And we need to form a consortium of high street firms, those selling goods of no practical use or of the sort much more cheaply available over the internet.

It confirmed that it had been 'discussing with a number of parties the possibility of forming a consortium' to make a bid approach.

Forming a consortium of 12 countries was far from easy, even down to the choice of language.

Throughout 1962 the two companies and their respective governments talked about forming a consortium to share development and production costs on similar parts.

She recommended forming a consortium of coastal states to share costs in dealing with windstorms and catastrophic loss.