{"id":1434,"date":"2008-01-03T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2008-01-03T17:00:57","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T17:00:57","slug":"office_supplies_firms_to_merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/office_supplies_firms_to_merge","title":{"rendered":"Office supplies firms to merge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming merger of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office supplies<\/a> companies could create one of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office products<\/a> businesses in the north of England, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Central Stationers, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office supplies<\/a> business based in Darlington, will join Wallis Business Services, headquartered in York, the Northern Echo reports.<\/p>\n<p>The two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office products<\/a> companies together will have total sales worth &#163;6.5 million per year, but executives have said that they would like to increase that figure to &#163;10 million over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Wallis, managing director of the newly-merged business, told the publication that loyal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office supplies<\/a> customers should not notice many differences following the deal.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The only change will be in the increasing services offered and the ability of the group as a whole to deliver products free of charge to anywhere in the north of England.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Central Stationers, which also provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office furniture<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Ink-Cartridges-And-Toners\" target=\"_self\">printer supplies<\/a>, has had a presence in Darlington for a quarter-century and employs more than a dozen people.<\/p>\n<p>And Wallis Business Services has been operating for 43 years, providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office products<\/a> to Yorkshire customers.<\/p>\n<p>At Paperstone we can supply your firm with a wide selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">office supplies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming merger of two office supplies companies could create one of the biggest office products businesses in the north of England, it has emerged. 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