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THE CONSORTIUM WINS BUPA SOLE SUPPLIER ACTIVITIES CONTRACT

The Consortium has been appointed as sole supplier of activity and sensory equipment to BUPA Care Homes in the UK.

BUPA is one of the UK‘s largest providers of care homes, and the contract recognises the importance of informal and organised activities for older people on a day to day basis. 

Since launching its Care catalogue just two years ago, the Consortium has more than doubled the number of pages devoted to activities and sensory equipment and has worked closely with the charity NAPA (the National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People) sponsoring research into activity and wellbeing in care settings.

Melanie Teal, Chief Executive of The Consortium comments: “Through our research and customer feedback we have developed an unbeatable range of activities equipment and resources, everything from indoor and outdoor games, to reminiscence products, musical therapy, creative materials and much more.  

“We offer an incredible range of high quality activity products at competitive prices and our award winning ‘Buying Made Easy‘ formula means that customers enjoy exceptional customer service, fast turnaround and can easily manage their orders online.

“We have developed a specially branded, activities catalogue for BUPA which has been distributed to all of the organisations 300 care homes.  We look forward to handling their orders and working with BUPA to promote and enhance activities for older people in their settings.”

Tim Brooke, Head of Hotel Services & Activities for BUPA said: “With the wide range of activities provided throughout our 300 care homes, we feel it is vitally important to ensure our Activity Co-ordinators have access to the tools and equipment required to ensure our activities are delivered in an engaging and enjoyable way. The BUPA Activities catalogue allows our teams to purchase a wide variety of equipment to support our residents.” 

ENDS             8th November 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