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Archive for May, 2008

Prima 2008

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

 

This year Prima is based at the Business Design Centre in Islington London from the 3rd to 5th of June
Prima is the annual event for suppliers into the commercial interior design marketplace
The event is always well supported by the office furniture industry and these year will prove no exception
The following are some of the exhibitors
Allermuir suppliers of contract furniture to the leisure industry and reception seating  and now part of the Senator group

Transition seating. Office seating company based in Bristol and part of the Alpha Marketing group in Ireland. A newly created division with some fresh office chairs and soft seating

Antocks Lairn. Now part of the Ness Group and supplies  contract furniture to the Leisure market as well as office furniture,. Recent product launches include a new bench system called Bureau

Boss Design the Dudley based office seating company who offer contemporary and hi-design products

Bulo the Belgium based executive and office furniture manufacturer

Camira the largest suppliers of upholstery to the office furniture Industry

CMS Ergonomics the Wantage suppliers of components to the office seating industry

Colebrook Bosson Saunders Suppliers of office ergonomic products such as flat screen arms and CPU cradles

Connection UK formerly known as Connection seating with contemporary soft seating
and office chairs

Dd Spanish suppliers of contract furniture

Dieteker Swiss based manufacturer of office seating

DPG Form fittings Leading supplier of cable management include the Affinity and Eclipse through desk cable  management systems

Edge design or Edge seating, the cotemporary seating Company who are a division of Pledge

Frem. Manufactures of bespoke boardroom tables and reception desks

Frezza the Italian office and executive office furniture Company

Girsbereger the German office seating company

Hands the High Wycombe based manufacturer of executive furniture and reception desks

Interstuhl German office seating Company who will be showing their new and very well received Silver chair series

Maine Office who manufacture metal storage cupboards with a UK base in Kings Langley Herts.

Morris furniture Office furniture manufactures based in Glasgow

Nomique a soft seating manufacturer based in Telford who will be launching two new products the Smile and the Ebb & Flow

Orangebox  one of the few true UK based manufactures of office seating, based in Hengoed Wales

Rackline Cheshire based suppliers of office and mobile storage systems

Railex who also supply metal storage cupboards and metal mobile storage solutions

Screens at Work manufacture office screen solutions from a basic multipurpose screen to a Aluminium frames acoustic screen

Templestock high density storage, filing systems and hot desking products from their base in Birmingham

Verco based in High Wycombe one the UK’s oldest office chair manufacturer

The times of the Exhibition are

Tuesday 11am – 8pm
Weds 11am-10pm
Thurs 11am-4pm

Kompass office furniture

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Kompass
Executive and open plan office furniture available in comprehensive shapes with options of legs style and desk top finish available from our Italian suppliers in 3 weeks.

30mm thick desk top finishes are Beech, Light grey or Walnut, there are optional cupboards with doors and drawer fronts in Blue, Yellow or Aluminium silver. 3mm anti shock PVC edging with ridged effect enhance the substantial feel of this office furniture

Popular and matching office storage solutions in three heights with single and double doors in wood finish, smoked or aluminium framed glass.
Double and single ergonomic wave desks are ideal for compact desks that are required for heavy VDU use environments

Super size corner desks 1600mm x 1600mm and 1800mm x 1800mm  are a popular option and provide exceptional value money, especially with the opportunity to share legs in combined situations. These desks are flat packed but it is essential to check access when ordering office furniture of this size

If used as executive office furniture Kompass has a range of meeting ends, desk links and returns to accommodate a workstation solution in any space no matter how confined

There is also a very economical reception desk to compliment this range of office furniture details of which can be found at kompass reception desk                              

A downloadable pdf catalogue for the Kompass range of office furniture can be found at kompass office furniture

 
The catalogue for Kompass storage solutions can be found at Kompass storage cupboards

 

 

Debenhams Case Study

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Case Study

Debenhams Call Centre project 2004

A few years ago one of our first projects was the supply of new call centre desks and associated office furniture to the head office of Debenhams plc in Taunton

B4 Double wave desks in Maple from Morris office furniture, Oise chairs from Office Chairman, Lockers from Bisley, Soft Seating from Incatext and Orangebox

 

Andy Clements Facilities Manager

 

“Office Reality carried out a major piece of work for Debenhams Retail PLC. This involved the provision of almost 100 workstations including the relocation of existing furniture

 

The installation had to happen within strictly defined timescales so as to minimise so as to minimise the impact to the business function concerned. The program was complicated, not only by the fact that the new furniture had to match the existing desks but also the whole move had to be co-ordinated with provision of date cables and power.

 

 Throughout Paul Seddon worked tirelessly to ensure that his team completed the job to his high standards and any issues communicated effectively and thus quickly overcome.

 

Aftercare was equally as effective but any snagging issues were minor

 

Having had this good, painless and cost effective experience I have no hesitation in recommending Office Reality as a company and supplier.”

 

We as a company have moved on from this and have completed major office furniture projects across the UK here is a list of some of them

ICI Data  Manningtree Essex

The Jewellery Channel Hampton Middx

Mothercare Watford

Thompson Financial London

TD Waterhouse Leeds

Acorn Engineering Slough

Double Click London

Catlin Scott London

Robertson Construction Fort William

Holland and Barret Burton on Trent

Options technology London

HSBC Cardiff

London Borough Of Southwark

 

 

We support these projects with a comprehensive design service and we have 3 teams of professional office furniture installers throughout the UK 

 

Impact Office furniture

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Impact desks, storage and meeting tables represent the best in value and can be with you in 5-7 working days. Most importantly the prices we offer include installation. Take the heat out the project and let us worry about getting the furniture into position from the ground floor, building it and removing the packaging.

 

Quality office furniture with metal to metal fixings with a choice of Oak, Maple or Beech desks, filing cabinets cupboards and bookcases

Economies of scale mean that we won’t worry if its one desk to Inverness or 50 desks to central London we have and we will take it on, exceeding expectations and providing unbeatable value for money and service.

 

Impact office furniture also has three choices of leg frame 3mm PVC shock resistant edging

 

A downloadable pdf catalogue can be found at http://www.officereality.co.uk/workstations.php

Clearance

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Clearance

 

We started this section whilst in Poland with one of our suppliers. In order to make way for new office and reception chairs they needed to move products out of their UK warehouse. So critical had the timing become that they considered moving these brand new office chairs to landfill.

 

After agreeing very keen prices we truly didn’t look for an immediate financial return in the belief that value prices for brand new products combined with free delivery would carry the day and increase the popularity and traffic to our web site. That it did, we cleaned out this supply in a matter or weeks and have now been on a continuous two year search for additional office furniture and office seating products at clearance prices. Office chairs still dominate this line with fabric and leather options always available. However keep looking and you will find good quality desks, glass desks, office sofas and tub chairs all at giveaway prices.

 

You will find all over the web claims of special offers and clearance items but you will not find better value or a greater change in what we offer.

 

The clearance section has become the most popular section of our website both with new and returning visitors and sends a message that throughout our web sites you always find good value and choice.

 

Paul Seddon

 

Arkitek

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

 

Avant-garde, stylish and perhaps even breathtaking this is Arkitek

Whether as stand alone executive desk, bench system or boardroom table this new range will not look out of place.

The aluminium frame provides flexibility to generate bench modules of ever increasing length. The central beam provides strength and support and an anchor point for office accessories such as glazed screens.

Tops in compact laminate, 25mm melamine and frosted or coloured glass, frames in chrome, white and silver offer fantastic choice options

Cable management solutions are available; the importance of hiding cables to preserve the minimalist design cannot be over stated. This is provided by an integral cable tray across the full length in the 2 way and 4 way shard workstation desks

Modesty panels are available in polished aluminium or glass and a series of circular and rectangular meeting tables can be provided.

 

 

Block is a range of complementary storage cupboards and credenzas, mobile and static that complements this range

Manufactured by our supplier partners in Spain we can normally achieve a delivery within three week from order. Arkitect is manufactured to European Standards for office furniture in a factory that has been awarded ISO 14001 1996 Global Environmental standard  

 

Outstanding office furniture and great value has always been the twin pillars of our success and we are proud to offer this new range to end users and specifiers of office furniture. Please contact us for more information on this exciting range.

Links Arkitect http://www.officereality.co.uk/executive-office-furniture-22.php

Block http://www.officereality.co.uk/executive-storage-15.php

 

Welcome to the Office Reality article section

Monday, May 19th, 2008

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