Membership of Northern Services is open to any Student Union, SRC or similar body in any University, Polytechnic or College of Further or Higher Education within the United Kingdom. There are currently four members including the University of St Andrews Students' Association, Dundee University Students' Association, Queens' Student Union and Glasgow University Union.
Individual Unions place orders separately and are invoiced separately, but are able to take advantage of the nationally negotiated prices obtained by Northern Services.
Northern Services is a fully democratic body in which student officers cast votes: these votes are allocated to each member organisation in direct relation to that institution's purchasing power.
To contact us for more information on joining Northern Services, click on the ‘contact us’.
Opportunities for Suppliers
Northern Services continually negotiates with and appoints new suppliers. To contact us for more information on Northern Services suppliers, click on the 'contact' button at the top of the screen.
Benefits
The benefits of being involved in Northern Services from both a supplier and student union perspective are many and varied.
The membership of Northern Services, in terms of Students, stands at well in excess of 65,000. Commercially, students at Northern Services member Unions spend in excess of £13 million per annum in respect of Bars, Catering and Shops.
The current membership encompasses over 7 shops and more than 16 bars, with several refectories, coffee and snack bars. Consequently, the demand for goods from these outlets is both large and varied.