Clitheroe. 6 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, April 14th, 19S3 ACORN’S


A family firm with its sights on the future


A DYNAMIC family firm which started in business in 1979 will shortly stage its first exhibition at its new premises in Accring­ ton Road.


Acorn Office Equip­


ment Ltd, which moved to Systems Houses Ac­ crington Road, Burnley (Willie Holt’s old pre­ mises), will have an open day and Business Equipment Exhibition on April 20th and 21st.


Mr Edward Scott,


managing director, has gone a long way since the company began in Padiham. Turnover was up by 77% last year, a remarkable performance in the middle of a world recession.


Advertising feature


By Winifred Bose Now in its fourth year


of trading, the company- can look back to its humble beginnings, and its startling rise as a local company of some standing. In October, 1979,


when the firm got off the ground, it was based in Padiham with an office, a storeroom and a small workshop. There wasn’ t even enough room to display its pro­ ducts, so the company moved. In 1981 a showroom


and offices were taken in Clifton Road, Burnley, but the firm rapidly out-


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MRS PAULINE SCOTT, operating a new Rank Xerox electronic typewriter. On the light Miss Deborah Sutcliffe works on an Olivetti ETS 1010 ivord processing machine ivatched by Blackburn area sales manager Mr Alex Pearson


grew these premises after a very short time and started to look for something with room for expansion. It was found in Rosegrove.


FAMOUS A lot of work has been


done on the large new buildings, but there is plenty of space to dis­


play products, and the company plans to in­


crease the range of goods. “We are,” said Mr


Scott,. “going into com­ puters, cash registers and a much wider range of office furniture. We shall be increasing our sales staff. Our product range includes famous


names like Olivetti and Adler and we are just about to be appointed local stockists for Rank Xerox, with five diffe­ rent models of electronic typewriters. At the ex­ hibition we will be show­ ing some new products which have never before been seen on general display.”


One of the items on


display will be an inex­ pensive “add-on” screen for an Olivetti electronic typewriter.


This, said Mr Scott,


would give the machines full word-processing capabilities. “In future,” he said,


“we hope to hold specific exhibitions and seminars


SERVICE engineer Mr Richard Bellaries, left, and service manager ' Mr Stephen Krupinski in the workshop


which we believe will be of great interest to busi­ ness people in the area.”


Acorn Office Equip­


ment Ltd, is a service- orientated company, and Mr Scott was very em­ phatic about the sort of after-sales care which customers could expect from his company.


ACTIVE This is not just sales


patter, for any firm which prospers as Acorn Office Equipment Ltd has done, and forged ahead from one set of la rg e r p remise s to another in times like these, must be what they say they are, or they would not progress so quickly in such a short time.


Service is a vital point


with Mr Scott for, before he became man­


aging director of the company, he was the service manager, so he. knows what follow-up to sales means, and carries out after-sales services meticulously. Mr Scott belongs to


started, with name o f ‘ perhaps Mi­ me m b e r e d adage, “ out acorns oak trees grow.” Perhaps he just had a


this area, was brought up in North-East Lanca­ shire, and his family are involved with Acorn. His wife, Pauline, works as office manageress, and takes an active role in company affairs. When the company the little


“ A c o rn ” Scott re- the old o f little


dream that it would work out like that, but things don’t just happen unless there is someone around to make sure that dreams come true. Acorn Office Equip­


ment Ltd is a sturdy oak of a firm today, going from success to success, with every indi­ cation that it will con­ tinue to g row and g r ow ,


sp r e a d in g


branches on all sides. The exhibition will tell


its own story to local business people, most of whom are aware of the changing face of office equipment, be it elec­


tronic machines or the right sort of furniture for the job. It will all be there at


the display next week, with prices and equip­ ment to suit all kinds of business offices, large or small, so go along and see how the little acorn has grown into a stately oak, with its roots firmly settled in the ground of North-East Lancashire.


Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


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