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ProVu to Feature in Awards Video

We’ve had a great morning here at ProVu filming for the Huddersfield Examiner Business Awards. Filming took place here at our offices in Huddersfield by Flix Facilities, who are based in Manchester. Complete with an interview from our Managing Director, Darren Garland, the Flix team took shots around the whole building.

Filming follows the recent announcement that we have been shortlisted for the SME of the year award, along with two other successful companies in the Huddersfield area. The video is due to be shown at the Awards Ceremony, taking place at the John Smith’s Stadium on 12th November – we look forward to seeing the end product!

Comms National Awards – ProVu Nominated as ‘Best Convergence Distributor’

The ProVu team are delighted to be shortlisted as ‘Best Convergence Distributor’ in the 2015 Comms National Awards. We are honoured to be shortlisted for such a prestigious award and are looking forward to an evening showcasing some of the great performers in the industry.

The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 22nd October at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London.

ProVu Nominated for SME of the Year in the Examiner Business Awards!

We are thrilled to announce that ProVu have been shortlisted for the Walker Singleton SME of the year in the Huddersfield Examiner Business Awards 2015.

It is a great honour to be recognised amongst some of the best businesses in our home town, we believe that Huddersfield is a great place for business and plays a key part to our success.

The awards ceremony will be held at the John Smith’s Stadium on Thursday 12th November. ProVu wish all finalists the very best of luck!

Branded Shipping

Did you know that we offer a free branded shipping service? This service is quick and simple to set up and it enables you to maintain a personal approach with your customers. Here is an example of how your despatch notes could look.

We also understand that some of our resellers regularly ship products on behalf of their partners. We therefore offer you the ability to save multiple letterheads to your account. You can simply select the chosen letterhead for the specified order within ProSys.

However, we also know there are occasions when plain documents are better suited, this option will remain available.

How to set up your letterhead:
To set up your branded shipping simply send us your letterhead as a PDF document to contact@provu.co.uk and we will take care of the rest. Check out our template guide to make sure your letterhead will fit well on to the despatch note we print.

If you don’t have a letterhead, don’t worry, you can send us your company logo and address and we will create a basic template for you.

How to select your letterhead for your order:
On the order page select    to add a dropship address. At the bottom of the ‘deliver to box’ you can then select your branding option for this order. And it’s as simple as that.

If you have any questions about our branded shipping service please contact our sales team on 01484 840048.

Shipping options

Shipping Improvements

Today we have updated the order form in prosys for our trade customers. We now have some more flexible shipping options.

There are 2 main changes.

Automatic pricing for exotic destinations

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scottish Highlands and Islands, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Isle of Wight.

The order form will now correctly price shipments to all of the above destinations on APC, DPD and Parcelforce.

If you have a larger consignment going to these destinations, then it is worth giving our sales office call to check if we can get a better quote.

DPD

We now offer DPD as an alternative shipping option.

We have used APC as our primary UK courier for many years. They offer a really good service and good systems integration.

But we had some customers who wanted an alternative option.

DPD offer:
– an SMS with a 1 hour delivery window
– Competitive prices to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Isle of Man on a 2 day service.
– More detailed online tracking.

Things to note:
1) Cut off for DPD is 3pm. APC is 5pm.
2) DPD not so price competitive on larger shipments.

Have you voted for ProVu yet?

You may recall from one of our previous blog posts that ProVu have been nominated again for the Comms Business Distributor of the year award 2015. We were delighted to have won this award in 2014 and would love to win it this year but we need your help as the winner is determined from customer votes.

If you have been happy with the service and support you have received from us over the last 12 months we would be really grateful if you could register your vote for ProVu at the link below. It is a very straight forward process and will take just a few minutes. You will need to register yourself first and then it is a simple matter of registering your vote for ProVu.

Vote here

We really appreciate all your business over the last 12 months and hope that you will be able to find the time to register your vote for ProVu.

ProVu Nominated for Distributor of the Year 2015 in Comms Business Awards

We are delighted to let you know that ProVu have been listed for the second year running as a nominee for the Comms Business Distributor of the Year Award.

As you may recall we did win this award last year thanks to the great effort and support we received from so many of our resellers who took the time to register and vote for us. We would love to win this award again and if you feel that we have provided you with good service and support over the last 12 months we would really appreciate it if you could again take the time to vote for us.

To register your vote you will just need to visit the Comms Business Awards web page which you can find here. And in order to place your vote you will need to register yourself which takes around 1 minute.

Many thanks for your time and business over the last 12 months and we very much hope you will be able to vote for us.

Christmas shipping and opening times 2014

This table shows our Christmas shipping times for our standard UK deliveries via APC:

Order Date Delivery Date
19th DECEMBER 22nd DECEMBER
22nd DECEMBER 23rd DECEMBER
23rd DECEMBER 5th JANUARY *
24th DECEMBER – 1st JANUARY 5th JANUARY
2nd JANUARY (Back to normal)     5th JANUARY

* If you place an order on the 23rd December it will be delivered on the 5th January, should you require the goods to be delivered on Christmas Eve, a £25 surcharge will apply. You will need to let us know if you would like this service.

ProVu Christmas Opening times:

Dates Opening times
24th DECEMBER OPEN 09:00 – 13:00
25th DECEMBER – 28th DECEMBER     CLOSED
29th – 31st DECEMBER     OPEN (Skeleton staffing) 10:00 – 16:00    
1st JANUARY CLOSED
2nd JANUARY     Back to normal 09:00 – 17:30

Counterpath Appoints ProVu as Distributor for their Bria softphones

We are pleased to announce that ProVu have been appointed Distributor for Counterpath’s Bria range of softphones enabling our resellers and hosted providers to offer a range of softphones together with provisioning and management all wrapped up as a service.

With Counterpaths Bria UC clients and Stretto configuration platform combined with ProVu’s reseller portal ProSys, we are now able to bring you the opportunity to generate revenues from both hard phones and softphones with the same automated systems for delivery provisioning and on going management.

The Bria softphone clients are available for Apple, Linux, Windows, Android or Blackberry devices. The Bria softphones combine video, presence and messaging, bringing a true unified communications experience.

30 Day Trial Licences
We are able to offer our resellers up to 5 free trial licences for 30 day evaluation, if you are interested in a trial for CounterPath please fill out our online request form.

Pricing can be found on ProSys our reseller portal. If you would like more information or require access to ProSys please contact our sales team on 01484 840048 or email contact@provu.co.uk.