Top 10 Essential Office Supplies Hertfordshire Office Managers Need

If you’re the office manager of a small company, your responsibilities will be many and varied. And one of those will be managing the office stationery cupboard. Luckily your nearest UOE Store in Hertfordshire will have all you need, from essential desk and office supplies that enable you to perform your tasks efficiently, to the nice-to-have things that will help keep you motivated, focused and productive.

In this blog, we’ll explore the Top 10 essential office supplies available from UOE that will help you work more efficiently…and may also bring a bit of colour into your office.

1. Copier paper (and copying)

Despite all the talk of paperless offices over the past few years, copier paper is still an office staple. Even the smallest office has a printer and printers are always hungry for paper! Obviously there will be times when you need more than just a print out, but the number of times a small office will need to print out photocopies of documents is decreasing all the time. This is where your nearest UOE Store offers more benefits than just stationery – we offer Print Services too, including photocopying (black & white and colour, A4 and A3) as well as scanning, binding and lamination of important documents and presentations.

2. Pens

It’s sod’s law that whenever you need a pen, you can’t find one! There’s no such thing as too many pens, and it doesn’t matter what colour, type or brand of pen you like using best, you’ll find it at your nearest UOE Store. Whether you’re going for leading brands like the design classic Bic, a colourful Sharpie, or a nice LAMY fountain pen (a great idea for a client gift), we’ve got an inkling you’ll find what you need!

3. Notebooks

Another paper product that will never disappear, even in a paperless office, is the notebook. And it’s a surprisingly powerful thing – did you know that handwriting your notes will benefit your brain and memory functions? Neuroscientists have discovered that students who handwrite their notes boost the brain activity that’s associated with learning, stimulating brain waves that are implicated in memory. The students who handwrote their notes retained the information far better than those who typed theirs did, leading us to believe that the humble pen/notebook combo is mightier than the keyboard. In other words, if you want to stay focused, write it, don’t type it!

4. Highlighters

Beloved by business people and students alike, highlighter pens have become a hugely important part of modern life. And no wonder, because they’re not only extremely useful, they’re also very colourful. There’s no need to stick to the standard yellow, we have plenty of neon colours as well as highlighters in different thicknesses so you’ll find the one that suits you best.

5. Envelopes

Another office staple that no office manager can be without. The rise of the computer hasn’t stopped the need for snail mail, and whether you need bog standard DLs, board-backed or padded envelopes of any size, we’ve got them all.

6. Sticky notes

Ever since the launch of Post-it Notes back in 1980 (other sticky notes are available) they’ve taken the world by storm. No office should be without them, whether it’s to leave a quick note for a colleague, to bookmark something important or jot down a phone number.

At UOE we may be serious about providing great stationery, business services and Post Office services, but we’re also surprisingly fun. And it’s amazing what you can achieve with a few packs of sticky notes and a bit of good old fashioned creativity. Put the kettle on and take a well deserved break while you have a look at what some people have done with the humble Post-it, then think about how you can develop something similar to jazz up your own office environment!

7. Sticky tape

Where would we be without Sellotape? (Other sticky tape is, of course, available.) Whether it’s to join paper together, stick something to the wall, secure envelopes, wrap birthday presents, or mend things, it’s useful in so many ways. There’s probably not an office or home that doesn’t have a roll hanging around somewhere, because you never know when you’ll need it.

8. Files and presentation documents

Ring binders are still a staple of any office. Sometimes you’ve just got to organise documents and keep them safe, so putting them into a binder is the most obvious solution. At other times, it’s useful to display something, whether it’s to show off your products without the need to go online, create a folder of useful information that will be used over and over, or have somewhere to store all those pieces of paper you need to keep but don’t want to punch holes in.

9. Cards and gifts

Every office celebrates birthdays, engagements, marriages, and career changes with a card and a gift. Yours will be no exception, so it’s good to know that UOE Stores are renowned for their greetings cards, and a way to solve the age-old question of ‘what gift to get them?’ We stock a wide variety of colourful and quirky designer gifts and gift stationery (who doesn’t love lovely stationery?!). And the cost of motivating your employees with small gifts to reward their work will positively affect efficiency, performance and productivity, with knock on benefits for your company, making it a very cost efficient way of creating loyalty and a happy working environment.

10. Stamps

Postage is another business essential. Whether you’re posting letters or sending parcels, just nip down to your nearest UOE Store & Post Office and we’ll let you know the best way of sending it. We partner with Royal Mail, Parcelforce, Evri Parcelshop, DPD Pickup and Drop Off (PUDO) and Amazon Collect and Drop Off, so you can also direct parcels to UOE and pick them up when it’s convenient for you. We even operate the Royal Mail’s Drop & Go service so if your work involves posting a lot of parcels, you don’t have to queue to drop things off, helping you use your time more efficiently.

UOE Stores and Post Offices for all your company’s needs

Your local UOE is there for so much more than just essential stationery for example – we’ve got your back with other things too, including banking and other Post Office services. Perfect for small businesses in Hertfordshire, London and further afield looking for quality stationery and support.