Property & Development Magazine Issue 427 | Page 28

Education: ESPO educational supplies and advice, ESPO is able to cater to the specific needs and requirements of educational establishments including products from as small as pencils all the way through to equipping whole buildings and premises. Referring to the quality and value of its solutions, ESPO states: “Feedback from customers tells us that two of the things you rate most highly are quality and value. We aim to provide professional solutions for all our customers, sourcing education products and services for all areas of the curriculum and for all ages. Our best value curriculum products and services can help your school or academy to continually improve and achieve the outcomes and goals you are aspiring towards.” Through continuous investment into sourcing new products and expanding its already substantial product portfolio, “We aim to provide professional solutions for all our customers, sourcing education products and services for all areas of the curriculum and for all ages” ESPO keeps abreast of changes in the sector and provides its members with the most up-to-date and trend setting products and services so as to provide the most expansive portfolio possible. Through combining this with ESPO's considerable experience in providing “best value” solutions and experience-backed advice, ESPO could be considered the backbone of the sector. ESPO works incredibly hard to provide the most competitive and cost effective solutions for its members, as it explains: “We continually benchmark our low prices against other school supplies catalogues in both the public and private sector. ESPO is proud to be able to say that we consistently out-perform other suppliers in this, giving you, our customers, the value for money that we think you deserve, and that you tell us you appreciate.” In support of this service, ESPO works very closely with a number of partnering organisations such as NASBM, BESA, Youth Sports Trust and the Department for Education so as to keep up to date with the latest changes an developments in the sector. Supported even further by close relationships with customers and suppliers, ESPO recognises the importance of high quality solutions in providing the highest quality education and in impacting the development of youths and takes on board feedback from all sources to ensure that this is maintained effectively. A recent addition to ESPO's framework portfolio has been the Renewable Energy Solutions framework. The 26