Open resources
Print-ready checklists and working templates that turn research into questions, records, decisions and implementation evidence.
These tools help organise evidence and expose uncertainty. They do not certify readiness, replace professional advice or determine whether a buyer should award a contract.
Adapt the depth to the organisation, sector, risk and procurement. Delete fields that are genuinely irrelevant; add controls where law, safety, data, regulation or delivery complexity requires them.
New free learning library
Read structured guides on starting a UK business, growth, procurement, tender readiness, management, social value, company volunteering, mobilisation, student experience and portfolio evidence.
Each living handbook has chapter navigation, actions, evidence checkpoints, official-source routes and print-to-PDF support—without a registration wall.
Open the handbook libraryFounding toolkit
Each opens as a clean HTML document that can be printed to PDF, completed on paper or adapted into an internal system.
A practical 12-area review of legal identity, opportunity fit, quality, evidence, delivery, data, people, supply chain, commercial control, social value, mobilisation and improvement.
For: Suppliers and entrepreneurs
Open and printA pre-engagement control list covering purpose, procurement status, participation burden, questions, confidentiality, records, fairness, publication and next steps.
For: Buyers and procurement teams
Open and printA transparent plan for scope, legal operator, users, safety, controls, measures, consent, evidence, learning and scale decisions.
For: Entrepreneurs, suppliers and buyers
Open and printA portable index of current capability, ownership, evidence, limitations, review dates and improvement actions.
For: Suppliers
Open and printA joint plan for promise handover, dependencies, acceptance, reporting, escalation and early improvement.
For: Buyers and suppliers
Open and printConnect need, partner, baseline, delivery, ownership and outcome evidence before making a commitment.
For: Suppliers, buyers and community partners
Open and printDescribe the sector, buyer route, size of organisation and risk. A tailored version may be developed as an open, sponsored or commissioned project with the relationship disclosed.
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