Supply Industry Analysis:The Top Sectors for Success

www.competefor.com

Across the UK, opportunities to grow your business arenever far from reach...If you know where to find them.Public procurement in the UK can seem like a closedshop for firms with little understanding of the size of themarket and how it works.To be successful in this industry, you need to have astrong understanding of the market opportunitiesavailable, the investments planned across the UK andwhere to find them.If you’re looking to grow, a great place to start is inexamining the top industries and sectors currentlyseeing investment. If your firm can target these areaseither directly or via the wider supply chain, you’ll be ina good place to start benefitting.This eBook from the Supply National SME EngagementProgramme gives an overview of the top sectors in theUK currently seeing massive Government investmentand reveals the opportunities on offer in each industry.

Prefacepre

www.competefor.com

Construction makes up 6.4% of the overall UK economy. It is a massivemarketplace for businesses of any size in any sector. In addition, a recentindustry forecast published by the Construction Products Associationshowed that construction output is expected to increase by 5.5% in 2015.

con Construction

www.competefor.com

Digital communications is expected to be worth £221bn to the UK economy by2016, accounting for 12.4% of UK GDP.

A little over a year ago this Government set out an ICT strategy focused onmaking Government technology cheaper, more transparent, more innovativeand flexible – with more opportunities for new suppliers, including SMEs.

Digital is not just another channel; it is the delivery choice for this generation.

it IT

“ “

of public investment

of private investment

pledged to 2016 for broadband projects

can bid for £5000 of vouchers to go towards IT security and cyber processes

In 2010, the UK Government made cyber security a ‘Tier 1’ priority and allocated

By 2019, the global cyber security market is expected to be worth

UK market could be worth

£1.2bn £5bn

£40m

SMEs

£1.13bn

$155.74Bn

£650m

£

for various cyber security initiatives

within three years

www.competefor.com

Of all sectors, one which has possibly the greatest number of opportu-nities available for SMEs in particular is health, with up to 80% of NHSSupply Chain contracts going to small firms.

NHS is also under pressure to find £5bn of efficiency savings over thisParliament, meaning a real push towards contract innovation andvalue for money.

med Medical

www.competefor.com

£1. bn1£1. £600mindustry by 2032:

global aviation market share of the The UK's potential

industry by 2032:global aviation

market share of the The UK's potential

before 2019for Crossrail before 2019for Crossrail

complement HS2for schemes to

£600bn industry by 2032:

£600bn industry by 2032:

£38bn begins on HS2 inConstruction £38bn £1.8bn £1.8bn

key rail routesfor electrification of 7012

key rail routesfor electrification of

UK regioninvested in each invested in each

Prime Minister David Cameron has made a ‘transport revolution’ a keypriority for the upcoming Parliament, with some of the Government’slargest investments coming in the transport sector.

This will be nothing less than a revolution – one which willlead to quicker journey times, more jobs, and businessesboosted right across the country.

trn Transport

“ “

www.competefor.com

has been invested in offshore wind

£7.7bn £53bn

£28.9bn has been invested in

renewable energy between 2010 and 2013

investment in North Sea oil and gas

Task force established in 2015 to source value for money contracts in

North Sea oil

Oil and Gas Water and wind

Renewables

£20.1bn investment in bio-energy

expected

£30.9bn to improve water

infrastructure

of electricity used in Scotland came from renewable sources

in 2012

40%

Electric

30% of UK electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020

£274.9bn

has b

een e

arma

rked

for e

nergy

projects across 70 individual programmes in the UK over the next 10 years.

Energy underpins the operation of a successful economy and allows otherinfrastructure networks to function. As a result, it is central to the Govern-ment’s plans to fuel the economic recovery and generate growth.

Below are some investments already announced into the UK environmen-tal and energy sector, as well as upcoming spend yet to be awarded.

eE Environment and Energy

www.competefor.com

Registering with Supply provides the idealroute to finding new public sector contractsand awards information.Supply published over 66,000 UK & ROIcontract notices last year alone, 40,000 ofwhich were not available in the OJEU. This isover 37,000 more opportunities than theUK’s four national portals combined, includingover 26,000 more English contracts thanContracts Finder.There’s a Supply subscription that’s just rightfor your business – whether you are a soletrader or a small or medium-sized business.Choose from ‘low value’ or ‘low and highvalue’ subscriptions to suit your needs.

More aboutSupplyps

www.competefor.com