New Webstore for Derby and Nottingham based office supplies dealer EBS

Officeprofiles partner company EBS Office supplies has this month launched its brand new online ordering solution aimed at streamlining the ordering of office stationery and printer supplies for its growing portfolio of Nottingham and Derby based customers.

Euro Business Services has been supplying the businesses, Schools, council offices and NHS practices with everyday consumables since 1994. The new solution gives customers over 19,000 choices in office equipment, most available the very next working day and with NO delivery charge.

EBS Office supplies are a credit account company meaning that once your account application process has been approved - then your business can shop using the online order facility and have your business supplies on a 30 day credit account (contact their sales team on 0115 9444760 or email sales@ebsoffice.co.uk to find out more or request your account form)

EBS are also office furniture suppliers in Nottingham and Derby offering not only discount modern solutions but also free delivery and assembly on things like ergonomic office chairs, steel storage and computer desks but also free CAD design services where you can see before you buy how your new furniture might look in your office.

Avery & Dymo both add new labels to the OP range

Some of our longest standing manufactures have added yet more new products to the huge selections already on offer here at Officeprofiles. Our choice of office, laser, ink jet and address labels has always been one of our flagship products but now with the latest products being introduced into the office products market - this part of our office stationery shopping store is bursting at the seems.

The new clear ink jet Avery labels are now on sale in both 14 per sheet and 21 per sheet formats - as well as the 65 and also 8 per sheet selections. as well as the Avery choices its now possible to get the A4 address labels in all the popular label per sheet formats (21, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 and 8 per A4 sheet) in our economy 5 Star A4 labels - the most popular being the everyday 21 per sheet labels.

The selection of laser labels follows suit exactly with the ink jet choices - please see our low cost range of laser labels from 5 star and also Avery. one of the most popular products from Avery is the L7161 18 per sheet label

Quick clean addressing business cards are also stocked in the label section of our store as well as many recycled address solutions like the recycled 21 per sheet address labels.

More bespoke A4 labels now on offer

We are now in a position to offer our customers even more in the office label portfolio.

As well as the office the shelf labels that we stock we have now improved our offering to bespoke and made to measure labels. We can produce any size of label both on a roll or in the more popular A4 sheet format. We can also colour match any shade you wish for your labels that you might need.

please contact the sales team to discuss any bespoke label needs - in the meantime please feel free to browse our range of general A4 labels.

Ilkeston and Nottingham office supplies and labels shoppers can now open an account with our commercial partner for regular ordering in the East midlands area.

Transfer day gets fax machines buzzing.....

It may be old school but the humble fax machine gets one chance a year to show its worth.

Its amazing that with all the advances in technology; particularly in office products and office supplies - multi million pound player transfers are still going through using the medium of a fax machine. Maybe its the fact that a hard copy signature is preferred, maybe its because a contact looks better on paper than it does on a PC screen or tablet????? who knows! either way its great to see this reliable old member of the office machines family holding its own when the window comes round each year.

The officeprofiles ranges of fax machines - both thermal & laser / inkjet are all available next day as are the consumables.

Free assorted drywipe markers with all Drywipe boards

Whiteboard and drywipe noticeboard shoppers can enjoy a fab set of assorted drywipe marker pens free with any drywipe board order this weekend.
Any 5 Star drywipe and magnetic drywipe product can be ordered to enjoy this offer as well as many Nobo and Quartet drywipe products.

remember to check out our selection of drywipe cleaning products including; drywipe cleaning wipes, whiteboard erasers, whiteboard magnets and also gridding tape (ideal for marking out your board with tables, graphs and titles)

Our discounted magnetic whiteboards as well as the standard office drywipe boards are available in both economy design as well as the more designer trim finishes.

For printed and bespoke boards we can design any finish you might need including adding graphics and logos in vinyl - please contact our sales team for advice and prices on bespoke printed drywipe boards.

We are also now distributors of the Sigel Magnetic glass Drywipe boards - these stylish solutions are the ultimate in designer board solution for your office; made from artverum (patented glass) which can also be ordered in magnetic options - again please call our team.

So you LOVE Stationery that much?? why not join a club then!!!

Its true....there are people out there who loooooove stationery and office supplies so much that its their actual hobby.
It might be a fascination with all things pens or the fact that they collect paperclips, or maybe that they simply adore the smell of C4 envelopes....well whatever your office products fetish might be then now you can share your new passion with other like minded enthusiasts who not only have an online twitter presence but also meet socially on a regular basis to talk about stationery, look at stationery and even swap stationery - in fact last weekend saw the summer 'stationery club' picnic in Kensington Gardens.

The truth is we at Officeprofiles also love stationery (there it is we confessed!!!) and its great to see we are not alone.

Stationery club twitter page

Stationery club blog

10 great ways to keep office costs down

And it’s not all about buying stationery supplies!

Sustainability, green footprints, Eco friendly energy and fair trade purchasing – it can all get a little confusing can’t it? We are all supposed to be making strides to improve our Companies carbine footprints but how can we make sure we are not taking our eyes off the ball in one area whilst we concentrate on another? – It’s not always easy.

The team here at Officeprofiles have put together a few ideas and tips to help businesses both large and small to ‘look in the right places’ to begin to lower those areas that impact our global impact.

1)      Lead by Example

Before you can ask others to change their behaviour it’s only fair to make sure the way you conduct your environmental initiatives are correct and best practice for your office; make the right steps habit rather than effort – office workers should then naturally want to follow your carbon friendly example.

2)      Have an Environmental Champion in your office

Most offices will have staff who need a little more encouragement in green areas but also those members of staff who really embrace the Eco initiatives, they will go out of their way to change their practices, they will automatically take the greener route and in many cases they will want to be seen to be the greener working staff member. Use these people; ask them to help you make green working the norm and let others see that its required of them – perhaps they can write the office environmental newsletter, order the recycled printer cartridges, make sure used A4 copier paper and supplies get recycled rather than thrown out, the list can go on and on…

3)      Go Green when you Go!!

Green travel is one of the best ways to get people involved, encourage staff to car share, show bus timetables on your office noticeboard – start a ‘cycle to work scheme’ (this gives staff the chance to buy a brand new bike and get the tax off through a government backed scheme) – also consider teleconferencing when possible to avoid travel.

4)      Buy green office supplies and machines

(We like this one!!) – printer cartridges, furniture, pens, files, copier paper…….the list goes on and on – you will find most modern office supplies and stationery companies will now have specific Green products catalogue to give Eco shoppers a selection of full recycled, part recycled and even Fair Trade products – there are now literally thousands of green products for the office available.

5)      Recycle everything you possibly can

You can now get recycle bins for; paper, printer cartridges, batteries, mobile phones, shredder waste and specific IT and computer products – use them, they will cost nothing and in some cases can even make you money, many printer collection companies will now PAY YOU for your old and used printer supplies. Put your recycle bins by every machine where it’s easy for staff to use them as habit.

6)      Use less A4 paper

There’s one great way to improve this; ask your office supplies provider to give you an average volume of paper used in 6 months (or 1 month if you are a large user) then make a pile of that exact amount in either the café area or better stiff reception area – somewhere where everyone will see it, place a sign on the top saying that ‘this is how much paper we use in OUR office – please work with us to reduce this consumption for a greener and better world’. The effect of seeing the physical amount used will give an actual image for people to see – A picture tells a thousand words!!

7)      Use less water in your restrooms

Push button taps in the toilet areas of your office are perfect to release just enough water needed to wash your hands AND NO MORE – saving money and the environment.

8)      Buy the green office machines for your office

Many fax machines, printers and photocopiers have selling USP’s designed to appeal to the greener office shopper with features like; less ink consumption, auto shutdown, fast print speed, light shut off etc etc – look out for the ones which shout about their Carbon friendly features.

9)      Heat – not too much and make sure there’s enough

Your office should be a constant temperate between 20 and 24 degrees C, reducing a room temperature by a single degree can reduce heating bills by as much as 10%.

10)   Insulation (and oldie but still a good one)

Loft insulation, cavity wall insulation and damp proofing are al still great ways to reduce lost heat in the office and home.

For more information on carbon footprints and green initiatives within the office visit the Carbon Trusts Website.