The Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution Ltd | Educational Supplies | School Supplies

Welcome to The Consortium, a national procurement and fulfilment business focussed on meeting the needs of its many customers in the Social Care, Education, Early Years and Training Sectors. We are the largest independent supplier of education resources in the UK.
 

The Consortium offers a solution to the time-consuming and at times frustrating process of ordering educational supplies for your establishment. Where the motto is ‘Buying Made Easy’, we use our expertise to ensure our customers always have the right products and services, at the right time and at a price they can afford by offering a one-stop shop.

Our Brands
Under The Consortium umbrella are three key brands: Education, The Consortium Care, and early years from The Consortium.
 

The Consortium
The Consortium provides schools and colleges with all the supplies and services needed to operate on a daily basis whilst teaching the national curriculum. The Education catalogue contains more than 30,000 products and services from stationery to classroom furniture, curriculum resources, sports equipment, cleaning products and the latest range of IT equipment. As the No.1 independent supplier of education resources in the UK, all the big education brand names you’d expect to see are featured on our website.

The Consortium Care, offering a one-stop shop for care home supplies. We recognise and understand the demands and pressures faced when caring for the needs of others. Furthermore, working together with leading brands in the care sector, which include Proctor & Gamble, Shackletons, Seca, Johnson Diversey, we are able to offer carers the most comprehensive range of innovative and high quality products available in the market place today. With over 4,500 quality products, we continue to develop and extend ranges including Activities, Sensory and Bariatric to meet all your needs, whilst still providing basic essentials you need to keep your care home running smoothly. Please visit us at our website.
 

Early Years from The Consortium
early years from The Consortium is a brand new service designed as a convenient one-stop shop. We specialise in providing affordable supplies for pre-school organisations such as nursery schools and play groups catering for children under 5. With over 4000 great value products, early years from The Consortium supplies nursery play equipment to art and craft materials, cleaning supplies to early years furniture and early curriculum ranges. Please visit us at www.earlyyears.co.uk

We Offer Our Customers…
• FREE nationwide delivery.
• Free next day delivery option on orders placed before 2pm
• Fast, easy ordering handled by a help and dedicated customer service team
• One-stop convenience for all your establishment needs
• Thousands of trusted branded and own-brand quality assured products
• An ever-growing selection of eco-friendly products
• Price match guarantee. Find the same item at a lower price within 7 days and we’ll match the price!
• Consistent stock availability
• No quibble refunds
• Easy ordering by post, fax, telephone or on-line