Universities & colleges

Did you know that across the UK the education sector spends more than £10 billion a year on common goods and services? That’s the equivalent of nearly 22,000 lecturers.

How we can help you

We know that for all universities and colleges, keeping a tight control over budgets, while improving efficiency and achieving social value, is a key priority. We want to help you save time and money when buying the business goods and services you need, so that you can focus on educational outcomes.

You can use our commercial solutions free of charge, and we’re committed to helping you achieve maximum value by leveraging our commercial expertise and national buying power.

We recognise the importance of social value for your organisation and are developing the deals and support to allow you to place this at the heart of your procurement.

To help you do this, we have a dedicated team working with our university and college customers to help you achieve your procurement goals. Whether you’re a business manager responsible for buying office supplies, a finance manager looking to looking to improve your payment processes, or an IT manager responsible for upgrading your networks and equipment, our aim is to get to know you and your specific needs.

We want to help you get best value and join the growing number of customers making great savings for their organisations every year.

If you would like to find out more about how CCS can help you:

You can also follow us on Twitter: @CCS_edu

How we can help you

You can use our commercial solutions free of charge, and we’re committed to helping you achieve maximum value by leveraging our commercial expertise and national buying power.

We recognise the importance of social value for your organisation and are developing the deals and support to allow you to place this at the heart of your procurement.

We want to help you get best value and join the growing number of customers making great savings for their organisations every year.

If you would like to find out more about how CCS can help you:

You can also follow us on Twitter: @CCS_edu

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Meet the team

The team represent the voice of universities and colleges within CCS, ensuring that our current products and services meet your needs and that new services are designed with you in mind.

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Account Director for Local Government and Education

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