Bates Office is a UK-based, independent business productivity company with an annual turnover of £24m. Servicing both the public and private sector, Bates offers a tailored office solution alongside proactive account management, in-house logistics and demonstrable sustainability initiatives. Established in the 1930’s as a typewriter engineering company, Bates has grown steadily to become one of the largest independent office services providers in the UK. With distribution hubs and offices in Kent (HQ), Crewe, Bridgend and Halifax, Bates have a fleet covering 95% of the UK’s working population. Bates is a business with a purpose beyond profit. Leading from the front on sustainability, Bates is taking direct action by delivering positive impacts to address the most pressing challenges of our time. Bates have altered the way we work, sell and buy in a commitment to continually improve the three pillars of sustainability; Environment, Economic and Social. Throughout the years, Bates has adapted to changing circumstance and now operate across a myriad of business sectors. Bates consolidate spend and remove unnecessary costs applied to having multiple suppliers. Bates are specialists in the following services; Office Supplies, Office Furniture, Total Building Solutions, Design & Print, Tail-End Management, Document & Waste Management, Janitorial & Sanitary, MPS and Digital Services.