Stationery and office supplies companies that offer their products and services by way of e-commerce are often met with negative response from suppliers that only trade by way of traditional methods. By traditional methods I mean having field salesman, telesales personnel, the cost of company cars etc. Buying by using e-commerce websites is becoming very popular for stationery and office supplies purchases as it is also a good way of reducing your carbon footprint. You could argue both cases of supply (online and face to face) have great advantages to the end user. Traditional...Continue reading »

Many British businesses have certainly suffered due to the economic downturn, so anything that can be done to reduce overheads is to be welcomed. Even if your company is lucky enough to not be in that situation, making your business leaner by reducing overheads will still improve profitability. The majority of modern businesses’ have considerable fixed overhead costs incurred when powering IT. Most offices are equipped with a raft of PCs, MACs, laptops and other associated peripherals which all consume electricity, even when they are in standby mode. Add in photocopiers,...Continue reading »

Bisley are an established British manufacturer of steel storage products for the office and home environment. They operate from Bisley in Surrey and also Newport in South Wales. They have a large portfolio of dealers that will help you with any product purchases and you can search directly on the website for a supplier local to you. Bisley design director John Fogarty shares his expertise regarding workplace storage It is all about alliteration. Not only are there Seven Secrets for Successful Storage, but it is also vital to remember that Proper Prior Planning Prevents...Continue reading »

Want to know how you can advertise your products and services massively? This article will definitely make you understand one of the most powerful social networking websites fully equipped to help you make new business contacts. It is especially designed for the marketers and professionals to help create and establish networks primarily for business reasons. One major reason why professionals are hooked on LinkedIn is because it is much more professionally focused than other sites. In some traditional businesses, the usual way of advertising like posting ads on TV, sampling,...Continue reading »

Tough as it is making a sale, it’s even tougher now getting paid on time and in full. How can invoice finance help your business through these difficult times? Times are challenging, businesses the length and breadth of the country have knuckled down and worked extra hard to keep costs down and efficiency high. You’ve fulfilled your side of the business deal, cut costs to the bone and passed these savings onto your customers in the form of incentives and discounts. You’ve done anything to make the decision to use your company that bit easier. Now what about...Continue reading »

Photocopiers come in all shapes and sizes. Choosing the right photocopier for your organisation is very much a question of how it will be used. What is its intended role? Clearly there’s little point investing in something that isn’t up to the job. The last thing you want to do is to send a boy of a photocopier to do a man’s work. Why burn out an underspecified desktop machine trying to cope with thousands of copies a week? That’s expensive, inefficient and even a little cruel – and ultimately bad for business. By the same token it’s also...Continue reading »

It may sound like a silly question, but will technology see the end of traditional document storage and archive storage facilities in the UK? Data Storage in data centres is now becoming very cheap, and it is probably more cost effective to scan document copies and store them electronically. So what does this mean for document storage companies? In the short to medium term I don’t believe that document storage companies will be affected by this use of technology. People are comfortable with the fact that their original documents, that they can touch and feel, are securely...Continue reading »

MCIPS stands for Membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, and is the internationally recognised accreditation of excellence in procurement. Achieving this standard really sets you apart from others within the buying industry and gives you fantastic professional recognition. So how do you go about achieving this standard of excellence? The traditional routes for achieving MCIPS was often a long and arduous college course, however there are now many self study and distance learning courses that can fulfil these requirements. One of the most widely...Continue reading »