Small business friendly concordat
South Ribble Borough Council recognises the important contribution that small businesses can make to the delivery of public services and the vital role these businesses play in the local and national economy. We aim to encourage a mixed range of suppliers in order to help develop and stimulate a varied and competitive marketplace and have adopted a small and medium sized enterprise (SME) friendly procurement concordat. The Concordat is a voluntary, non-statutory document, and our signature to it demonstrates our pledge to actively engage with small businesses and also our commitment to good procurement practices in general.