How we support growing businesses

As businesses grow, new opportunities often come with more formal requirements. You may be bidding for larger contracts, exploring public sector opportunities for the first time, or trying to improve how your team handles tenders while keeping day-to-day delivery on track.

Thornton & Lowe supports GM Business Growth Hub clients that need extra capacity, specialist input or a more structured approach to bidding. We're based here in Greater Manchester, and work with businesses that want to compete more effectively, respond with more confidence and build stronger foundations for long-term growth. We support organisations by providing:

• bid writing and tender response support
• tender strategy and bid/no bid advice
• a focused bid review service
• bid management and submission support
• bid training for internal teams

Our approach is practical and hands-on. We help you produce stronger, clearer and more compliant responses while reducing the pressure on your internal team.

Practical support shaped around your business

At Thornton & Lowe, we tailor our support to your business' needs and goals. Some clients are looking to bid for public sector work for the first time. Others have opportunities in the pipeline, but limited internal time.

Whether you need support with a single tender or more consistent input across multiple opportunities, we can help. We offer:

✔️ Support with live tenders when internal time or resource is stretched

✔️ Extra input to improve the quality, clarity and structure of your bid responses

✔️ A more confident approach to larger or more complex contract opportunities

✔️ Specialist review to strengthen draft submissions before they are sent

✔️ Flexible support that fits around your team, whether you need one-off help or ongoing input

✔️ Bid and award writing support that contributes to wider business growth