The Consortium 2010 Press Releases
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Press Releases for 2010
Staff at The Consortium have raised a fantastic £4,000 to support men's health charities by growing moustaches for a month.
We are now just over half way through the month of November, or Movember, and we are pleased to report the moustache growing is going well, as is the fundraising!
The Consortium has been helping out with a new series of the Welsh TV show, 'Hip neu Sgip?'
22 male staff are taking part in the charity event, Movember, which involves growing a moustache for the whole of November (hence the name Movember) to raise funds for charities that focus on men's health.
The 5th UK Dementia Congress will be held on 9th - 11th November at the Bournemouth International Centre.
Care from The Consortium will be attending the National Care Forum Managers Conference on Monday 8th November and will be offering attendees a unique opportunity to identify where and how they can make savings with a free Purchasing Review.
Staff at The Consortium spent Friday 29 October in the pink for charity, Breast Cancer Research.
The Consortium was proud to be a sponsor of the first VCS (Voluntary and Community Sector) Awards, at the Corn Exchange in Devizes on Tuesday 19 October.
The results of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review have finally been announced and significant budget cuts are now a reality for many of The Consortium’s Public Sector customers.
The Consortium was delighted to support the recent Westbury Music and Arts Festival by providing craft workshops where local children were invited to create and decorate their own unique projects.
The Consortium was delighted to welcome Dr Andrew Murrison MP to our head offices in Trowbridge, Wiltshire on Friday 15 October. He met with Chief Executive, Melanie Teal, and was given a tour of the company.
The Consortium will be amongst prestigious company at this year’s European Supply Chain Excellence Awards including Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, Virgin Media and Marks & Spencer.
The Consortium, an independently owned fulfilment and procurement business, for education, care and home care, has bolstered its sales and marketing team with the appointment of Simon Leggett as Sales and Marketing Director. The company realises the importance of leveraging strong sales and marketing cohesion in difficult financial times as a focus for the coming year.
The Consortium's latest Sports and Leisure catalogue is packed with a comprehensive range of over 750 new products. And with the World Cup well underway, there is an impressive football range that will surely help cultivate England’s next generation of players and managers.
As schools and children look forward to summer fairs, The Consortium has introduced an exciting range of Fêtes and Fundraising products. A staggering £68 million a year is raised by schools in the UK. By extending its education resources to include simple fundraising ideas, The Consortium is providing schools with the resources to raise more money.
The Consortium has been helping schools up and down the country choose recycled and fair trade products for all their essential needs. Its eco-range helps schools use sustainable alternatives, as well as allowing children to see a commitment to the environment through the products they use every day.
Over 2,000 new items have been introduced throughout its just released 2010 catalogue including a whole host of personal care products, aids to living, toilet and bathroom equipment.
The Consortium has taken inspiration from Forest Schools to extend its outdoor classroom range. There are over 200 accredited Forest Schools in the UK. The ethos of a Forest School is highly regarded as it provides a nature based education, using forests or woodlands as a classroom.
Refreshed early years catalogue gives greater variety and value to practitioners
This spring, The Consortium is celebrating a big win, taking home the top Supplier of the Year prize at The Education Resource Awards.
As more and more local authorities encourage primary schools to make cost savings by buying competitively, education supplier, The Consortium has responded with a new 2010 catalogue that gives primary schools greater access to competitively priced, high quality education essentials and resources.
The new aids include Yeominis Children's Gardening Tools and Accessories; 5-A-Day Fruit & Vegetable Kit; Keep Fit in the Classroom Friezes and Activities; Healthy Food Sets, the Pop-up Greenhouse; and for older pre-school children there is the Eatwell Plate Poster.