The new WoodenBox UK website has been live for a couple of months now; and in that time we've launched some great new packaging and retail display products to add to the online range. The latest is our new wooden Ladder Display.

This versatile wooden ladder display is perfect for shop displays as well as a quirky addition to the home.

• Overall height is approx. 1400mm.
• Shelves are 1000mm, 750mm & 500mm x 400mm deep.
• Made from Chunky Pine Board.
• Shelves are easy to remove.
• Frame folds up for easy storage.
• Great for shop displays.
• Available in natural, dark oak or white-wash

WoodenBox UK was asked by their friends at Hatch Mansfield to make some bespoke bottle carriers for a show at Hampton Court for their Villa Maria wine.

The brief was to hold 4, 6 or 12 bottles but to look like the style of a garden planter. Based on the customer guidelines we were able to meet their specification and topped up by our in-house print team, the results were excellent and made a fantastic display.
 They also used our chalkboards to enhance their display.

More info about Hatch Mansfield can be found at:
http://www.hatchmansfield.com/about-us

We had a fantastic response to our first ever combined #BoxPics and #ChalkPics Competition, with over 40 new photos submitted.

Thank you to everyone who took part.

The winner is this great picture of our children's chalkboards in a garden play area with our stained rustic crates in the foreground.

It's a great idea for the kids, who are evidently enjoying their part of the garden immensely.

As the pic includes chalkboards and crates, the prize jumps up to £150, which can be spent on either the Chalkboards UK or WoodenBox UK websites (or a combination of both).

Congratulations to the winner, your prize is on its way to you!

Keep watching this space as there'll be more competitions throughout the year - throughout August, we've got some special promotions for you - so look out on our social media and the websites for more details.

If you would like any more information on any of our products, please do not hesitate to call us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@woodenboxuk.com

Last week we launched our brand new website for WoodenBox UK.

The new site has a fresher look to it, is more friendly to mobile and tablet devices, is easier to use, has more new products and automatically adds in BULK discounts.

The re-design brings it in line with our sister site at Chalkboards UK and we hope you'll agree, it's a big improvement.

To celebrate the launch, we're offering 10% OFF your first purchase on the site - just use the code WB4LU5 when you go to the checkout.

Keep watching this space for:

• more NEW products
• special offers
• a combined Chalkboards and WoodenBox UK photo competition in July

The winner of the June #BoxPics competition is Kelly Jones of KellyJ Leather with this great pic of one of our sliding lid boxes being used to present her leather goods - an unusual use for a box normally used for wine bottles!

Congratulations Kelly, you now have £75 to spend at WoodenBox UK on us!

We had 22 new pics to share in June, so thanks to everyone for taking part.

Keep watching this space as we've got an even bigger competition for July that will be announced soon - and it involves our sister site at Chalkboards UK!

Social media is playing an increasingly bigger part in the way that businesses interact with their customers - something that we've embraced at WoodenBox UK for more than 5 years!

Most of our new customers come to us from either 'word-of-mouth' recommendations or a Google search. However, we've found an increasing trend for people searching for what they want through social media. Many first contacts are now made by prospective clients leaving messages on our Facebook or Twitter accounts; and an ever-growing number of referrals to the website are coming in from social media.

Mindful of this, we keep all of our social media channels updated with new products, special offers, new company developments and regular competitions.

The competitions include the following:

#BoxPics photo competition - send in your photos of our WoodenBox UK products in use

Like, Share, Follow, Retweet... - where all you have to do is interact with one of our social media channels for the chance to win

and, the 'Find the...' where we hide a seasonal character somewhere on the website

The competitions are run regularly and the prizes are usually either a £50 Amazon Voucher or £75 to spend on the WoodenBox UK website. The next one will be a June #BoxPics competition, so start sending your photos of our products in now for a chance to win!

Our social media pages can be found at:
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
Linked In
Blog

So please keep in touch, we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit any competition pictures to sales@woodenboxuk.com or post the picture on a social media channel with a 'mention' of our account, and we'll pick up the notification.

Throughout March we ran the 'Find the Easter Bunny' competition. We didn't make it too difficult as we hid him on one for the first products you come to on the site - the one bottle sliding lid box.

We had lots of entries and picked Matthew at Well Being People out of the hat as the winner. Congratulations Matthew, your £50 Amazon Voucher will be with you soon.

Keep watching this space - we'll be announcing the April competition early next week - but here's a clue, keep liking and sharing our social media channels!

sales@woodenboxuk.com

Congratulations to Vinegar Tips, who are the winners of our first #BoxPics competition. A £75 voucher to spend online at WoodenBox UK or Chalkboards UK is on its way to you now.

We've had a fantastic response to our first ever WoodenBox UK photo competition - #BoxPics, with 40 new pics from 21 of our customers being sent in.

You can see all of February's entries on our social media channels - Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest - and there's a small selection below.

Keep sending in the photos - they'll automatically be entered into the next #BoxPics competition (possibly May). And  keep watching this space - there's more competitions to come from WoodenBox UK!

Bunches, first established in 1989, is one of the UK’s leading online retailers of fresh flowers, plants and other gifts. They utilise a supply base from different countries and approached WoodenBox UK in late 2014 to see if we could provide a competitively-priced alternative to their existing plastic-lined wooden crate used for various gifts in the range.

After a couple of samples, the crate itself was very simple to provide but providing a plastic lining was something that we had never previously experienced. Using our own extensive supply network, we were able to find an appropriate lining and our team of experienced  assemblers were able to learn a new skill in gluing the liners into position.

Eighteen months on and we have now supplied well over 10,000 of these units in more than one colour.

Bunches experience a number of high seasonal peaks in demand and WoodenBox UK has been able to work with them to ensure a safe and reliable source of supply.

This is truly a ‘growing’ business!

If you would like more information on bespoke design of wooden packaging, please contact us on
01384 445844, sales@woodenboxuk.com, or visit the bespoke pages on the website.

You can find Bunches’ beautiful range of fresh flowers, plants and gifts at www.bunches.co.uk