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Great Place to Work-Certified™ for Third Year Running!!

CPL Group is delighted to announce it has been accredited as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organisation for the third successive year!

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Procurement Advisory Group (PAG) July Meeting Dates

The Group are passionate about ensuring the CPL Group provides exceptional value and service to the sector.

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All roads lead to the Schools & Academies Show

Experts from the CPL Group will be part of the CPL Village, Sponsored by Wella Professionals, as the Schools & Academies Show returns to ExCeL London.

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CPL Group signs up for Menopause Workplace Pledge

The CPL Group has signed up to the Menopause Workplace Pledge to take positive action to ensure all going through the menopause are supported at work.

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Commons Report Stage awaits the Procurement Bill

The Procurement Bill has reached its Report Stage in the House of Commons, to be held following the UK Parliament’s Easter recess.

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NW FE Facilities Management Network continues to grow

The FE Facilities Management Network (FEFMN) took place at Procurement House earlier in February and attendance continues to grow with every meeting.

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Learning and Development at the CPL Group

One of numerous attractive facets of a career with the CPL Group is a proactive approach to learning and development.

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FE Facilities Management Network (FEFMN) - Yorkshire

The next Yorkshire and Humberside Further Education Facilities Management Network Group will take place on Thursday 23rd March 2023, 1pm - 4pm.

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FE Facilities Management Network (FEFMN) - North West

The next NW Further Education Facilities Management Networking Group will take place on 9th Feb, 10-12pm, at our Procurement House office or via MS Teams.

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Procurement Advisory Group (PAG) 2023 Meeting Dates

We are pleased to announce the next set of meeting dates for the regional Procurement Advisory Groups (PAG)

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New Executive Admin Support for CPL Learning

We were delighted to recently welcome Becky Tate as Executive Admin Support, with one of her key responsibilities to assist CPL Learning.

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Procurement Bill in the House of Commons

2023 will be a year of change as the Procurement Bill comes into effect and we are keeping a watchful eye as the Bill continues its legislative journey.

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2023 New Year Honours

The CPL Group would like to offer congratulations to everyone named in the 2023 New Year Honours list.

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Join the FE Facilities Management Network (FEFMN)

The December meeting of the Northwest Further Education Facilities Management Network recently took place at Procurement House in Salford.

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PRESS RELEASE - Giving Back to the future

Since the ‘Giving Back’ formed in 2019, CPL Group has designated £1 million pounds to 104 initiatives for education institutions up and down the country.

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Giving Back Funding - Grant Funded Projects

CPL Group have funded our charitable programmes due to the support of our members, and suppliers, and have provided grant funding to 104 projects to date.

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CPL Group shortlisted in prestigious Manchester awards

The CPL Group are delighted for 3 employees who have been shortlisted in the 2023 Made in Manchester Awards (MiMA).

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CPL Group and a positive work-life balance

Live to work or work to live? At the CPL Group, we recognise the mutual benefit in cultivating a successful work-life balance.

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Schools and Academies Show, Birmingham

Record numbers visited the CPL Village at Schools and Academy Show (SAAS) at the NEC, Birmingham on November 17th.

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CPL Group - committed to wellbeing

At the CPL Group, people are at the heart of everything we do - and keeping our people fit and well is the heartbeat of our success.

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Image - The Schools & Academies Show November 2022

The Schools & Academies Show November 2022

One month to go until The Schools & Academies Show at the NEC, Birmingham, where the CPL Village will be at the heart of the show again!

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CPL Group - a great place to work

Wouldn’t it be GREAT to work somewhere that reflected your personal values? Somewhere that made a difference...

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Learning and development is at the heart of the CPL Group

The CPL Group is delighted to support colleagues on their individual learning and development journeys.

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Upcoming regional PAG meetings

This October and November, CPC will be running the next round of Procurement Advisory Groups (PAG’s) for our members up and down the country.

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Awarding Public Contracts Skilfully and Lawfully

CPL Learning are delighted to bring to our members and clients an unprecedented offer for advanced training for procurement professionals at zero cost!

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A message on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II

A message from Darren Lowe, Managing Director of CPL Group, on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

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We have achieved 9,000 members

It is important to celebrate the great work of our colleagues across the UK, and the efforts made to support our achievement of a 9,000 strong member base.

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Royal Mail Planned Strikes

25th - 31st of August and 7th - 9th of September 2022

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The Procurement Bill

The Public Contracts Regulations (2015) are in the process of being replaced as a consequence of the UK extricating itself from the European Single Market

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Dukefield Energy Update

Read the latest update on the energy market provided by Dukefield Energy, the DfE approved consultant on our Utilities framework.

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Coming Soon - Free Procurement Training

CPL Learning are delighted to bring to our members and clients an unprecedented offer for advanced training for procurement professionals absolutely FREE!

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Free Financial Workshops

CPC Financial Services Framework suppliers, SAAF Education will be running the following workshops which may be of interest to our members.

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Procuring your gas and electricity contracts

Dukefield Energy have provided the following update on what you need to know when procuring your gas and electricity contracts

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Dukefield Energy Update

The energy market has continued to be volatile, in this latest update Dukefield Energy explain the causes of this and what their advice is.

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Image - Webinar – The Procurement Bill and New Procedures

Webinar – The Procurement Bill and New Procedures

CPC framework supplier Weightmans will be hosting a webinar on 7th July at 10:00am.

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Read the latest CPC Newsletter

The latest Crescent Purchasing Consortium, part of the CPL Group, newsletter for June.

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Image - CPL Group awarded UK’s Best Workplaces™ recognition!

CPL Group awarded UK’s Best Workplaces™ recognition!

CPL Group named 40th on the list of UK's Best Medium Workplaces in May 2022.

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Transforming Procurement - Response to the Green Paper

From September 2023, the UK will no longer be bound by EU public procurement rules as the “Transforming Public Procurement” project comes to fruition.

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10 Procurement tips for Education Institutions

National PAG have compiled a list of 10 procurement tips aimed at education institutions who do not have access to a procurement professional.

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Image - £7,500 awarded to Longdean School

£7,500 awarded to Longdean School

Funding was awarded for the completion of a wildlife pond to develop outdoor teaching and learning whilst providing an area for students to enjoy nature.

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Image - £20,000 awarded to Farnborough College of Technology

£20,000 awarded to Farnborough College of Technology

The College was awarded funding to invest in flexible learning resources, key to their digital transformation strategy of integrating IT for students.

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Image - £10,225 awarded to The Jubilee Academy

£10,225 awarded to The Jubilee Academy

The academy was awarded funding for additional specialised support for their students through the academy’s “Reach for the Stars” project.

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Image - £20,000 grant awarded to Carr Hill High School

£20,000 grant awarded to Carr Hill High School

The school were awarded funding to use towards a set of new Chromebooks for their students which will support new innovative approaches to teaching.

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Great Place to Work Certified May 2021 - May 2022

 

Great Place to Work UK 2021

 

Great Place to Work for Women 2021

 

Great Place to Work for Wellbeing 2022

 

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The CPL Group is made up of Crescent Purchasing Consortium which is a trading name of the registered charity ‘Crescent Purchasing Limited’, (England & Wales), charity number 1130461, registered company no 06774578, England. All Rights Reserved.

The Crescent Purchasing Limited wholly owns subsidiaries which include Tenet Education Services a private company limited by shares (registered company no 03049474) and Tenet Procurement Services a private company limited by shares (registered company no 10021398).

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