About Us

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Established in 1979, Rapid is one of the UK's leading suppliers of electronic components & educational resources. We love all things electronic and helping schools get to grips with technology.

Rapid Electronics offers customers a wide range of industrial and electronics products, including cables and connectors, resistors, capacitors, LEDs, integrated circuits, transformers, semiconductors, test equipment, batteries, power supplies, fuses, control gear, terminal blocks, fasteners and fixings and PCB equipment.

We are also an award-winning supplier to the Education sector, covering key subject areas such as Science, Maths, Computing, Literacy and Design & Technology. Our range of prototyping platforms and single board computing cater for the programming community, both educational and hobbyist. 

Rapid helps co-ordinate the VEX UK Championships

Rapid Education supplies primary schools, secondary schools, universities, colleges and UTCs with curriculum-based equipment, instruments and learning aids. Our education division is also committed to supporting educational initiatives and competitions which promote skills in science and engineering, such as the VEX Robotics system.

We are also always adding to our consumer range, including hand and power tools, home computing and office equipment.

Rapid Electronics and Rapid Education offer same day despatch and free delivery on all UK mainland orders for in-stock items over £30 (excluding VAT), free technical support and premium services to account holders.