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Last week we celebrated International Day for Bids and Proposals 2026.

🌱 Good things grow when we grow together 🌱 We’re delighted to share that Grow for Life is the chosen charity for our IDBP Bath 2026 event. Grow For Life uses social and therapeutic gardening to help people living with low confidence, anxiety, depression or isolation. Their sessions bring people together to learn new skills, connect with others and, quite literally, watch something grow. And we love that. Grow For Life’s purpose is simple: to nurture people so that they flou

Fancy meeting other bid and proposal people over a brew? Bids n Brews is hosting a free get-together in Leeds on 29 September to celebrate International Day for Bids and Proposals. Join us from 3.00pm to 7.30pm at Mad Frans Bar, Whitehall Road, Leeds, LS1 4EQ. It’s a relaxed chance to catch up, meet new people, swap stories from the world of bids and proposals, and raise a mug (or glass) to the work we do. About Bids n Brews Bids n Brews is a friendly community for anyone inv

We're really excited to announce that our Glasgow venue has been upgraded to the Hilton Glasgow! We now have the Riverside room booked for our event space. If you need to reassess how you're travelling to us, check out the updated event page with everything you need to know. We look foward to seeing you all very soon!

The waitlist is now open for our Glasgow IDBP event! We're delighted to announce that tickets for our Glasgow IDBP event have officially SOLD OUT!

We’re thrilled to announce a second venue for International Day for Bids and Proposals. We’re back at the beautiful House of St John’s in Bath, and David Gray is hosting a new event in Scotland. The question is: which venue will pull the bigger crowd? Not that bid people are competitive, of course. Image credit: Unsplash (Artur Kraft)

We're back! Join us in Bath, Somerset, for the fourth International Day for Bids and Proposals. After sell-out events in 2024 and 2025, we’re returning to the same venue with a few improvements to make it even better than before. For the first time, we’ll meet on the day itself: 29 September. Come along, connect with other bid and proposal professionals, and celebrate #HappyBidDay and #Connections in person.