time-consuming and frustrating if you are not clear on where to focus, how to evidence your strengths, or whether a contract is genuinely worth pursuing.

Thornton & Lowe helps businesses turn bidding into a more structured and realistic growth channel. We support companies with bid writing, tender reviews, framework applications, bid strategy and outsourced bid management.

This free 60-minute Bid Readiness Check is available to ActionCOACH clients who want to explore how tenders could support their growth plans, or who want to improve the way they already bid.

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Ready to grow through better bids?

Book your FREE 60-minute Bid Readiness Check with Thornton & Lowe. Whether you are new to tendering or want to improve your results, we will help you understand where to focus, what to improve and how to approach your next opportunity with more confidence.

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Trusted by businesses who want to win more work

Thornton & Lowe supports SMEs and growing businesses across the UK with bid writing, tender reviews, framework applications and bid management.

Our role is to make bidding clearer, more structured and more effective, so you can focus your time on the right opportunities and submit stronger responses.

“Their team is exceptionally thorough, professional, and highly knowledgeable. From start to finish, the bid writing process has been seamless, well-structured, and clearly communicated.” Mark Norris

“First time I’ve ever used a company for support with bid writing. Worth every penny… the quality was really good and made my life so much easier.” Joanna Sedley-Burke

“This is the first time I've used bid support and I was really pleased with the experience. I had an aim to be on a framework for Local Government work and received full marks for all items that Thornton & Lowe were involved with.” Ecology Services