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Company Profile
‘Cost cutting through co-operation’.
The Co-Operative Buying
Company (CBC Ltd.) is an organisation which allows small and
medium sized Care Homes access to purchasing discounts normally
offered only
to large corporate providers.
CBC Ltd was formed in
Yorkshire in 1994, by our Chairman Konrad Czajka, to enable Yorkshire-based Care-Home proprietors
to form a co-operative in order to boost their mutual purchasing
power. Each member of CBC became a shareholder, the organisation
being based on a Not-for-Profit (NFP) ethos. This system continues
today; whilst members of CBC are committed to assisting each other
in securing the best discounts from suppliers, they are free to
compete unhindered in the marketplace. They achieve this by
negotiating as a whole; all negotiations are dealt with centrally
through the CBC, who mutually share purchasing information back to
their members. In turn, those members recommend others with whom
they have business dealings to join the CBC.
As a true co-operative, CBC receives a percentage of its income
from annual subscriptions made by its members. Much of CBC’s
funding is based on receiving percentage-of-turnover fees from
suppliers. These fees do not affect the competitive prices which
suppliers offer to CBC members.
By 1995, only one year on from its incorporation, CBC was growing
steadily. Konrad Czajka felt it necessary to recruit another suitably
experienced purchasing professional. Paul Swithenbank joined the
board of CBC as Sales and Marketing Director at that time. Since
then, it has grown to hold a membership of around two-hundred
businesses, with a combined purchasing spend in excess of
£5million
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CBC
Ltd
Victoria House
66 - 70 Bingley Road
Saltaire, Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD18 4JD
Tel:
01274 532969
Fax: 01274 598110
Email: info@c4cbc.com
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