In March this year I made the decision to run ‘The Great Midlands Fun Run’ an 8 and a half mile run predominantly up hill!

Training began straight away; having never run before I thought it would be a good challenge as well as a way of raising money towards a very worthwhile cause! Starting off I could manage about 5 minutes before having to stop, gradually by training three times a week this...

A very kind thank you from the 'Get A-Head' Charitble Trust

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Developers and tenants are increasingly demanding BREEAM ‘Excellent’ office buildings to demonstrate their commitment to the environment and sustainability of their businesses. With increasing pressure on corporate businesses and, in particular Government occupiers, to improve their green credentials, Karl Ward, Managing Director of Office Recycling Solution UK (ORS UK), looks at how the sustai...

ORS UK, the Midlands based office furniture recycling specialists, has released the results of its Office Furniture 4 Schools and Charities initiative for 2009.

Pioneered by ORS UK in 2006, the scheme helps schools and charities benefit from significantly discounted prices of up to 50 per cent of the resale price on refurbished office and classroom furniture.  Since then, schools and charit...

Due to the continued success the Burton On Trent office and the opening of our site at Aston, Birmingham, ORS UK has appointed Birmingham based PR and communications agency  Core to further promote and raise the profile of the business to the wider West Midlands community, as well as the rest of the UK.

Bring on the West Midlands !!

Our latest headlines from the Burton Mail ...

Store is tickled pink over its new paint job

by KEITH BULL

BOSSES at a Burton furniture store say they are tickled pink by the massive reaction created by the new colour of their warehouse.

The once white base of ORS UK, which sells new and used office furniture on the Ryknild Industrial Estate, in Derby Road, has been transformed into a sea o...

A change of ownership has been announced at ORS UK, as Mark FitzGerald hands over the reins of the business to entrepreneur Karl Ward at the end of June.

As part of ORS UK's continued success and huge increase in used furniture sales, we have made further investment into our showroom and taken ownership of a further 7000 sq. ft. warehouse which adjoins the existing site.

This undoubtedly makes us the largest used office furniture supplier in the Midlands, if not the UK - some would argue the universe!

To our customers this will mean an even bi...

ORS UK are delighted to have been re-accredited with renewals on our 14001 for the second year running and 9001 for our 6th consecutive year. Following our external audits we were delighted to have passed with 'flying colours' which is testament to our staff and how the iso standard is firmly embedded into our day to day working practices.

Well done to everyone involved

At ORS UK our customer feedback is really important to us, its is a way of measuring how well we are performing, it highlights areas where there is room for improvement and it gives us a really good insight as to what our customers think about us.

Each month we select, from random, a list of customers to call whom have recently completed an order with us. We ask them a list of questions and fo...

We all know that the credit crunch is taking its toll in every business, with everyone tightening their belts. But this has proven to be good for ORS UK who can report record sales in used furniture, with finances tight we are seeing a shift in buying and our customers are opting for buying second hand instead of splashing out on new. And with our stock of second hand bigger and better than eve...

Our February credit crunch buster is underway - buy a used desk and take away a used chair free of charge. It's simple, just choose from the selection of chairs available when you drop buy to select your used desk. But hurry, we only have limited stock.

Thank goodness that the MD has his trusted installation team installing the furniture as judging by the confused look on his face at making up a disney princess pop up tent he could find himself a little out of his depth. It's best that we all stick to things we're good at!

Each month we choose an employee who has worked exceptionally hard, delivered great service to our customers or done something notable, to award our employee of the month trophy to.

This month however, for the first time, we decided to make it a team award as each one of our transport department has worked incredibly hard over the past few weeks and pulled out all of the stops to get the job d...

Congratulations to Rob who has been awarded 'Employee of the month' award in recognition of his hard work and enthusiasm.

Keep it up Rob! (ooh err missus)

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Are you suffering from aches and pains in your back, and blaming your old mattress? Well the culprit could be your desk chair! A new report by the National association of Chiropractisioners has revealed that sitting for long periods of time in the wrong chair can lead to poor posture, muscle tension and curved shoulders. A  good ergonimic chair will help prevent any pyhsical pain or any postura...

Due to the huge success of our recent £99 desk, ped and chair promotion we have decided to run it until the end of November - we've had a huge amount of used stock come in during the last few weeks, so why not drop by and take a look for yourself - come on down and pick up one hell of a bargain on furniture that looks as good as new.

We are getting really excited about our new 'designer' 1st floor showroom - it's almost nearing completion. Only a few more weeks and we'll be delighted to open it up to our clients.

ORS UK will be showcasing the new range of designer lead office furniture from Italy, which can't be found outside of London except at ORS UK.

As soon as everything is installed we'll be opening the doors and wel...

Our employee of the month award has been given to Jane, who has given excellent administration support to all departments as well as making many appointments for the stationery branch of the business.