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Join Banner at the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium members conference 2022

Banner are excited to be back at this years' NEUPC (North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium) conference, on the 26th April 2022 at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
After last years' virtual event, our Higher Education team are looking forward to being back and welcoming you in person to our stand!

Join us for a day of engaging workshops and networking opportunities. Visit us on Stand 30 to see how we can prepare you for a post-COVID learning environment, and enable you to achieve your goals through all-round smart procurement.

We support the safe opening of universities by providing the products and services needed to refresh the educational environment, and protect students and staff alike.

With Easter fast approaching we would like to inform you of our opening times over this period.

Banner joins local companies to raise money for the NSPCC in a 5-a-side football tournament. 

On 10th March 2022, members from Banner's sales and marketing teams joined forces with Business Fives, a corporate charity events company, to raise money for the NSPCC through a 5-a-side football tournament at Bradford Goals, Bradford, competing against other local companies. 

As a team with rolling substitutes, Banner's All Stars played 8 games and made it all the way through to the semi-final, before unfortunately losing and being knocked out of the tournament.

Join us at The Manchester Cleaning Show, 2022!

Banner are attending The Manchester Cleaning Show on 6th & 7th April 2022, we can't wait to finally see you face-to-face! 

Organised by the British Cleaning Council, The Manchester Cleaning Show has become the ultimate destination for the cleaning and hygiene sector to connect, learn and discover new products, services and suppliers. 

Visit our Facilities Supplies experts on stand F6 to discover how we can support your procurement needs.

With many workplaces now adopting the hybrid model of working, it is key to ensure that employees are provided with equipment that best suits their environment.

Features that allow workspace satisfaction in changing environments or settings, such as size or ease of use, have become increasingly important. Equally, we see an even bigger need for technology which allows you to stay productive wherever you are.

Truline takes another step in the move towards fleet decarbonisation. 

We're committed to reducing our carbon footprint, and the latest arrival of Truline’s four all-electric vans is another step in our decarbonisation journey towards our target of a Net Zero delivery fleet by 2027.

Introducing you to Emma Casey, a family and community focused member of the healthcare team, who is celebrating 15 years at Banner this year!

Emma has been with Banner now for just short of 15 years. She moved from Manchester to West Yorkshire, to start within the Banner health team, before moving to manage local authorities and government in 2007. Emma has been back in the healthcare team now for four years, working predominately with NHSSC and NHS Trusts, to ensure that Banner is offering the product profile required, whilst achieving savings and supporting customers to meet their environmental targets, via compliant frameworks.

7^th-13^th February 2022 is the 15^th annual celebration of National Apprenticeship Week!!

This week, all across the country, we're celebrating the value, benefits and widespread opportunities that apprenticeships bring to employers, individuals, and the wider economy.

The theme for 2022 is ‘build the future’; which is a reflection on how apprenticeships benefit both apprentices and organisations, through development of knowledge and abilities, resulting in a talented workforce who are equipped with future-ready skills.

After many months of virtual learning, UK pupils have headed back to the classroom with their peers and teachers to engage in person. Most schools have adopted new safety protocols to protect students and staff after the return to school, but there is still a daily threat which could threaten the health of these groups.

In the new norm of hybrid working, it has become even more important than ever to ensure that we are productive wherever we are working.

It is particularly important to ensure that all your needs are covered by products that enable you to work smarter, regardless of where your workspace is on any given day. In a situation where many employees are splitting time between locations, it is vital that equipment offers features which allow transitioning between office and home to become easier.

At Banner, we are proud to work with Lenovo to offer a range of solutions that allow you to work smarter. We take a look below at some options to make sure all your workplace needs are covered.