๐จ What image comes to mind when you think about SME procurement? ๐ผ๏ธ
๐ From the key findings of our latest report, to improving access to public procurement for small suppliers, illustrator Bryan Mathers of
@visualthinkery brought the procurement debate to life at our roundtable with Minister
@chriswardmp, last week.
More in our procurement report here ๐
fsb.org.uk/resources/policy-โฆ
ALT An illustration by Visual Thinkery depicting the public procurement process for small businesses.
A dealer at a roulette table looks across to the viewer. Next to them a speech bubble reads: "Roll up, roll up, fancy a gamble on the public procurement roulette wheel?"
In the foreground is a large stack of casino chips with the words "Minimum stake: 5 days work..." written next to them.
ALT An illustration by Visual Thinkery depicting the public procurement process for small businesses.
A large obstacle course stretches from the foreground, disappearing into the endless distance, complete with cargo nets, fences, barbed wire, tires, and other military-themed barriers.
Above the course read the words, rising and falling as if they're running the course themselves: "THE ENDLESS OBSTACLES...
Then below the illustration are the words: "SMALL BUSINESSES FACE WHEN BIDDING FOR CONTRACTS..."
ALT An illustration by Visual Thinkery depicting the public procurement process for small businesses.
A corporate man dressed in a shirt and tie stands in the centre of the image next to an enormous bolder. He is talking to a woman in front of him saying: "You seem size IS stability."
Unbeknownst to the man and the woman, the huge bolder is in fact teetering on the edge of a cliff that they can't fully make out, precariously positioned as if the slightest breeze could cause it to tumble down the cliff face.