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Banner is delighted to be supporting Sal's Shoes 'Toe to Toe' school shoes initiative 2023

Since 2016, Sal’s Shoes has distributed over 4 million pairs of pre-loved children’s shoes in 59 countries around the world, including within the UK, to support families who would otherwise be unable to afford them.

Sal's Shoes was set up to collect and distribute pre-loved shoes to children, and their consignments have provided many children with a pair of shoes for the very first time.

Consolidate and manage cost on your Education Supplies, with Banner.

We’re delighted to introduce our NEW Education Supplies catalogue! Inside you'll find products from traditional office supplies, facilities supplies, cleaning & hygiene, technology, print & promotional merchandise, and furniture. Banner supply the products and services you need to ensure your education setting runs smoothly. 

We've carefully selected products that are tailored to the education sector, including an enhanced infection control range to protect employees and enable you and your teams to focus on what's important - educating our future generations. 

The University of Leicester is now one of many customers receiving 100% of its deliveries by electric vehicles from Banner.

The two organisations have been working collaboratively for the last six months to help the University achieve its sustainability aims. The introduction of electric vehicle deliveries from its hub just 10 miles from the campus is the latest initiative to be introduced.

Procurement professionals who diversified their supply chains due to the pandemic are now struggling with the realities of managing hundreds of individual relationships, ensuring goods are ethically manufactured, and reaching their sustainability targets.

According to a report by the ONS, 1 in 20 UK businesses diversified their procurement supply chains at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to keep disruptions to a minimum.

Join Banner at the NWUPC Conference 2022

The annual NWUPC Conference is back in-person for the first time since 2019 at The University of Manchester's, University Place, with the theme Risk, Action and Grow. 

Members of NWUPC will be gathering for a day of collaboration, topical sessions, an exhibition of over 50 framework suppliers including Banner on stand 15, and of course the chance to network with peers from across the sector. Click here to see the agenda for the day, including workshops and keynote speakers.

Our higher education team look forward to welcoming you to our stand to introduce our solutions for a post-COVID learning environment, and demonstrating how Banner enable you to achieve your goals through all-round smart procurement.

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

Join Banner at the LUPC & SUPC Conference 2022

Banner is looking forward to continuing our presence at 2022 education conferences with the LUPC & SUPC conference on 8th June, at a brand new venue at Liverpool Street, London. 

Members of LUPC and SUPC will be gathering for a day of collaboration, topical sessions, and an exhibition of 67 framework suppliers, including Banner on stand 55. Click here to see the agenda for the day. 

Our higher education team look forward to welcoming you to our stand to introduce our solutions for a post-COVID learning environment, and how Banner enable you to achieve your goals through all-round smart procurement.

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

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.

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.

Hybrid working has been around for a while, but with the UK continuing to emerge from national lockdown, more and more businesses are making the switch to a more flexible style of working.

Finding the right hybrid working model for your business is going to be crucial going forward to deliver both value to employers and employees, however this doesn't come without its own set of challenges. Ensuring you have the right kind of products will be vital to assist you with your change from a home-based working style to one which incorporates office working too.

We're sponsoring the Northern Universities Purchasing Consortia virtual conference 2021 

Banner is delighted to announce that we are the headline sponsor at this years NWUPC & NEUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium & North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium) virtual conference, on the 17th June 2021.

Join us for a day of engaging workshops and networking opportunities. Visit our virtual booth 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 re-opening of universities by providing the products and services needed to refresh the educational environment, and protect students and colleagues alike.