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THE CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES NEW CATALOGUE WITH GIVEAWAY

Leading schools supplier, The Consortium, will be launching its new education catalogue at The Education Show at Birmingham NEC on 22-24 March. 

To mark the occasion and showcase its highly responsive levels of service, the company will be offering a free order, worth £10, to the first 100 stand visitors each day who open a new account.  The goods will be delivered free the next working day if the order is placed before 2pm.

The Consortium‘s 2007/8 education catalogue has over 1,000 new products, offering everything from arts and craft materials and curriculum teaching aids, to sports equipment and school furniture.  A selection of the new products will be on display on The Consortium‘s show stand, D30. 

The award-winning national procurement and fulfilment company, has developed its extremely successful ‘Buying Made Easy‘ formula, enabling education professionals to shop through the catalogue or online, saving both time and money. 

“We invite anyone who buys equipment for their educational establishment to come and visit us on the stand, says Melanie Teal, Chief Executive of The Consortium. 

“We have a huge range of products and our ‘Buying Made Easy‘ formula really does make ordering quick and simple.  Better still, open an account with us, place an order and get £10 worth of goods absolutely free. 

“With 1134 pages, our latest catalogue is tailored to those working in education and will have whatever you are looking for.”

The Consortium will also be hosting a dinner at The Education Show, which will be attended by leading figures from the education world, including Head Teachers, and will be chaired by Jeremy Sutcliffe, Assistant Editor of the Times Educational Supplement.  

The dinner will be a forum for debate on extended schools and the outcomes and conclusions will be featured in the TES after the event.

 

ENDS             13th March 2007

For further information please contact Claire Sneddon, Sturgess Van Damme, on 01275 349011 or email claire@sturgessvandamme.co.uk

 

Notes to Editors

The Consortium is a national procurement and fulfilment business focused on meeting the needs of its many customers in the education, training and social care sectors. It also provides free tailored e-procurement solutions, which give its customers central control over non-core supplies purchasing and radically reduces the time and cost associated with paper-based purchasing.

The company has a fast-growing multi-million pound web business. Its product range of over 30,000 products covers four key areas:

• janitorial products

• furniture

• office and business equipment

• educational supplies

Our supplies business is combined with a growing services business, which focuses on fleet management and food contracting. Many organisations find they save time and money by outsourcing these arrangements to The Consortium.

Key dimensions:

• annual sales turnover of over £40 million

• services 25,000 customers per annum

• supplies over 30,000 products per annum

• 250 employees

• 100,000 sq ft warehouse and office complex in Trowbridge, Wiltshire   

The Consortium offers all its customers:

1. Prompt delivery – next day in UK if required

2. One-stop convenience

3. A low-price guarantee (thanks to our £100 million plus buying power)

4. Thousands of branded and own-brand quality-assured products

5. No quibble return and refund

6. Easy ordering by post, fax, telephone or online