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Top tips for creating a classroom display
Explore our top tips for creating an exciting and captivating classroom display.
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From paintbrushes to mini dens, we have put together a selection of craft activities that make use of natural resources.
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Our Community Playthings range is 100% designed and manufactured in the UK. Each purchase includes tool-free assembly, a 15-year warranty, and a two-week delivery lead time.
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Browse a huge range of high-quality, handcrafted indoor and outdoor furniture and resources from Millhouse. Get a lifetime guarantee on hundreds of early years furniture items!
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We've dropped our prices across a wide selection of exercise books. Durable quality and UK made, we stock the largest range of papers, colours and sizes.
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Bulk discounts, stock up and save
Stock up and save with our selection of bulk discount options on a range of popular products and brands.
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YPO refillable markers
Be one of the very first schools to experience our remarkable refillable whiteboard marker - sustainable stationery that keeps all your lessons flowing.
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YPO classpacks, buy more for less
Make your budget go further with our collection of classpacks, and save on a range of classroom essentials.
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Shop our extensive range of art supplies, ideal for a range of classroom crafting activities. Explore paint, collaging, crafting and more.
Top tips for creating a classroom display
Explore our top tips for creating an exciting and captivating classroom display.
Five easy to make nature crafts
From paintbrushes to mini dens, we have put together a selection of craft activities that make use of natural resources.
Curriculum
Shop Curriculum & Sports
Browse our huge range of curriculum and sports supplies, from maths resources to PE equipment.
Helping children understand fractions with Numicon
Find out how the Numicon approach develops key mathematical ideas and vocabulary.
Top tips for running secondary science practicals
Explore our top tips on how to run a practical in busy secondary schools.
Early Years
Shop Early Years
We have a wide range of products and early years supplies, for everything you need for little learners to explore, learn and grow.
Ten easy-to-learn Makaton signs
Take a look at these easy-to-learn signs that can be used as a great introduction to Makaton for your little learners.
Learning language through role play
Here are five things that encourage role play and nurture a child's language development.
Up to 20% off exercise books
Shop Exercise Books
Choose from a selection of sizes, rulings, colours, and numbers of pages with our extensive range of exercise books.
Six simple tips to help students with revision
To guide students through exam time, we've listed some fun techniques to get through those long revision sessions.
Mental health in the classroom
We understand the challenges students face, and the vital significance of facilitating a supportive classroom.
Facilities
Shop Facilities Management
Explore facilities management essentials and discover a range of products,. Our site management supplies offer everything you need from gardening equipment and machinery to fire safety.
The importance of washing your hands
Read on to find out the best practices when it comes to hand washing and hygiene habits.
The importance of food hygiene in the kitchen
Knowing how to handle, store and prepare food in a safe way is an important skill to have. Read here to find out more.
Furniture
Shop Furniture
Discover our huge range of furniture essentials, perfect for kitting out any school or office space. From desks to storage solutions, we have everything you need.
Top tips for ordering school furniture
We've got you covered! Here's our complete guide to ordering chairs and tables, made easy.
Shop express delivery furniture
We stock a range of furniture available for delivery within 3 days, for your urgent furniture needs!
AV & ICT
Shop AV & ICT
Explore our range of AV and ICT equipment, ideal for a range of settings including schools, offices and more.
Top tips on how to keep children safe online
Read here for our top tips on how to help keep children safe online.
Adapting your printing process to hybrid working
Printing needs of many organisations have changed, with printing capabilities now needed for a more digitised way of working.
Sports
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Discover our wide range of sports equipment, ideal for a variety of sports activities.
Outdoor inclusion ideas for after school clubs
It can be challenging to think of new and different ideas for your after-school clubs and to get children outdoors.
Tips on delivering physically active learning
There is a move to incorporate physically active learning (PAL) in traditionally sedentary lessons.
Stationery & office
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Explore our extensive collection of stationery and office supplies, perfect for equipping a range of spaces and settings. Find everything you need from pens to filing equipment.
How to make the most of your whiteboard markers
Explore our top tips for stretching the life of your markers.
Top 10 saving tips on classroom stationery
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Our bespoke procurement services provide you with access to experienced practitioners, promptly and efficiently meeting your needs when required.
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Top tips for running a further competition
Our 5 easy stages to running a further competition.
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Our latest news, blogs, partnerships plus top tips and videos tailored to Local Authorities.
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Planning advice, project management and CAD design.
Updates to sustainable waste disposal practices
New legislation for waste collection authorities and workplaces has now come into effect
Social housing procurement solutions
Explore Housing Solutions
Our latest news, blogs, partnerships plus top tips and videos tailored to Housing Solutions.
How procurement can support social housing
Explore our latest blog and find out how procurement can play a key role in social housing.
New heat network regulations for housing providers
UK heat networks are on a trajectory to become a regulated utility in 2025.
Emergency services and blue light procurement
Explore Emergency Services
Our latest news, blogs, partnerships and top tips and videos tailored to Emergency Services
Furniture and design service
Planning advice, project management and CAD design.
Decontamination – Firefighter control measures
Reducing the risk and sourcing the control measures.
Contracts for schools
Contracts for Schools
Explore our range of frameworks and DPS agreements and make renewing your contracts easier.
Resources hub
Explore useful resources to help make procuring easier.
Information management in academies
Read more about information management within your school.
bespoke procurement services
Our bespoke procurement services provide you with access to experienced practitioners, promptly and efficiently meeting your needs when required.
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We know that securing energy contracts can be a complex and difficult process, but we are here to help you. Explore our Energy Hub to find help and guidance, latest updates and more.
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    What happened to vehicle rental?

    01 February 2024

    Rental costs are significantly higher than ever before and requests for vehicles are regularly declined by suppliers, leaving customers in limbo. At a time where the public sector faces serious financial challenges, it is difficult to calculate the financial impact of such issues.

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  • Kate clayton

    Meet the Assistant Buyer - Kate Clayton

    17 May 2023 By Kate Clayton - Buyer - Fleet at YPO

    Kate recently joined YPO in February 2023 as an Assistant Buyer in the Fleet category!

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  • UK Motorway

    Understanding the world of telematics

    07 September 2022

    The public sector operates a diverse fleet from HGVs and specialist vehicles to ambulances and emergency response vehicles. However, one thing that they have in common is the benefit of vehicle telematics.

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  • James Farrimond

    Meet the Buyer - James Farrimond

    21 July 2021 By James Farrimond - Category Buyer for Fleet at YPO

    James has recently joined YPO in June 2021 as the new Category Buyer for Fleet in the procurement services team.

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    Smart Green Drivers: The value of real time data

    15 June 2021 By Simon Ralphs - Chief Executive Officer at Telematicus

    There is one thing that we have learnt over the last 18 months of the pandemic - the importance of real time data to inform decision making.

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  • Electric car charging

    The road to a greener planet

    27 January 2021

    The government has a 10-point plan for 'green industrial revolution’, of which includes phasing out sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030.

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    Meet the buyer - Scott Hesketh

    27 April 2018 By Scott Hesketh & Scott Hesketh, Category Buyer

    Scott joined YPO five years ago and is now the category buyer for Fleet in the Procurement Services team.

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    Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

    27 February 2017 By Kath Johnson - Category Manager for Buildings, Highways and Construction at YPO

    Elements of being by the sea that we find so invigorating can be quite destructive to land and building around the coastal area.

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