Buying for Britain

摘要

Everything from staplers to ships, test tubes to telescopes and rulers to rocket parts - that's what a new generation of procurement specialists at the Research Councils UK Shared Services Centre (RCUK SSC Ltd) is being asked to put on its shopping list. And they'll have the satisfaction of knowing every penny they save will be reinvested into the UK's leading research programmes.rnRCUK SSC Ltd is a partnership between the seven UK Research Councils - Arts and Humanities, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Economic and Social, Medical, Natural Environment, and Science and Technology Facilities. Between them, the Councils have countless institutions whose work touches every area of our lives, from the treatment we receive in hospitals to the food we buy and the museums we visit in our spare time.rnFrom its headquarters in Swindon, Wiltshire, RCUK SSC Ltd provides essential support to these bodies, enabling the scientists and researchers to get on with their essential work contributing to the delivery of the government's objectives for science and innovation.