WHAT IS THE RFU BUYING GROUP?
The RFU Buying Group is a service to support RFU Clubs in significantly reducing their running costs and helping your club to access the best value services from a broad range of approved suppliers.
We are specialists in establishing buying-groups within the sports sector (including golf & tennis) to harness the collective purchasing power to leverage significant discounts across a wide range of goods and services that are used by rugby clubs.
Our aim is to help your club access high quality services at a reduced price, assisting the financial sustainability of our network of rugby clubs across England.
The RFU Buying Group is completely free and is another excellent benefit of the RFU.
HOW CAN THIS SERVICE BENEFIT MY CLUB?
We know that many rugby clubs are under significant financial pressure, our service looks at ways of easing some of your financial outgoings at no cost to yourself.
We have saved grassroots community sports clubs thousands of pounds through our buying group services.
Your club will be able to access our network of specialists, who will benchmark your core areas of expenditure against their negotiated rates from their network of approved suppliers and provide you details of savings the club could make.
Your club will also be able to access Contracts Manager, which is an easy to use online management tool designed to manage all your service and utility contracts.
OUR SERVICES
Contracts Manager
A simple, secure online tool which helps you keep track of the day-to-day service and utility contracts at your club.
FREE for partners - never miss an end date again.
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Utilities / Renewables
Our specialised internal energy team ensures that you are always on the BEST energy rates for your club.
Greater buying power = lower energy rates.
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Insurance
Howden’s is the official insurance broker for RFU Clubs and offer insurance at preferential rates.
Here to help clubs make rugby safe for everyone.
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Waste & Washrooms
We negotiate the very best rates for our members without compromising on the all-important service element.
We'll ensure a seamless switch to your new service.
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Branding & Collateral
Creatively led design and marketing, for both digital and print, through our partnership with Clere Design.
Market leading graphic communications.
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Food & Beverage
We have negotiated highly competitive terms with a range of national and regional foodservice suppliers and brewers.
You will not receive better F&B terms.
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Additional Services
From telecoms to toilet roll, we have preferred terms covering many other categories of expenditure.
Anything you need to run your rugby club.
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Rugby
Services
Great products and services at special RFU prices that will help improve all aspects of your facilities - from floodlights to fencing.
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The process will involve a confidential benchmarking exercise in agreed areas of expenditure from which a savings will be presented with an opportunity to answer any questions that may arise throughout the process.
RFU Buying Group will also provide training and access to Contracts-Manager and assist with registration and loading of contracts.
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
To sign up or find out more about the RFU Buying Group, please complete the online form below and a member of our team will be in touch soon to discuss further.