“Giles – we won a large chunk of the Southampton Council Contract and I get the feeling it’s going to lead onto plenty of further work. Thanks for all of your help with the tender, I don’t think we would have been successful without your assistance. Very grateful!” James Bastian, managing director, Wildwood Machinery.
James briefed me to review, edit and proof-read their draft bid document for a large contract to supply Southampton Council with groundcare services. I helped them to tighten up messaging and information flow, brought extra rigour and focus to their answers in a Q&A format, eliminated duplication and improved overall accuracy in their 45-page/25,000 word tender document.
As a copywriter, it’s rare – and therefore extra satisfying – for a client to express such a direct link between my work and a specific commercial outcome.
Since launching in 2022, Wildwood Machinery have grown rapidly with a customer base encompassing Premiership Football Clubs, National Trust properties, schools and Local Authorities. As well as bid writing, I’ve helped them with their website, recruitment advertising, sales collateral, social media and press releases.
