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Enterprise & supplier development that compounds

ESD spend is easy to book and hard to compound.

Enterprise & supplier development that compounds

A grant that keeps a supplier alive for a year is not the same as one that makes it bankable. The difference is whether the intervention changes the supplier's balance sheet or just its cash flow.

Design for graduation

The programmes that compound share a feature: an explicit exit, with the supplier moving onto commercial terms and the buyer's procurement team committed to keeping them there.

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