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Creativity is defined in this report as the production of new ideas that are fit for a particular business purpose. This sees creativity as the first stage in innovation. Creativity has a role in enhancing all aspects of business performance – from the design of new products and services to their production, marketing and distribution. It is not unusual to link creativity to certain industries such as film, music or design. But the challenge, as noted by the Chancellor, is ‘not just to encourage creative industries, our priority is to encourage all industries to be creative’. 2 Design is a structured creative process. Design is readily associated with industrial product. | Tendering for Public Contracts A Guide for Small Businesses Office of Government Commerce Fourth Edition Business LinK Tendering for Public Contracts A guide for small businesses in England About this guide The public sector spends a huge amount each year and is always looking for new suppliers. However small your business there are always opportunities to be a supplier to this market. Even if you are already supplying one part of the public sector it is worth looking for opportunities in other areas. If you work in a small business this guide aims to help you in three ways. Firstly it will tell you where to find opportunities within the public sector. Secondly it will explain how you can bid for work. Thirdly it will give you advice on the further contacts you may need to make. This guide is specifically aimed at small businesses in England but you may still find it helpful if you are based in a different part of the UK. We the Small Business Service SBS have produced this guide jointly with the Office of Government Commerce OGC . We were set up in April 2000 and are an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry. We have a simple vision - we want the UK to be the best place in the world to start a business and help it grow. We are dedicated to helping small firms and representing their interests. The OGC is an office of HM Treasury and was also set up in April 2000 to help the public sector achieve efficiency provide value for money in their business activities and improve their success in delivering programmes and projects. At the end of this guide you can find contact details for all the public-sector organisations and documents we mention. What is the public sector The public sector employs more than 25 of the workforce in the UK and includes central government departments and agencies the NHS and its local trusts the Ministry of Defence the Northern Ireland Assembly the National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Executive local authorities universities .