The Stationery Office
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Predecessor | His Majesty's Stationery Office |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
| Parent | Williams Lea Tag |
| Website | www |
The Stationery Office (TSO) is a leading British publisher of professional, learning, compliance and regulatory content and a trusted partner of the UK Government. TSO is the official publisher and the distributor for legislation; London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes - the UK government's three official journals of record; Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; Home Office; Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Health and Safety Executive.
TSO provides services, consultancy, and infrastructure to publish content in formats needed by end users, this includes books, ebooks, PDFs, apps, learning solutions, websites and online subscriptions. TSO's multi-format publishing is driven by an in-house single-source publication solution which holds content as XML and allows for easy publishing into multiple formats.
TSO sells 10 million products a year through its well-established and diverse sales channels, which includes a global network of over 300 specialist resellers in 130 countries including resellers specialising in pharmacy, health and safety and academia.
Another of TSO's sales channels is TSOshop, TSO's online bookshop, which has over one million titles available to buy and over 100,000 new customers a year.
TSO's history lies in the printed book but it is technology solutions that sets TSO apart from other publishers. These solutions include:
- Chart-topping apps
- Accessible websites with cloud hosting
- Learning platforms
- Assessment tools
- Digitised publishing workflows
- Data verification solutions
- Open data solutions
TSO also sells via iTunes or Google Play stores, through which TSO has sold over 1,000,000 Apps to date. TSO's apps include:
- Official DVSA Theory Test Kit - Android and Apple
- Official DVSA Hazard Perception - Android and Apple
- Official HSE Health and Safety - Android and Apple
- Official Life in the UK Test - Android and Apple
- TrustMark: Home Improvements - Apple
TSO has developed and hosts numerous websites on behalf of its clients. These websites have over 18 million visitors and over 230 million page views annually. These websites include:
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk
- https://www.safedrivingforlife.info
- https://books.hse.gov.uk
- https://www.officiallifeintheuk.co.uk/
- https://www.pharmacopoeia.com/
History
TSO has a 200-year legacy of publishing excellence. TSO was created in 1996 when the publishing arm of His Majesty's Stationery Office was privatised.[1] and in 2006 TSO became part of the Williams Lea family. In 2010, TSO developed legislation.gov.uk with The National Archives, providing full access to newly enacted legislation for the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as 743 years of legislation back to 1267 as open data. www.legislation.gov.uk, was one of the first government websites to fully meet the linked data principles advocated by the Public Sector Transparency Board, and was the first site of its kind in the world, transforming public and professional access to legislation data.[2] In 2013, this expertise in data transformation and open data allowed TSO to work with The National Archives again to digitally publish all Gazettes notices dating back to 1662. In 2014, TSO also began working with the local government sector, beginning with the redevelopment of the Croydon Council internal and external websites.
In recent years, TSO has celebrated the millionth download of The DVSA official Theory Test Kit App on the Apple store. In 2022, TSO provided sales and marketing support to DVSA to ensure that the updated Highway Code was the No.1 bestselling book on Amazon.co.uk. In September 2022, TSO published the official notification of HM Queen Elizabeth II demise in the UK's official journal of record.
See also
- Office of Public Sector Information
- UK Parliament
- Williams Lea
- Life in the United Kingdom
- The Gazette
- Legislation
References
- ^ Harrington, Ben (25 April 2006). "Stationery Office sale may net £100m". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "The National Archives (Legislation)". TSO. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
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