Aquila & SOHO support the Scunthorpe Telegraph Buy Local Campaign

A one-stop shop for your home office needs.

A stationery and office furniture specialist is offering fantastic discounts as part of the Buy Local campaign.
SOHO, which stands for Small Office Home Office, is based on Cole Street in Scunthorpe and acts as a one-stop shop for office goods.
The outlet already runs a discount loyalty card scheme entitling customers to 10 per cent off anything in the shop.
And Buy Local customers will be able to claim an extra five per cent off an executive leather chair when they sign up to the scheme.
Chris Habershon, general manager of Aquila, which owns SOHO, said it was important to support local independent retailers.
He said: “It feeds money back into the economy.
“We buy locally, we employ local people and we are a fully and wholly local business.
“We pay rents and rates and people’s wages, which they then spend locally.
“We pride ourselves on saying we are constantly checking our prices and should always, in effect, be cheaper than the big stores.
“If people go out of town because they have to, we understand that, but if you can get something in Scunthorpe first, buy it from local firms, who offer great services. ”
Mr Habershon said the shop stocked a more comprehensive range of office equipment.
He said: “It is a true one-stop shop and it is the only one of its kind in the area.
“We have everything from paper clips to desks, to high-speed photocopying and a full range of stationery and office machines.
“I think we are the only store where you can get such a good range of seating and storage.”

SOHO Shop Success in Scunthorpe

SOHO has successfully relocated from High Street, Scunthorpe to Cole
Street, Scunthorpe (the old Post Office/Record Village).
Offering the same range of services including copying, faxing,
laminating etc. and are better located within the centre of the town
centre.
With a dedicated machines area – printers, faxes, laminators and
shredders, as well as holding a huge range of items for your office,
SOHO are also able to order items in for next day if it’s not in stock.
Remember, we also offer FREE delivery, please ask in-store for details.
The SOHO Discount card is available in-store offering you a 10%
discount, just complete the form and hand in at the till.
Account customers are welcome!

Major Investment In New Servers

This investment has been essential to cater for the growth in demand,
offering further security with our customer and accounts back up
systems, enabling us to provide you with a top class service without any
disruption.
The equipment will serve to speed up all aspects of our business, from
emails through to order and account processing, therefore ensuring you
get what you want, when you need it!
We tendered this job out, and we are pleased to say that a local firm
(HBP) yet again offered the best package in terms of reliability as well
as monetary, and won the work.

Office Extension in Worksop

Within our Worksop complex, we are developing an addition to the office
section. This will allow for a state-of-the-art conference, training and
meeting room, displaying the interactive Promethean board, as well as a
selection of furniture and displays for the Education, Authority and
Office sectors.
The reason for the investment occurring in Worksop is that this is the
location of our Main Project Team (Phil Sibson, Les Shakespeare and
Sarah Box), they will therefore be on-hand to offer help and guidance to
anyone wishing to consult us about any forthcoming projects.

SOHO Scunthorpe moves into regenerated Post Office

Regenerating the centre of Scunthorpe is the key to its success!

SOHO Scunthorpe is one of a long line of success stories for Aquila Business Products.

Keeping a local store available to our customers is of paramount importance to us here, and by moving the store to the site which was formerly know as the Post Office, then as Record Village, SOHO is investing in it local surroundings.

Close to Primark and other new, improved stores, SOHO aims to keep the centre of Scunthorpe a thriving shopping experience.