Aston and James Office Supplies
About
Our mission is to support workplaces to work. We provide everything a workplace needs to function effortlessly. To make our customers life easier so they can focus on doing what they do best. By combining workplace products and services into one solution be a partner to our customers, understand their requirements, support their changing needs, and go beyond expectation.
We operate from our base in Witney and work with our customers on consolidation of supplies. Providing a local eco-efficient delivery, to support their every need – Office Stationery, Ink & Toner, Facilities Supplies that includes catering and janitorial replenishment. Furniture and ergonomics, Workwear and PPE. We recycle used cartridges and non-confidential wastepaper.
Team Members
Darren Aston
Managing Director
Kate Banks
Sales Manager
Craig Aston
Office Furniture Specialist
Nikita Aston
Workwear and Bespoke Goods Manager
Content
The New Plastic Packaging Tax Explained
When does this take effect? Effective from the 1st of April 2022 HMRC introduced a new tax on plastic packaging (NPPT) that contains less than 30% recycled content. From April 1st, the tax will be added to all plastic packaging that doesn’t include a minimum of 30% recycled content and will be presented as an uplift in […]
The Keep It Local Week Campaign Is for Everyone
It’s ‘Keep It Local Week’ between 9-15th May 2022 We’re all familiar with the saying ‘Actions Speak Louder Than Words’, yet it’s so easy to support a cause without actually taking any action. The idea of buying local is strongly agreed to be a good thing… but too often we default back to the easier […]
Aston & James Showcase Event
We are hosting our Workplace Event on May the 12th where we’ll be showcasing our products & services to support you wherever you work.
How to Donate Your Unwanted Office Furniture & Supplies
Make a difference in your workplace Taking time to be more conscious of our environment is more prominent than ever nowadays. As you know, Aston & James are committed to sustainability. We offer an award-winning ink and toner collection service, and paper collections for recycling. One new way we are reducing waste is through our […]
What Is the Difference Between FSC and PEFC?
What does it mean if a product is PEFC or FSC certified? These two key certification schemes are most widely used when explaining sustainable office paper: The programmes ensure that forest management and responsible harvesting take place and the paper that comes from the managed forests is fully traceable to its original place. Programme for […]
10 Top Reasons to Support Locally Owned Businesses
Topics such as climate change, Brexit, the global pandemic and even war now offer real challenges to businesses and heighten the need for us to reconsider our buying choices. One choice you can make that will provide measurable value is buying from a local company. See more of the real reasons why supporting your local […]
Love Your Workspace With 14% Off
The importance of wellbeing is key now with more people working from home. Almost all of us have had to change the way we work, whether our future is office or home-based, or even both. It’s been a key priority for Aston & James to align themselves with the changing workplace wherever you choose to […]
Collecting coats for Oxford Homeless Movement
Do you have coats in your wardrobe that could help people more in need?
Fit for Work, Fit for Purpose, Fit for Life
The importance of wellbeing has increased with people working from home. Almost all of us had to change the way we work and contemplate what the future looks like. It’s been a key priority for Aston & James to align themselves with the changing workplace wherever you choose to work.
Aston & James November Newsletter
It’s been a while. A Warm welcome to our Latest newsletter…. We have seen and experienced a fair bit of change over the last 18 months. The pandemic has impacted all of us, changing / challenging the way we work, either in the home or on the go. We have had to evolve and pivot […]
B4 Workplace Wellbeing Special
In this episode of the B4 Podcast we’ll be discussing the increasingly important topic of Workplace Wellbeing with B4 Members, each offering their own unique perspective.
Sustainable life away from home
Today, people spend more and more of their time in environments away from home – in workplaces, hotels, schools, restaurants and airports. This means that the demand for solutions to make life away from home more sustainable increases.
What will your workplace look like when employees start to return...
People are no longer being asked to work from home now restrictions have been lifted in England.
The ‘5 Pillars’ Principle | The Real Meaning of Business
Many people still hold the belief that the purpose of business is profit above all else. For a small minority it never has been, although historically, for most it has.
The ‘5 Pillars’ Principle | The Real Meaning of Business
On this episode of The Real Meaning of Business we illustrate the ‘5 pillars’ principle and how this framework can help members understand the context of what they might already be doing, as well as the opportunities and benefits of evolving and improving their business models.
The Home Office of the Future: A Checklist
If you’re not doing it all of the time, you’ll be doing it some of the time and if you’re not doing it at all you’ll be the envy of many who don’t have a choice. ‘Working from home’ sounds great and it was always the ultimate working blag… “yeah, sure you are”.
What are the biggest threats to your business?
As the world limps on and businesses in the UK contend with the challenges of another period of lockdown, B4 members representing the Business Services, IT & Communications Hub marked Data Protection Day on Thursday 28th January 2021 by discussing what the major threats were to their businesses. With thanks to Darren Aston (Aston & James), Neill Lawson-Smith (CIS Ltd), Paul Ballinger (STL Communications), Salim Benadel (Storm Internet) and Kellie Peters (Databasix).
B4 Sustainable Business Day
It’s B4 Sustainability Day at B4. So we’re highlighting some recent and not so recent articles and press releases posted by B4 members over the past year or so.
Workplace Wellbeing Day
It’s Workplace Wellbeing Day at B4. So we’re highlighting some recent and not so recent articles and press releases posted by B4 members over the past year or so.
Clean the air we share
The rapid spread of Covid-19 has increased the urgency to protect ourselves and each other now more than ever. Aston & James provide some helpful information and solutions for office safety.
We should all strive to be more socially and environmentally conscious...
You may have heard quite a bit about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It’s all about creating a sustainable, environmentally conscious business; one which takes appropriate steps to reduce your carbon footprint, as well as tackling waste, encouraging employee development and caring about the community you live and work in.
B4 One: The Connection Between Wellbeing and Work Performance with Darren...
B4 One invited Darren Aston of Aston & James along to talk all things office and how it can motivate staff.
Personal protection equipment at the core Aston & James workplace supplies
Aston & James has always worked to understand the needs of businesses to stay relevant and to ensure that the range of products we deliver is appropriate for you in supporting your business.
How to protect staff & customers during social distancing
As we prepare for the next level of control over the prevention and spread of Covid-19, many businesses will start to re-open but with strict social distancing measures in place.
What does the future of workplace wellbeing look like? With Darren...
What does the future of workplace wellbeing look like… there are many factors here to consider. From a workspace point of view we all have a duty of care to ourselves and others, physically and mentally, at home and in the corporate office.
The Future Of Workplace Wellness – Take Our Quick Survey
As we all look to find a way forward, what does the future of workplace wellbeing look like?
Helping you keep your Distance with Aston and James: Social Distancing...
As much as we don’t like it and it feels very unnatural, it looks like social distancing will be sticking around for a while, at least the next twelve months.
Here to help you whilst at work and at home –...
In light of the uncertainty with the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus), we want to reassure all our customers that we are taking all necessary steps to follow the World Health Organisation and local authorities’ guidelines. Our priority is the safety of our customers and team.
Working from Home? Our Top Tips for Employers
Did You Know? Did you know the number of people working at home reached an all-time high of 4.2 million in 2014? According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), this is about 13.9% of the population with approximately 74% of these home workers classified as managers, professionals or skilled trades.
Talent Spotter: How to attract and retain Millennials in your workplace
We’ve all said it ‘‘doesn’t that policeman/solicitor/doctor look young’’. A sure sign that we’re all getting older. And the fact is, that we are getting older, and for every year that passes in our working lives, another wave of young, fresh, technologically advanced employees enters the workforce, bringing with them fresh ideas, new ways of working, and high levels of expectations.
Be Super at Reducing your Carbon Footprint
It will come as no surprise that the effect that we as humans are having on our environment is becoming increasingly more important. Through our actions, we are exploiting our natural resources, destroying habitats and polluting our seas, which poses a huge threat for future generations.
A Company that Cares
Improving your Company’s CSR Start Small. Even if your business is small, you can still make changes to improve your CSR. Not every change needs to be drastic. Sometimes the simplest changes can have the biggest impact. Simple steps such as choosing to source from companies that have a CSR policy, buying recycled paper and sustainable products, sponsoring local events or putting volunteers forwards to support local causes can help improve the external perception of your business and your company’s CSR.
Wellbeing in the Workplace
If you are struggling to motivate your workforce, it’s probably time to make some changes
Facilities Management
If you are looking to save money and enhance the service levels you are currently receiving, then use the local choice, Aston and James.
U-Turn on Remote Working: Is Collaborative Working the New Norm?
One of the biggest trends we saw in 2018 was the drop off in remote working. Big tech companies have been recalling their remote working teams including most famously IBM last year, and the focus now is on collaborative working.
Workplace Wellbeing
If you are looking to save money and enhance the service levels you are currently receiving, then use the local choice, Aston and James.
Ergonomics
If you are looking to save money and enhance the service levels you are currently receiving, then use the local choice, Aston and James.
Help The Environment & Raise Money For A Local Charity
What do you do with your old cartridges? If you’re not currently involved in a collection or recycle scheme, why not consider Aston & James’s free ink and toner recycling service? You’ll help the environment and raise funds for local charity SeeSaw who offer vital grief support for young people and their families in Oxfordshire.
Love your workplace
Local business Aston and James are running a 3-month awareness campaign to educate local businesses on the importance of active movement in the workplace to encourage wellbeing.
Aston & James: Your Local Choice
If you are looking to save money and enhance the service levels you are currently receiving, then use the local choice, Aston and James.
Help us to help Oxford’s most in need!
As the recent news headlines have suggested, we’re in for a prolonged spell of very cold weather this winter. With temperatures in Oxfordshire having already dropped to – 4.9°, scientists have predicted that the ‘La Nina’ phenomenon will herald an unusually cold start to this winter; the coldest for 7 years.
Confident Shredding
Don’t lure identity theft towards your business… Your company stores information which could be a huge risk to your business in the wrong hands. According to the BBC Money Programme, the cost of identity theft in the UK is approximately £1.7bn and increasing at the phenomenal rate of 500% a year.