Our mission

Firstly, we are passionate supporters of small & medium businesses and want to support our business members by putting contracts in place that help them grow. Our commercial model ethically provides better pricing from top-tier suppliers, supporting all parties. We look to develop a wide supply chain covering all sorts of goods and services in the indirect area of spend so our members have one place to turn to when they need something.

Secondly, we believe suppliers can be true partners, supporting customers while also enabling our successful suppliers to grow their business. We offer access to an ever-growing customer base for innovative and collaborative suppliers. We will develop a supply chain of all business sizes, from multinationals to SMEs, giving our members options on who they partner with. Our buying power will be used for good, tilting in favour of ethical, green suppliers who can substantiate their progress toward Net Zero.

Thirdly, we are growing a talented, passionate team of procurement experts who understand their market area and just love the process of tendering and supplier management.

What do we do?

We are “doers” - not consultants who come in to tell you what you should do!

We love working with customers to understand their requirements, carrying out market research to find the best suppliers out there and then negotiating the best possible deal for our customers, while also supporting our supplier base.

We believe in fair and ethical contracts which benefit our suppliers as well as our members.

About us

The Independent Buying Group has been set up by procurement experts with a wide range of industry experience who share a passion for finding the best suppliers to support UK SME businesses.

We’re using our decades of industry experience (and our pure love of procurement) to analyse our members’ supplier requirements, review each market for the best suppliers, carry out competitive tenders and find the best of the best suppliers to support our members’ growth plans - so they can focus on their business!

You can be assured that our expertise is what you need to support business growth.