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News and updates
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April 2013
The Consortium has launched a new community initiative as part of its responsible business programme...
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April 2013
The Consortium is delighted to the main sponsor of the Nursery Management Today (NMT) Awards - the event of the year for the UK nursery sector...
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February 2013
We were delighted to sponsor an early year's award at the Youth Sport Trust's prestigious Innovation Awards last week...
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February 2013
Our friends at the Wiltshire Scrapstore invited us to the official opening of their new community room by The Duchess of Cornwall this week...
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January 2013
We are thrilled to have been shortlisted for not one, but two prestigious education awards!..
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January 2013
They voted to support the air ambulance last January and then organised raffles, quiz nights and a charity golf day to raise as much money as possible throughout 2012...
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November 2012
Congratulations to all the winners of the NMT Awards who were announced at a glitzy award ceremony on Saturday night in London...
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November 2012
Congratulations to the Old Station Nursery in Oxfordshire whose display about what happens in spring won The Consortium's Display Competition for nurseries...
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November 2012
The Consortium was presented with EducationInvestor's Product Supplier of the Year award at a prestigious ceremony in London on 15 November...
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November 2012
The latest exciting addition to the Apple range, the iPad mini, is now available to buy from The Consortium...
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October 2012
We are celebrating some fantastic results from our annual customer satisfaction survey...
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August 2012
The Consortium has been selected as a finalist at this year's EducationInvestor Awards in the Product Supplier of the Year category...
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July 2012
Staff from The Consortium put their best feet forward over the weekend to take part in a 55 mile walk to raise money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance....
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May 2012
Rachel Bown, a PE teacher at Larkrise School in Trowbridge and a Great Britain Age-Group triathlete, carried the Olympic torch thorough Croscombe, near Shepton Mallet on 22 May...
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April 2012
The Consortium is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by Smiths News plc. The change of ownership will significantly strengthen the company and enhance the opportunities...
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April 2012
We're really excited that the Olympic Torch will be making its way through our area very soon! To help mark the occasion...
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April 2012
The Consortium for Purchasing & Distribution Limited, has announced the acquisition of West Mercia Supplies (WMS)
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March 2012
The Consortium has won the Supplier of the Year Award for the third year in a row!...
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March 2012
You can now buy the new iPad from The Consortium! This amazing educational device has an incredibly responsive touch...
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February 2012
Mark Barnett, Chief Operating Officer at The Consortium, has been appointed to the board of the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)...
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February 2012
The Consortium recently hosted a visit from a Chinese delegation looking for inspiration for their new school in China...
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January 2012
The Consortium is pleased to announce the appointment of two new directors to help build on the success they achieved in 2011...