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Banner and The University of Dundee work together to provide Warming Kits for the homeless

Building upon a previously successful initiative with Stirling Council, Banner worked with The University of Dundee to source and donate “Warming Packs” to the homeless.

The pre-packed kits include essential products, such as blankets, sleeping bags, and thermal clothing that could provide a lifeline to those in need.

 
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We've Introduced Smaller Cardboard Packaging

Hybrid home working, along with lead-time issues and product shortages has meant an increase in small order volumes, creating a host of inefficiencies within operations.  The simple change of introducing a smaller sized cardboard box has resulted in a variety of quick wins.

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Harrods Sustainability Solution

We are thrilled to share how we helped our customer Harrods solve one of their sustainability issues.

In collaboration with Kimberly-Clark Professional: UK and Ireland, we provided a total paper hand towel sustainability solution by introducing the Kimberly Clark’s RightCycle™ service, along with replacing its hand towel product with a new sustainable alternative. The result is a massive reduction in Harrods’ waste footprint, with no impact on purchase price.

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Procuring Sustainably

Banner’s annual catalogue is a key tool for customers to view our product ranges. The Marketing Manager’s procurement of the 2022 catalogue involved a process that put sustainability at the core of decision making. This Case Study demonstrates the importance of procurement decisions in reducing environmental impacts and influencing change throughout the Banner business.

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Banner Reduces Environmental Impact for Leading Facilities Management Provider

As part of a wider review of its service offering, Banner presented a proposal to a leading Facilities Management provider to show how by making changes to the way it purchased workplace supplies, several environmental and sustainable benefits could be achieved.

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Supporting the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) to meet greening government commitments

When the DVLA approached Banner to support them to source and provide a plastic free envelope, Banner had the expertise and experience to provide a solution.

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Health

NHS Greater Manchester

When NHS Greater Manchester CSU needed a quotation for 99 Hewlett Packard ML350 servers and APC SMT1500i UPS backup systems, we engaged our partner Hewlett Packard for additional pricing and project support. The pricing process includes a transparent quote with every item fully costed.

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West Suffolk NHS

When the Commissioning Support Unit in West Suffolk secured budget for a hardware refresh of 109 GP surgeries, we engaged with manufacturers to give the CSU an open book view of all available options, and demonstrated significant added value. 

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South Central Ambulance Service

Banner is our appointed supplier of stationary and printer ink and has been since 2014. In our first year, Banner enabled us to generate significant cost savings of £60k.

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With Banner your spaces work better

We are grateful to the Sales and Admin Teams at Banner for working in partnership through the NHS Framework preferential scheme to provide specific pieces of furniture to support the Trust’s requirements for changing environments and smarter ways of working.

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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Moving to Banner has delivered on-going cost savings and a pain-free switch for Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust.

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Education

Period Dignity: New College Lanarkshire

Banner has worked in partnership with NCL and leading manufacturers, including Unicorn Cup, to provide students with a wide range of sustainable and reusable period products.

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Period Dignity: Banner and The University of Dundee Provide Essential Menstrual Products

Banner has worked alongside The University of Dundee to provide free menstrual products to students and staff. Through Banner's innovative and versatile product range, as well as innovative services and dedicated account management, the university has consolidated its supply chain and provided its students and staff reliable and dignified access to these essential products.

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Newcastle University Students' Union

Banner provided new customer, Newcastle University, with face masks for the annual Frank Morton Sports Day event. Additionally, Banner donated 1,000 bottles of hand sanitiser free of charge to support this event, reduce the spread of Covid-19 and promote best hygiene practices among the attendees.

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With Banner you can keep Students and Staff Protected

Banner has been providing Office Supplies and Services to the University of South Wales for more than 10 years. So when the first wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic hit in the Spring of 2020, Banner was on hand to support the University to be as Covid-Secure as possible.

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NWUPC

When asked about how Banner managed a recent contract change, David Yates, Category Manager at NWUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium) shared how investing time and resource into developing a great supplier relationship can lead to getting better value for every £ you spend.

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Star Academies

Find out how Banner’s focused account management and one stop shop service made all the difference to a group of schools across the North and Midlands.

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City and Islington College

With Banner, City and Islington college not only achieved but exceeded their hardware requirements.

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With Banner you can build a career

When James joined Banner on an apprenticeship as a 17-year-old school leaver, he had minimal workplace experience. Three years on, James has developed a wide range of skills, gained qualifications and is now one of our full time sales support administrators.

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Barnard Castle School

With their commitment to help young children through education, they needed a formal procurement process in place for cleaning and hygiene supplies, in order to keep the school clean and hygienic for the students there.

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Private-sector

Refreshing Safe Storage Spaces with Banner Furniture

When a long standing acquaintance of our Regional Account Manager at Banner Scotland got in contact needing a complete update of their staff personal storage space, Banner were on hand to meet all their storage requirements.

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Banner Created Bespoke Print Leaving Gifts for a Leading Manufacturer

In the Summer of 2021, Banner were involved in a large gift project for one of our customers. Working with the client, Banner designed and developed bespoke leavers gifts for all 3,000 employees who were made redundant as a result of factory closures.

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With Banner you can Transform your New Office Space

When Saint-Gobain decided to move their Abrasives division to a brand new, state of the art facility in Stafford, they turned to Banner to help renovate this new space into a functional office environment.

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Furniture Solutions for Every Space and Workplace

The Economist approached Banner with the dilemma of needing to find new functional furniture solutions for their brand new office in Birmingham. We came up with a Bespoke design to make their office stand out.

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Renovate Formal and Informal Spaces with Banner Furniture

When a long standing customer of Business Interiors, Linde, needed a complete renovation of their meeting, breakout and canteen spaces, we were on hand to meet all their furniture requirements.

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With Banner banks can improve their design and print

A major highstreet bank was looking to streamline its design and print requirements to benefit from cost savings and process efficiencies... Find out how Banner was able to help.

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Farmfoods

Farmfoods wanted to modernise their savings card, which helps customers spread the cost of their shopping. Find out how Banner helped Farmfoods with their Print Management needs.

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With Banner I ensure our customers never 'miss the boat'

Hayley Townend works in our customer services team at our Normanton office and she is responsible for the day-to-day running of a major cruise line company.

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Northern Gas Network

With Banner Northern Gas Network save time and money through our open book online ordering system. Banner has partnered with Northern Gas for several years, providing a wide range of hardware and technology products.

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With Banner a leading automotive retailer saves up to 24% every year

With Banner you can make tangible cost savings, year in, year out. We have worked in partnership with one of the largest automotive retailers in the UK for many years, managing an office supplies account worth over £400,000.

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With Banner our customer is supported at all its construction sites

Our long-standing customer, McLaughlin & Harvey, is a building, civil engineering and facilities management contractor that has been undertaking high quality work throughout the UK and Ireland for over 160 years.

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With Banner this leading international manufacturer has an ergonomic, collaborative workspace

When our customer, a leading international manufacturer, needed to develop an advanced, team orientated workspace for its European headquarters, we came out ahead with our winning solution.

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With Banner your spaces work better

When Banner was invited to redesign a whole office floor for vehicle leasing and fleet management specialists Arval, we helped this award-winning company improve the use of their available space.

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Call Centre Case Study

Our expert furniture team helped a utilities company create a new call centre that maximised budget and space.
Like many workplaces across the UK, our customer needed to accommodate all its people in its new premises, while giving them space for smaller group meetings and areas to relax in.

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Banner helps the Nation's banks to keep coinage in circulation

At Banner our customers rely on us to keep essential services running. These include the banking networks, which among many things, need a constant supply of coin bags to ensure enough cash is in circulation.

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With Banner a high street bank saved £6.9 million

With Banner you can make huge savings. We helped a leading high street bank to reduce its office consumables spend by 46% after it awarded us a contract that was initially worth £15 million per year.

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Non-profit

With Banner this charity saved time, resource and effort

When Banner responded to a stationery tender from a public sector charity, we worked with the customer to meet their specific office product needs, but also went beyond to help consolidate their workplace supplies and even integrate a fully managed washing machines and dishwashers service.

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With Banner a national charity is saving year on year

With Banner you can put more of your valuable resources into core activities by saving on workplace consumables.

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Police

UK police forces expected to save nearly £2 million on Office Supplies

An office supplies category strategy was developed through the CLEP programme with the objective of saving 7% - 10%. This represented a potential saving of between £690,000 - £980,000

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Local Authority

Banner supplies vital products for The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland

Banner was approached by The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland to support them with sourcing and supplying the necessary products to ensure a safe and successful execution of the upcoming elections in May 2022. Banner worked closely with the Electoral Office to ensure a quick turnaround of stationery and infection control products in high volumes.

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MPS Case Study with Worcestershire County Council

Worcestershire County Council deployed a new managed print solution which will result in a cost saving of 40% over 5 years, as well as have a significant impact to reduce their carbon footprint and work towards their sustainability goals.

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With Banner all framework members are fully supported

Describing itself as ‘the home of collaborative procurement for the North East public sector’, NEPO’s main members include North East council authorities such as Durham County Council and Newcastle City Council.

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Supplies Team T/A Banner Stationery Contract Oldham Council

Supplies Team T/A Banner have been in contact with Oldham Council for years. Oldham Council use Banner for the stationery contract, which is AGMA wide and lead by Trafford Council.

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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tameside MBC has participated in a stationery supplies contract led on behalf of AGMA authorities by Trafford MBC (RM781) with Banner (formerly supplies team) since 2013.

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