CONTACT INFORMATION

In view of the escalating COVID-19 situation in the UK, we have decided to be proactive in implementing our plans to protect our staff and the provision of your IT Support. We consider staff and customer health and safety the most important aspect of our business and do not want to put either at risk during these uncertain times.

Due to this all AIM Smarter Limited Staff will work from home. We have robust and tested remote working systems and processes which will ensure the provision of our excellent service can continue to be delivered.

Please call 0114 212 1718 Option 1 for Customer Services

You can also contact us via: Email at:

Live chat on help.aimsmarter.co.uk

Live chat from within the order management systemTech Suite

 

SUPPLIER OPERATIONS DIRECTORY

Company Name Company Status Other More information
3cube UK Ltd Reduced Hours   Quotes to the customers with variable lead times.
Badge Design Extended Lead Times   Can manufacture face masks
Badger Design Extended Lead Times   Starting to work on what it is possible for us to make, have been closed for 2 weeks.
Bag Trade Business As Usual   We can supply printed bags within 3 days
Bags Direct International Ltd Other (please specify) Business Open but with reduced services  
BIC Graphic Europe Business As Usual   Manufacturing and printing facilities in Spain are now open again. We are running a shift system in the factory to reduce the number of people required to be in the facilities at any one time, and we have additional safety protocols in place to protect our teams
BIG BRAND SOURCING Business As Usual   WE ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL WITH OUR FACTORIES SO PRODUCT PRODUCTION IS NOW MOVING WELL. WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH FREIGHT SERVICES, IMPORT FEES ALL INCREASING SO PRICES ARE HAVING TO BE QUOTED ON A DAILY BASIS.
BLUNDELL HARLING LTD Other (please specify) Production areas closed - sales office open and operated from home  
Booth Brothers Other (please specify) Directors only attending daily for critical functions Factory closed
Branded Products Ltd Extended Lead Times   Production facility still operating on a reduced basis so we can still deal with enquiries - especially for stock items.
Burton McCall Other (please specify) Reduced production operating with skeleton staff but are still able to fulfil orders for open stock but cannot entertain any printed/merchandised stock given that all our printers are closed
Ceramic Designs Business As Usual    
chx products Business As Usual   Following the guidelines to ensure our workface is safe and looked after while we're still working    Office and production are working on Skelton staff but we're still able to fulfil all orders as usual while still offering express lead-times too
Clipper Gifts Business As Usual    
Conquer Promotional Closed    
Cooler Water Business As Usual   All enquiries, quotations and visual requests this can still be supplied as normal as our office staff will continue to operate from home, We are open for business with restricted production. email address sales@coolerwater.co.uk, contact Steve Smith;
Creative Gifts International Closed   forced closure until at least 5/4/20
Desktop Ideas Business As Usual   We are working from home and still contactable by phone, email or skype, and our printers/engravers are still currently open and working as normal.
Distinctive Confectionery Ltd Business As Usual    
Dunelm Glass Other (please specify) We are operating a limited office service quotes etc but production is furloughed  
FleQs , sticky notes and paper products Business As Usual   Non factory staff working from home   Phone numbers on divert
Hainenko Ltd Extended Lead Times   We are working with reduced resources and staff. Lead times are slightly longer
ICO-UK Extended Lead Times   Our production in Hungary has reduced staff in assembly but we are still very much open for business and manufacturing – just with slightly longer lead times than usual
Keramikos & Thermalmate Closed   Sales emails are still being answered. Free marketing material still available.
Kingly Business As Usual   We launched anti bacteria and hygiene products. www.creativehygienepackaging.com
Logobugs Plus Ltd Other (please specify): Reduced production Reduced production to ensure all current orders are fulfilled with the sales team all working remotely to manage any enquiries.
Merlins Marketing Business As Usual    
The Pen Warehouse Business As Usual   All departments are manned and teams are working remotely. Production is able to fulfil all printing lines with a skeleton staff structure. Operating hours remain the same.
Pencom Closed   Premises closed - taking enquiries via home-office workers
PROMOTIONAL CERAMICS LIMITED Other (please specify) PART OF PRODUCTION STILL OPERATIONAL DYE SUBLIMATION PRINT ONLY ADMIN SALES AND DESIGN STAFF WORKING REMOTELY OR FURLOUGHED MOST PRODUCTION CLOSED
Sachets Direct Other (please specify) Operating with a single individual Can still supply business as usual, but at much reduced speed of turnaround. One operative ( Management ) will cover all tasks required. May become limited by raw material supplies, but currently ok.
Senator Pens Ltd Business As Usual   Sales and Customer Service staff working from home. still accessible through sales@senatorpens.co.uk or by main office number: 01279 630700
Snap Products Business As Usual   All departments are manned and teams are working remotely. Production is able to fulfil all printing lines with a skeleton staff structure. Operating hours remain the same.
Solo Trading Ltd Reduced Hours   We are still operational, but on reduced days and hours.
The USB Group Ltd Other (please specify) All enquiries, quotations and visual requests this can still be supplied as normal as our office staff will continue to operate from home. All orders will be produced and ready for dispatch as soon as it is safe to do so. For any samples orders this can only be arranged once our warehouse have reopened. Our current Far East production lead time is currently operating at 3-4 weeks.
Tomlinson Golf Business As Usual   Telephones, Quotes, Sales Orders and Accounting all being operational. A range of golf balls and over one hundred other golf products also available on 5 days shipping from proof approval.
T-Shirts 4 less Ltd Other (please specify) we are working on essential orders eg NHS, supermarkets etc  
Zyron Business As Usual   We are business as usual but lead times are potentially extended as printing is done in shifts with reduced staff.

 

Announcements

Upcoming Maintenance

Friday January 5th - planned maintenance for Store Enterprise.

For Store Enterprise UK account maintenance scheduled on January 5, 2018 at 2:00:00 AM UTC+2

For Store Enterprise US account maintenance scheduled on January 5, 2018 at 7:00:00 AM UTC+2

Thursday January 4th - planned maintenance for Artworktool and Designer

We are planning scheduled maintenance on all Artworktool and Designer servers from:

6:00 - 7:00 GMT
1:00 - 2:00 EST
22:00 (3rd) - 23:00 (3rd) PST

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Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th December 2017

We are planning scheduled maintenance on the USA vision and store platforms.  From: 
Saturday 8pm-Sunday 6am PST
Saturday 11pm-Sunday 9am EST
Sunday 4am-2pm GMT.

Friday 8th December 2017

We are planning scheduled maintenance on the Aim, Aprinta and USA channl platforms. From:
Thursday 11pm-4am Friday PST
Friday 2am-7am EST
Friday 7am-midday GMT

Thursday 7th December 2017

We are planning scheduled maintenance on the UK Vison, Store and UK Channl platform. From:
7PM-Midnight GMT.

Wenesday 19th July 2017

We will be performing planned maintenance on the UK Promoserve servers at 6AM - 6.30AM BST. During this time we will be stopping and starting the instance to migrate hardware, so you may experience temporary drops in service during this time period

Friday 16th June 2017

We will be undertaking planned maintenance on one of our US Channl servers at 2-3am CDT (8-9 BST). The server provides supportive resources for Aim, Aprinta and Channl websites so you may see momentary drops in performance during this timeframe.

Tuesday 6th June 2017

We will be undertaking planned maintenance on the USA Vision & Store system at 5:00 - 5:30am CDT. We do not expect interruptions to individual systems of more than 20 minutes.

Wednesday 17th May 2017

We will be undertaking planned maintenance on the UK Vision & Store system at 5-5:30am BST. We do not expect interruptions to individual systems of more than 20 minutes.

We will be undertaking planned maintenance on the USA Click To Ship system at 5-5:30am CDT. We do not expect interruptions to individual systems of more than 20 minutes.

Tuesday 16th May 2017

We will be undertaking planned maintenance on the UK Promoserve system at 5-6:30am BST. We do not expect interruptions to individual systems of more than 20 minutes.

Monday 15th May 2017

We will be undertaking planned maintenance on the USA Promoserve system at 5-6am CDT. We do not expect interruptions to individual systems of more than 20 minutes.

Wednesday 12th April 2017

Routine Maintenance - We will be undertaking a routine maintenance on the UK Enterprise system at 9PM. Interruption to the service should only be a couple of minutes.

Wednesday 12th April 2017

Routine Maintenance - We'll be undertaking a routine maintenance on the Ultimate system and store platforms in the USA and Australia and will last for up to 30 minutes. Times are as follows:

6.00 AM EDT
3.00 AM EDT
18.00 PM AWST
20.00 PM AEST

Saturday 10th December 2016

Network Maintenance -  Most application usage should not be affected but there is a small possibility of short interruptions as some network services are restarted. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but it is important that we keep our systems in good working order.

Thursday 26th May 2016

Citrix Error - Citrix/Cloud access is currently unavailable and is being worked on as critical.

We'll be undertaking planned maintenance on the Enterprise systen at 6.30AM  (BST)

Thursday 4th May 2016

We'll be undertaking planned maintenance on the USA Ultimate/Store servers at10.00GMT / 05.00EDT. This is expected to take a maximum of 30 minutes.

 

Thursday 4th April 2016

We'll be performing an upgrade on the Enterprise system between 6pm and 7pm (GMT) and you'll not be able to access the system between this time.

Sunday 3rd April 2016

Planned Maintenance: The vision/store applications are likely to be unavailable for most of Sunday 3rd April whilst planned AWS work is carried out. Thank you for your patience during this time. 

 

Tuesday 22nd March 2016 - 3:55PM GMT

We have been made aware of a conflict with Vision when you upgrade your machine to Windows 10. Please see below for the known fix to the issue:

Query:
Unable to use the ‘Send from Computer’ link when trying to ‘Send/Share’ a document in Vision. When clicking the button, nothing happens. Occurs even when Outlook is functioning as normal and open.

Resolution:
1. Press the Windows + R key on the keyboard.
2. In the Run window type Control and click Ok.
3. In the Control Panel window, go to Default Programs.
4. Click on Set your default programs option.
5. Select Microsoft Office Outlook from the programs list and then click on Set this program as default.
6. Now click on Choose defaults for this program.
7. Scroll down to the Protocols list and click to select MAILTO protocol and then click on Save.

If you still experience problems following this fix, give us and call and we will endeavour to resolve this as soon as possible

 

Wednesday 16th December 2015 - 11:00AM - 11:30AM GMT

Planned Maintenance: US Services will be offline while we perform routine maintenance on our server environment. Thank you for your patience during this time.

 

Saturday 31st October 2015 6:30AM to 7:30AM BST

CF QOP Websites Planned Down Time - Development work means you will not be able to access the system at this time. Thank you for your co-operation whilst this work is carried out. 

 

Monday 7th September 2015 

Google Chrome is no longer supporting the NPAPI plugin for Citrix Receiver - Google Chrome is no longer supporting the NPAPI plugin that is required to open Citrix Receiver directly from the browser. You can still use Google Chrome however you will notice you are now prompted to install Ctitrix each time you log on, and install an ICA file to begin your session. Please see this helpful blog from Citrix to find out more http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/03/09/preparing-for-npapi-being-disabled-by-google-chrome/

 

26th May 2015

Citrix Receiver Update - Can't see your usual link in the middle of the screen? Please re-add your App by clicking the + on the left of your Citrix Receiver screen and select your Apps to be saved.

Google Chrome Update - If you run Citrix Receiver on Google Chrome, please read this link https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6213033#