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About us

TSO provides information management and publishing solutions to the public sector. We help organisations to transform the way they communicate with internal and external audiences.

TSO is the largest publisher in the UK by volume, publishing over 15,000 titles a year. We specialise in the creation, production and distribution of information in print, online and in electronic formats.

Privatised from HMSO (now OPSI) in 1996, we were acquired in 2007 by Williams Lea, the global Corporate Information Solutions provider.

Our mission

To provide customers with the very best information and publishing solutions, ensuring that information, products and services are managed professionally to maximise efficiency, quality, impact and value.

Corporate goals

  • Develop and strengthen new and existing client relationships
  • Deliver excellence in the way we provide our solutions
  • Transform our clients' organisations and maximise the benefits we can deliver

Key facts about TSO

  • Our online bookshop is the biggest in the UK for official publications
  • We are the largest Print on Demand supplier in the UK with the capacity to produce 400,000 sheets pcm
  • We have a 24-hour high volume secure print facility, with state-of-the-art digital and litho presses
  • There are TSO high-street bookshops in Edinburgh and Belfast, and agents across the UK