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Doing Business with Goverments

Episode 7 of 10

Evan Davis meets three business leaders who sell goods and services to governments. How hard is it to win contracts, and what are the challenges of doing business with the state?

From huge infrastructure projects to supplying civil servants with paperclips, there is big money to be made from public sector contracts. Evan Davis meets three business leaders with experience of bidding for - and securing - government contracts and finds out what it is like doing business with the state. How easy is it for smaller companies to get a slice of the public sector pie? And are we - the ultimate customers - really getting a good deal?

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Mar 201318:30GMT

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  • Sat 9 Mar 201300:30GMT
  • Sat 9 Mar 201307:30GMT
  • Sun 10 Mar 201312:30GMT
  • Sun 10 Mar 201318:30GMT