Rachel Hayward is the owner and lead consultant of Ask the Chameleon, a multiple award-winning consultancy committed to supporting SME’s and charities to increase turnover, gain recognition and exposure through writing winning bids, contracts, tenders and business awards. The company has secured £38m in funding for clients since 2015 and many prestigious awards including the Queens Awards.

The company has won awards in its own right, including British Business Awards Micro Business of the Year 2022, Female Entrepreneur of the Year – East Midlands Chamber Enterprising Women 2021, DerbyshireLive Professional Services Company of the Year 2021, and Federation of Small Businesses Micro Business 2020.

Ineligible for Covid19 business support, Rachel co-created the Swap Shop during the pandemic with Huub and think3, to help small businesses and charities swap skills with each other to survive during lockdown.  With over 1100 members, it has now evolved into the hookup for the post-Covid business world.

Rachel is a mentor on the Help to Grow programme for the University of Nottingham, a mentor for student entrepreneurs for the University of Derby, the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire Area Lead for the FSB and a small business representative on the D2N2 LEP Business Advisory Group. She is also Chair of Annabel’s Angels, a volunteer-led charitable trust supporting families undergoing treatment for cancer, and an Associate Lecturer in the Business School at the University of Derby.

The link to the tender ebulletin is on her website https://www.askthechameleon.co.uk/sign-up-for-our-tender-alerts/