The Consortium wins top award three years in a row!

March 21, 2012 - PRLog -- The Consortium has been awarded the national Education Resource Award for Supplier of the Year (more than £3 million annual turnover) for the third year in a row.

The judges comprising teachers and education specialists commented that: “Once again we were impressed by how this company redevelops its range to meet the needs of educators. This year it has worked to create their own sports range and have become the partner of respected ICT brands. It continually tailors its catalogues to make buying easy and make budgets go further. Their motto – service …excellence as standard … has been proved through their support material and their close relationship with the end user. Finally, the community and the environment is key to their approach, which makes them award winning.”

The award, presented on Friday 16 March at The National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, highlights a supplier that provides educational establishments with high quality, safe products appropriate to their everyday teaching and learning needs.

The Education Resources Awards, organised by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) and Affinity Media, celebrated its fourteenth consecutive year of awarding high quality resources, establishments and people in education.

Melanie Teal, Chief Executive at The Consortium commented “We’re ecstatic to win this award for the third year in a row. It’s a huge credit to all our staff who make buying easy for our education customers. I’d like to thank everyone at The Consortium, and indeed our suppliers, for continuing to deliver the highest level of service.”

Ray Barker, director of BESA commented: “The chosen winners reflect the needs of the education sector right now, detailing innovative and cost-effective resources, exemplary companies and proven approaches. They should be seen as representing the very best in education.”

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The Consortium has been serving organisations and businesses delivering public services for over 40 years. It currently works with over 25,000 customers from the education, early years and care sectors providing them with all the supplies and services they need to operate on a daily basis.

As a customer led business, The Consortium brings together a wide range of disparate products, presents them in an easy to access way and delivers a first class service. This is the essence of their Buying Made Easy formula which is so popular with customers.

The Consortium is committed to working ethically with customers, suppliers and employees; plays an active role in the United Nations Global Compact Initiative; and reduces its impact on the environment at every level, from product sourcing to internal business practices.