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September 13, 2016September 13, 2016

A Rough Ride Helps Make Healthy Hearts

On Saturday 24^th September Andy Hills, our Office Manager, will take part in the London to Brighton Off-Road Bike Ride 2016. This challenging ride packs all the best bits of off-road riding together into an amazingly varied route. A gruelling muddy adventure, it covers 75 miles of exhilarating terrain including steep forest inclines, tricky technical descents, rocky paths and adrenaline pumping single tracks.

Andy has always been a keen cyclist and firm supporter of Futures Supplies Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. In 2011 he was successful in cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats raising a hefty £5,000.

This year Andy is raising funds for The British Heart Foundation. Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer and the BHF funds crucial life saving research into improving the treatment, diagnosis and the prevention of heart and circulatory disease.

Andy will be taking up the challenging cycle ride with his brother Paul. Between them they have already managed to lose some 6 stone through training for the off road ride this year! Andy said “Paul and I had both put on a bit too much weight over the past few years, Paul was also suffering from hypertension and my Dad recently had to undergo major heart surgery. This inspired us to try and do something that will not just help us lose weight and become healthier but also to support the British Heart Foundation who do such amazing work”.

You can read more about their journey and show your support by donating through Andy and Paul’s JustGiving page – just click the following link:- https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/andy-hills1

Find out more about the British Heart Foundation and their amazing work here https://www.bhf.org.uk/

April 7, 2016April 7, 2016

Customer Experience Is Key

Futures Supplies has always appreciated the importance of providing an exceptional customer experience. Supplying quality products, backed up with the delivery of customer service excellence has long been part of our company’s ethos.

The trend to research a company, as well as its products and services, on-line prior to purchasing is now a well-established practice. Recognising this, and the need to continually innovate within our business operations, we have now linked up with independent feedback provider Feefo as an efficient means to gather customer feedback.

With an unsurpassed reputation for delivering genuine customer feedback, Feefo has established itself as the choice of consumer generated ratings and reviews for all manner of organisations around the globe including key names in store retail, business service providers and financial services.

Feefo generates real reviews from real customers that have actually made a purchase generating genuine insights and feedback that you can trust.

Such a high percentage of buyers check reviews before making a purchases these days that we felt it was critical to provide this facility to continue to build our customers’ confidence in the products and services we provide.

The ability to share reviews that demonstrate service excellence and build trust with our customers, not just on our website but across social media platforms, we hope will help you make a fully informed purchasing decision.

Feefo provides the tools for us to continually improve our customer service offering enabling us to focus attention where it is needed most.

You can see our feedback by visiting the website at www.futures-supplies.co.uk

February 15, 2016February 23, 2016

Winners of Theo Paphitis #SBS Sunday

Small Business Sunday, shortened to the hashtag #SBS on Twitter, was created by Theo Paphitis in 2010. Theo is best known for appearing on Dragons Den on BBC Two. He is Chairman of Ryman Stationery, Boux Avenue lingerie and Robert Dyas, as well as joint owner of Red Letter Days.

Each week, Theo rewards businesses that tweet him @TheoPaphitis and describe their businesses in one tweet of 140 characters or less including the hashtag #SBS. The team at Futures Supplies was absolutely over the moon to be selected as a winner on 15^th February out of hundreds of entries.

Every Monday night at 8pm, Theo reviews and chooses his favourite six, the lucky six are then retweeted to his followers providing a massive boost to the chosen lucky businesses by increasing Twitter followers, creating positive media publicity and crucially increasing sales!

Everyone who has ever won a #SBS retweet becomes part of an elite business club of like-minded individuals who can share business opportunities, successes and networking opportunities.

There is an extremely diverse array of amazing SMEs within #SBS who we are delighted to be a part of. With access to the SBS website and directory www.theopaphitissbs.com providing a valuable profile to all the winners, as well as an annual event where winners get the opportunity to meet Theo and network with other worthy winners, we are excited for the year ahead as an official #SBS winner.

January 15, 2016February 23, 2016

Futures Supplies Support The Fight Against Dementia

Futures Supplies is delighted to sponsor ‘Forget Me Not Coffee Mornings’ throughout 2016 as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.

Some 500,000 people in the UK have dementia and by 2020 it is expected this will rise to as many as 1 million people. Raising awareness to ensure people with dementia feel included and valued in society is crucial, especially at a local level.

The aim of ‘Forget Me Not Coffee Mornings’ is to bring the local community together to support those who suffer with dementia, along with their family and carers.

The coffee mornings help provide information and support and provide an opportunity for sharing experiences along with practical advice and we are delighted to support such a worthy cause.

You can find out more about the coffee mornings and the Alzheimer’s Society here http://coffeemorning3.wix.com/coffeemorning

December 21, 2015

Have A Magical Christmas From All The Team At Futures Supplies

We would like to wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

It’s been an amazing record year for Futures Supplies. We have enjoyed celebrating some key milestones with you including our 20^th Anniversary, receiving the award for The Best SME Business 2015 and the highest accolade awarded by Plimsoll for ‘Outstanding Performance’ – thank you.

You can continue to place orders on line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as normal at www.futures-supplies.co.uk right through the Christmas and New Year period and remember we will be here if you have any last minute requirements up to and including 24^th, 29th, 30^th and 31^st December.

A heartfelt thank you to all our valued customers for your loyalty and support throughout 2015 and a promise from all the team here to continue to deliver exceptional service and value throughout 2016 and beyond.

May 31, 2015June 2, 2015

Futures Supplies Rated As STRONG!

A study by Plimsoll Publishing Ltd has rated Futures Supplies and Support Services Ltd as “STRONG” in their latest analysis of the UK’s largest companies. This is the highest accolade awarded by Plimsoll and reflects our outstanding performance over the past 12 months.

This has been achieved in a difficult marketplace where a number of competitors are in financial danger and a record number are making a loss.

The Plimsoll analysis individually asses each company and provides a rating of Strong, Good, Mediocre, Caution or Danger, we are delighted to be one of only a minority of companies in our sector rated at the top of our field as “Strong”.

You can get the latest report industry report at www.plimsoll.co.uk <http://www.plimsoll.co.uk>