Improving SME Competitiveness

Giraffe Consulting designs, develops and delivers SME supplier development programmes and SME linkages programmes. Our latest projects include programmes in Georgia and Moldova.

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 SME Competitiveness Projects

       Examples of Giraffe Consulting's work include:

  • designing a SME competitiveness programme / supplier development programme for engineering companies, to improve their potential to supply automotive manufacturers and other OEMs, in Moldova on behalf of GIZ
  • designing and implementing a SME competitiveness programme as part of a SME linkages project, focusing on the hotels and hospitality sector, in Georgia for UK DFID, in partnership with PWC
  • designing an SME linkages programme for the OECD supporting SMEs in the food sector in Moldova
  • developing a plan for the Orkney renewable energy supply chain in Scotland, advising on the formation of a new trade group to take maximum advantage of the business and economic benefits from future opportunities in Orkney’s renewable sector including the offshore wind industry
  • supporting companies from Croatia on the EU SMEPASS Project, helping each SME produce robust marketing plans to increase sales and international trade.
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Managing Director: Julian Lawson Hill   

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