Business News

We have switched off our online ordering system. It wasn’t working as we had anticipated and was causing problems for both our customers and ourselves. It will be replaced later in January. In the meantime please feel free to place orders either by email – orders@canalwholesale.co.uk – or by telephone – 01604 953699

We’ve finally put live our new order processing and stock management system from a company called Unleashed Software. As part of this you will be able to place your orders directly onto the system using a “B2B Portal” (as they call it). You’ll be sent an invite by email in the next few weeks to…

Our 2021 price list has just been produced and is on its way to our customers. If you’re not a customer and want a copy then just get in touch.  We may just have to send you our newsletter as well though.

Becoming Carbon Neutral We are attempting to go carbon neutral. The way we’ve chosen to do this is to calculate the amount of carbon we used during 2020 and then offset that by purchasing trees to be planted around the UK. We used one of the many carbon calculators available on the web and over…

When I first started Canal Wholesale Supplies Ltd I needed a phone number very quickly so I used a spare mobile phone that I had. I now have a landline number – 01604 953699 – where there will (almost always) be someone to answer your call. The mobile phone service will be ceased in the…

General Business Update It’s been an interesting start to life supplying the canal community. Having started the business pretty much from scratch at the end of February 2019, we’ve come a long way and I’ve got most things working as I want them to be. I purchased the remainder of Central Waterways Supplies stock and…