Office, print, catering and workwear supplies, explained for the person buying them
Written for office managers, practice managers, facilities coordinators and owner-operators who've been handed the buying without a trade background.
Who this is for, and what it does
The buyer's side of the trade
Leopardess Business Supplies is the buyer's side of the business supplies trade. Suppliers, dealers and managed print providers already have plenty written for them. This is written for the person on the other end of the invoice, trying to work out what a contract actually costs before signing it.
Who it's for
The office manager who has just been handed the print contract to renew. The practice manager comparing catering suppliers for the first time. The facilities coordinator checking whether a workwear supplier's safety claims stand up. The new business owner setting up an office with no trade background to fall back on, and the bookkeeper trying to price a recurring spend line without a sales rep sitting across the table explaining it their way.
How it works
Trade terms get explained the first time they appear. A click charge, a minimum volume commitment, a dealer margin: whichever word turns up, it is defined in one sentence and then shown with a worked figure, so the reader can put their own numbers in straight away.
No supplier is favoured here. The site argues for a way of checking a number, and that is the reason it exists.
No supplier to favour
The site takes the buyer's side, so nothing here is written to point you toward a particular brand or dealer.
Trade terms defined as they appear
A click charge, a dealer margin, a minimum volume commitment: each is explained the first time it comes up, with a figure attached to work from.
How the supplier directory works
What gets a supplier onto the list
A supplier is listed here because it sells into one of the categories this site covers: office and facilities supplies, print, catering or workwear. Each entry describes what that supplier is actually good for, not how it markets itself, so two suppliers can be compared on the same terms.
The check behind each entry
Before a supplier appears, its existence and trading status are checked against its company record. That check has a date, and the date is shown on the entry. A status confirmed on one date can change afterwards, a business can be sold, restructured or stop trading, so the date tells you how current the check is.
What each entry carries
- A description of what the supplier is good for
- The date its trading status was checked, and against what record
- A link to the supplier's own product page, so the current price can be seen there
Prices are never quoted here. A figure changes the moment a supplier updates it, so the entry points to where that figure actually lives.
A separate note on the name
If you arrived here looking for a supplier that traded under a similar name, this site is not connected to the company that used to trade under this name.
How to flag an error or ask for a listing change
Something on this site can be wrong: a supplier's details might have moved on, a figure might be out of date, or a directory entry might need adding or taking down altogether. There's one route for raising any of these.
What to send
Send an email to smartbusinesssupplies describing the page or listing involved and what needs to change. A link to the exact page, together with the name of the supplier or entry in question, makes the report much easier to locate and check against.
- The page or directory entry the report concerns
- What is wrong, out of date, or missing
- Any source or link that supports the correction, where one exists
Adding or removing a listing
The same address covers requests to add a supplier to the directory or to remove one already there. A removal request should say which entry is involved and why; a request to add a supplier should include that supplier's own website, so the entry can be checked against it before it goes up.