British Educational Suppliers Association ( BESA)

BESA is a trade association. We work on behalf of our members to support UK-based companies that supply goods and services to the education sector. We lobby Government and decision-makers on policy issues, provide information, training and advice to our members and arrange and promote marketing opportunities and exhibitions for BESA members in the UK and internationally. Our members include manufacturers and distributors of equipment, materials, teaching aids, books, consumables, furniture, technology, ICT hardware and digital content. The total turnover of BESA members is more than £1.8billion per year. Given that our members work with thousands of institutions across the education sector, we count ourselves as experts on best practice procurement. We’d be glad to share our knowledge with schools and other educational institutions, so feel free to give us a call or email us at besa@besa.org.uk.