Ridgeons, as a member of Unimer are delighted to
be one of the named suppliers for PFH Procurement for Housing framework for Housing Associations/Councils and their contractors.

About PFH Procurement for Housing:
Procurement for Housing is the national procurement consortium that truly delivers.

PfH is driving efficiency and improving procurement practice for more than
650 social housing providers throughout the UK.  Managing the purchasing and
supply of over £1million of goods and services every week, the consortium
has already created savings of over £15million. Dedicated to the Public Sector as the only national procurement organisation dedicated to the needs of the social housing sector, PfH is an essential business tool for social landlords. The consortium generates substantial savings by harnessing the collective purchasing power of housing organisations. By reducing procurement costs, organisations can reinvest
resources in front-line services, decent homes and vibrant neighbourhoods.

With a growing range of EU compliant framework agreements in place and a huge number of Members, efficiencies are happening here and now,
http://www.procurementforhousing.co.uk

About Unimer:
Unimer - UK's largest invoice clearing house for the building products
industry United Merchants plc (Unimer) is the UK's largest merchants co-operative, providing invoice clearing and marketing services to suppliers in return for over-riding settlement discounts, which are returned to the merchant shareholders.

Unimer's objective is to provide an all-embracing, all-industry trading
environment, where everyone in the merchant industry is represented - from
the local independents to the regional buying societies to the largest national groups.

FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGES government framework agreement.
Ridgeons are pleased to announce that we have gone through a tender process
and been selected as an approved Supplier for Timber, Plasters, Bricks, Blocks and Paint products for  Crescent Purchasing Consortium..(CPC) framework agreement.

Mission Statement from CPC

GET YOUR COLLEGE VALUE FOR MONEY.
The CPC are committed to providing its
members with a first class procurement service,
which provides excellent value for money.

Main Features of the CPC:
Free membership (no cost, hidden or otherwise, to join) Access to 407 professionally arranged contracts covering a wide range of goods and services Full audit history of deals plus ultimately full cover for EU Legislation Proven value for money on all arrangements Access to free professional purchasing advice Full professionally operated consortium web site Downloadable policy documents, which can be used and adapted by colleges to cover National Audit Office requirements A consortium with a genuine further education focus but giving opportunities for purchasing
liaison with the very mature higher education purchasing consortia Free and regular newsletters Access to the most advanced e-procurement software (UNITY Marketplace) available linking (where possible) further education college financial software direct to their CPC suppliers No forcing structure to use the CPC deals once a member (although we do hope the savings generated will be difficult to resist)

www.cpc.salford.ac.uk

About ESPO

ESPO (Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation) is located at Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester LE19 1ES, and our main telephone number is 0116 2657878.

ESPO is a local authority purchasing and distribution consortium, formed in early 1981 by the County Councils of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.

Cambridgeshire County Council joined later in the same year, Norfolk took up full membership in the spring of 1985, Warwickshire joined in September 1991, Leicester City Council joined in April 1997, followed by Peterborough City Council in April the following year.

In our 25th year in February 2006 we moved from our Glenfield site at the back of Leicestershire County Hall to the purpose-built warehouse and offices at our current address.

ESPO was established by the member authorities to provide a comprehensive procurement service to their spending departments and other approved customers.

ESPO's objectives:-

• To achieve overall cost savings for the customer.
• To improve the procurement performance of our customers through the
  provision of a comprehensive, professional purchasing and supply service.
• To provide customers with a simple, time saving and effective system for the supply of goods and services whilst preserving full public accountability, including compliance with EU Directives.
• To assist customers in meeting key corporate objectives.
  

For futher information visit: www.espo.org