Crown Commercial Service

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is an executive agency and trading fund of the UK government, responsible for procuring common goods and services for public sector organizations to achieve value for money and efficiency.

Communication Overview

Total releases

Number of press releases published by this department during the last 12 months, based on publicly available announcements.

Avg per month

Average number of press releases published per calendar month over the last 12 months. This smooths short-term fluctuations in publishing activity.

0.1

Avg word count

Average length of published press releases, measured in words. Calculated only for months where content was published.

169

Avg readability

Average Flesch Reading Ease score across all published press releases. Higher values indicate plainer English. Scores are indicative only and vary by subject matter.

32.6

Friday PM releases

Percentage of press releases published after 3pm on Fridays, relative to the department’s total output during the period.

Single-release items

Estimated proportion of announcements published once, without a closely related follow-up release during the same period. This is based on similarity of titles and timing.

100%

Metrics are descriptive only and indicate publication patterns rather than intent or impact.

Releases per month

Based on publicly published press releases (last 12 months)

15 articles

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Extension of Non Executive Director to the Crown Commercial Service

Thursday, 27 November 2025

Sara Halton has had her term extended as Non-Executive Director...

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New Chief Executive Officer of CCS commences role

Monday, 16 September 2024

Following an external competition that launched in January, Sam Ulyatt has now replaced Simon Tse as Chief Executive of Crown Commercial Service....

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Crown Commercial Service to boost NHS commercial skills and efficiency

Thursday, 22 August 2024

Crown Commercial Service agrees to fund two key initiatives to boost commercial capability across NHS....

Suppliers chosen for new defence training agreement

Thursday, 30 April 2020

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has awarded a new commercial agreement to support facilities management for the UK’s Defence Training estate....

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New Crown Commercial Service website

Thursday, 28 March 2019

The Crown Commercial Service website has moved. This page will no longer be updated....

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Crown Commercial Service Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18 Published

Wednesday, 18 July 2018

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has today published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2017/18, outlining a year of good progress....

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Simplified ‘Public Sector Contract’ cuts red tape for small businesses

Thursday, 05 July 2018

New Public Sector Contract will make it easier for companies that want to supply to government...

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200 suppliers now signing up to Contracts Finder every week

Monday, 18 December 2017

Contracts Finder - which makes it easier for small businesses to find opportunities to supply to government - is celebrating a breakthrough year of gr...

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