If you are interested in any of the following contracts, contact the Business Link Information Centre at Business Link North Yorkshire Ltd, Arabesque House, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York YO3 9GZ, Tel: 01904 686000.

Italy-Pavia: Fat profits. Homogenised food preparations and dietetic food are required in Italy. Ref S115/176 (deadline July 7)

Richmond: Lingo lolly. Initial declarations of interest are invited in the design, construction, installation and management of a multimedia exhibition, with ancillary services, merchandising and accompanying events, on the theme of language, language education, and the English and French language in particular. The exhibition is to take place in Paris in 1999. Ref S116/168 (deadline July 24)

Warrington: Great balls of fire! Norweb requires protective clothing - a range of 100 per cent cotton flame retardent coveralls, with anti-static buttons. Ref S113/227 (deadline July 28)

Denmark-Esbjerg: Wheeliebooks. A library bus is required in Denmark. Ref S116/113 (deadline July 29)

Huntingdon: Four chairs for the Ministry of Defence... or rather four types - office chairs, reception chairs, operator chairs, lecture chairs. Plus writing tablets. Ref S113/141 (deadline July 20)

Leeds: Jobs for the boyos. The Secretary of State for Wales is advertising a design contest for the proposed new building for the National Assembly of Wales. The new building will become a symbol of Wales throughout the world and should, therefore, be a prestigious landmark. Ref S113/159 (deadline July 10)

Glasgow: Give a dam. Bridge, dam, and other civil engineering design services are required for the Millennium Link in Central Scotland. Ref S114/177 (deadline July 13)

Selby: Needlepower. Drax Power Station requires miscellaneous installation of instrumentation. Ref S113/222 (deadline July 10)

London: Beauty is in the eye of the contractor. The Tate Gallery plans to convert its redundant oil tanks and adjoining spaces into a new Gallery of Contemporary Art alongside the Tate Gallery of Modern Art. Ref S115/225 (deadline July 13)

UK-London: Make political hiss-tory. The Palace of Westminster requires three new steam boilers that can be converted in the future to dual fire natural gas/class D gas oil. Ref S114/133 (deadline July 13)

Germany-Duisburg: Clean up! The Germans are seeking special purpose small-scale sweeper motor vehicles. Ref S115/161 (deadline July 29)

France-Montpellier: The main deal. The French require paper hand towels. Ref S114/119 (deadline September 1)

Sweden-Aelvsjoe: Microchip smorgasbord. Personal computers, workstations, notebooks, laptops and other portable personal computers are required in Sweden. Ref S115/157 (deadline August 7)

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.