Customer Testimonials

Although Leicestershire Partnership utilise NHS Supply Chain wherever possible, there are a regular number of ad-hoc and unusual products that can be challenging to source.

Banner offer a huge range of products and services and that’s where my national account manager at Banner comes in.

As a compliant route to market via a number of frameworks, we liaise closely with John Harney to source and supply miscellaneous lines ranging from bespoke metal drink bottles and cups to lockable cleaning trolleys.

He offers a quick and efficient turnaround on cost effective quotes and keeps us updated promptly once the purchase orders are raised.

Highly recommended!”

Banner have been a trusted supplier to the bank for many years and have been instrumental in simplifying our supply chain over this time.

Consolidating services such as print & facilities supplies alongside the traditional office products, ensuring that throughout the pandemic, even the hardest to source PPE lines were available to us.

This means that our staff can focus on their tasks, comfortable in the knowledge that the supplies required to do their jobs are readily available."

In April 2020, a leading facilities management company was initially awarded a contract to provide key services to 5 UK Coronavirus testing centre sites (Penrith, Inverness, Bournemouth, Perth and Llandudno), this has now grown to over 75 in number. As part of site mobilisations, Banner, a key supplier to the facilities management company, were proud to be asked to assist and source a suite of products, enabling sites to function and work in a BAU manner from the outset.

Banner worked closely with the facilities management company to identify and source a core list of 62 key products: these included basic office stationery provisions, alongside a number of catering products, such as bottled water, tea/coffee, along with the appropriate equipment to prepare & serve. This ensured the on-site keyworkers remained refreshed and hydrated at all times.

To ensure sites were able to open quickly and safely, Banner were given specific time windows to pick, pack and deliver goods. Continuity of service provision was vital at all times with all deliveries needed on site either next day or within 2 days at the latest.

As the year has progressed, Banner have worked in partnership with the facilities management company in setting up these extremely important 75 sites, providing essential goods UK wide. Over 1,000 deliveries have been made since April with Banner supporting in delivering essential activities to assist in reducing the spread of COVID-19."

North Regional College ordered 3,000 face masks to be used by students, staff and visitors to their campus.

We were very happy with the service provided by Banner's Print Management team, the masks are excellent value, lightweight & breathable, with a quick turn around."

Ian Dixon (Banner Key Account Manager) was a great help to LJMU when we needed to source PPE. Early on in the pandemic, priority for PPE went to the NHS, and we had also donated a lot of the PPE we had in stock to our local hospitals.

This left LJMU with a problem, as we had to ensure our buildings were COVID safe for staff and students. Ian was able to source small bottles of hand sanitiser (to hand out to our staff and students), face masks, and long lasting surface sanitiser. This alleviated the pressure on the LJMU Procurement and Estates staff, as we were able to have these items delivered in a timely manner."

The North Star Foundation is an independent specialist further education college for people with physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries and associated learning difficulties.

We decided to look around for a new supplier as we didn't think we were getting much value for our money. Banner proved that we could get standard stationery items at a better price. The switch to Banner was efficient and much quicker than than we originally anticipated so we were up and running within a very short period of time. So far we are very pleased with with the ease of ordering and authorisation plus the deliveries are clearly labelled for the correct area."