We are pleased to share the exciting news that the Egan Reid Group has been honored with Office Friendly's Dealer of the Year (over £2 million) award for 2024. Office Friendly's 30th anniversary conference took place at the Cotswold Water Park Hotel on Friday 4th October and members of the Egan Reid team attended alongside some of the 97 other Office Friendly members to celebrate this milestone.

Office Friendly is a pillar of the business supplies industry. A not-for-profit business supplies cooperative, their goal is to add value to businesses by championing collaboration between workplace providers and the business supplies community, and helping to facilitate growth with industry-leading solutions. We're humbled to be a part of their community of like-minded, independent members that have a collective turnover of over £500m.

Upon presenting the award, Office Friendly's Sales Director, Alex Stone, commented on Egan Reid’s achievements:

"Since 2022 Egan Reid focussed their colleagues on a management philosophy, the law of marginal gains. Doing things a little better than before across the board and gaining from the sum of all of those benefits. This paid off for this long-established business and increased growth to over 20% in successive years.

As they witnessed a decline in some of the more traditional areas they have been sure to invest extra energy and resource to excelling in their Interiors, Print and Educational strengths. Honing their expertise, proposition and routes to market in 2023 they celebrated incredible levels of growth in Interiors and Back to School and achieved a record ever year for their Print division.

Phenomenal results for a 67 year well established, respected independent Dealer business that is not afraid to change and set the stage for the future and worthy winners of the Office Friendly Dealer of the Year award."

This accolade marks a significant milestone for the Egan Reid group, and we are immensely proud of the dedication and effort demonstrated by our team across all our locations in Lincoln, Bradford, the Isle of Man, and our head office in Stockport. Our Managing Director, Bruce Davie, remarked:

"From the challenging days of the pandemic, to the bounce-back growth of the last three years, everyone in the team has worked so hard to get the business to where it is today. It’s great that this fantastic industry we work in recognises the progress we have made as a business."

We are incredibly grateful to be recognised by Office Friendly. As we look to the future, we remain dedicated to delivering excellence and innovation across all of our divisions, ensuring we continue to grow, adapt, and provide the best, sustainable solutions for our customers.   Here’s to many more successful years ahead!   Our Blog Home >