| History |
This business can trace its origins
back to that nearly extinct relic of office equipment: the typewriter. This
small but vital cog in the machinery of recent office life, has now all but
disappeared, to be replaced by the all powerful PC. |
| Back in
the 1950s & 60s the typewriter could be found on desks in most offices,
and it was in the sale and repair of these machines that the business
of Grant Office Supplies began. From selling a few typewriters to offices
in the City of London, a small office equipment business was building
up (around the mid 1950s). While typewriters remained the main product,
other types of office equipment were soon added, along with a willingness
to supply anything the growing customer base would require. |
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This gradually led to a few small printing
orders, which grew enough to eventually result in the purchase of a printing
business: Bluett & Company
Ltd. Originally established in 1949, the 1960s saw Bluett & Co
take both the printing and office equipment businesses under the
one name.
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Through it's involvement with
a large Greeting Card publisher, the company began to diversify into
gift tags. During the early 1970s, the office supplies operation was
allowed to trail off, followed by the sale of the in-house printing facilities,
leaving the company to concentrate on print finishing and contract packing. |
| The purchase of automatic stringing machines took the
business into its modern form, with the growth of the packaging and hand
finishing side setting the way forward from the 1990s through to the present
day. |
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This has always been a family run business,
taking pride in a reputation for reliable efficient service, and being
able to take on a large variety of jobs whenever the need arose. Much of
this has been due to our hands-on approach , keeping costs low, but service
high. As with those early beginnings, we are here to give the customer
what they want, with the service and attention to detail that only a dedicated
family run business can. |
