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Engineering Your Startup: Everything You Need to Know About Starting Your Own Engineering Company

Sarah Venning Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Whether you’re starting a fabrication business, or perhaps looking for mechanical engineering startup ideas, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Luckily, there’s a range of resources available if you’re looking to take the plunge and become your own boss.

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Let's Talk About Price: How to Add Value to Your Quote

Sandii Smith - Membership Services Manager Friday, August 24, 2018

We are living in an era that offers the buyers of today a plethora of options. Subcontract services are available in abundance, meaning that purchasers are in some ways spoilt for choice. So what can suppliers do to stay in the game? And is it all about price?

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Cash is King: A Guide to Effective Cash Collection

Lucy Tilley Friday, August 10, 2018

Cash is ultimately the lifeline of any small business - in fact, 82% of small businesses that fail do so due to poor cash management. So what steps can be taken to ensure you are not one of these fatalities?

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Understanding the Engineering Sales Cycle

Dean Munkley - Sales & Marketing Manager Friday, July 27, 2018

Whilst it’s true that every industry suffers from workload fluctuations, the engineering sector seems to be stricken with peaks and troughs more than most. But why is this? And can it be overcome?

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Qimtek Contract Manufacturing Index - Quarter 2, 2018

Karl Wigart - Owner Friday, July 13, 2018

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Streamlining Your Engineering Company’s Sales Process: Part 4 - The Return of Face-to-Face Sales Meetings

Dean Munkley - Sales & Marketing Manager Friday, June 29, 2018

The dawn of the internet has changed the way that sales is conducted in the past 10 years. However, in light of the new GDPR laws, I predict that we’ll start to see a regression back to face-to-face sales meetings.

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Subcon 2018 - A Successful Show?

Sarah Venning Thursday, June 14, 2018

Subcon returned to the NEC in Birmingham this month for its forty-second year. Running from the 5th to the 7th June, it also marked Qimtek’s fifth year of exhibiting at the event.

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Aluminium Within Architecture - What Are the Benefits?

Expired User Thursday, May 17, 2018

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How To Fly High at Subcon 2018

Dean Munkley - Sales & Marketing Manager Friday, May 4, 2018

Subcon 2018 will take place from the 5th-7th June 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham. It attracts a steady footfall of high quality purchasers, who have an active need for the services of subcontract engineering suppliers.

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Five Easy Ways to Maximise YOUR Qimtek Membership Success Today

Sarah Venning Friday, April 20, 2018

The Qimtek network is designed to provide subcontract engineering suppliers with unrivalled access to active manufacturing buyers. That being said, your success with the membership will hinge upon the work that you’re prepared to put into it

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