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Award winning bid specialist continues rapid growth for third year

Posted: 13th December 2017

Award winning bid specialist AM Bid Services has increased turnover to £464,291 (73 per-cent up on last year) in its third year of trading, bolstering its workforce to seven including two key appointments to the senior management team.

Since the company was founded by Managing Director Andrew Morrison in 2014, AM Bid Services has increased its services from the core offering of bid and proposal writing to include masterclasses, training and bid strategy consultancy, expanding across over 20 sectors. Earlier this year, AM Bid Services was named High Growth Business of the Year 2017 and Small Business of the Year at the British Chambers of Commerce Awards regional finals.

The company has grown organically without any external support and is completely debt free, providing services to businesses across the UK, from FTSE 100 companies to SMEs and sole traders to help organisations deliver business growth.

Morrison appointed bidding and housing expert David Gray as Bid Development Director, and David Sole OBE as Non-Executive Chairman in March 2017 who brings with him a wealth of entrepreneurship experience.

Commenting on the company’s performance, Managing Director Andrew Morrison said: “The start-up scene is a crowded space in today’s business world, so it’s important to make your company stand out.

“I spotted a gap in the market in 2014 to help companies deliver business growth by creating winning bids and proposals. We have a strong workforce with a huge wealth of expertise which is expanding across the country, and I am committed to nurturing our younger members of staff to ensure they grow with the business.”

Non-Executive Chairman, David Sole added: “2017 has been another year of exceptional growth for AM Bid Services which is down to the hard work, dedication and expertise in the team that Andrew has put together. The business has an outstanding platform to build on for the coming year and is in a great position to capitalise on its place in the market as leading bid specialists.”

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