DEALER SUCCESS
ASK
Ask and you shall receive ASK Office Supplies has recently acquired a rival, which shows great confidence in the business – but this is tempered with realism about the marketplace, as managing director GREG COLEHAN explains
T
he old proverb ‘All
course, the pandemic hit and the plans were
weeks. “The owners of Office Rulers wanted
good things come to
shelved as attention shifted to ensuring the
to go in a different direction, but they also
those who wait’ is one
businesses were bringing enough money in
wanted to look after the staff they had,” says
that Greg Colehan
to keep going – not to mention the logistical
Greg. “It was an asset purchase, the goodwill
has had good reason
difficulties of meeting up to discuss a deal!
and the staff, and they are now closing the
to quote recently. His company, ASK Office
However, Greg kept in touch with the
Office Rulers business down.
Supplies, recently completed a deal to
owners of Office Rulers/Sovereign 2000,
acquire local rivals Office Rulers/Sovereign
Tabby and Naeem Hussain and, once
it has been a seamless transition. It was a
2000 - but the deal should have happened
lockdown measures were lifted earlier this
dealership less than half a mile from where
more than a year ago. Greg says it was set
year, they started talking about the deal
we are and the chap who runs their sales
to be completed in April 2020 but then, of
again and it was completed in a couple of
operations used to work with ASK 30 years
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“We have brought their guys over, and
