Bunches Florapost Ltd. is a flowers by post company based in Newstead, Nottinghamshire.
History
editBunches is a family business founded by Erik and Sandra Hoving in 1989.[1] Bunches was a small flower stall which they had set up under a 3 metre by 4 metre umbrella in the Four Seasons shopping centre in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Bunches began as a flowers by post company in January 1990, operating out of a factory in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Orders were taken over the Post Office counter and then telephoned through to the Bunches office, which at the time was staffed by just 3 people.
Expansion
editIn 1992, Bunches expanded to all Post Offices nationwide and the direct mail side of the business began, which was a great success. During this time, Bunches also began offering chocolates with the flowers, a first in the UK flower trade. In 2001, after out-growing the original factory, Bunches moved into a purpose built premises with state-of-the-art Sales Office, Production and Dispatch facilities, based in Newstead Village, Nottinghamshire. A £1 million extension, doubling the size of the production floor space and adding new offices was completed in November 2007.[citation needed]
Bunches trades online, through affiliates, direct mail sales, business to business[2] as well as its own online store and through online services with the bulk of trade coming from the Bunches.co.uk website.[3] Bunches imports flowers from around the world and deliveries are made by Royal Mail 1st Class Post and Special Delivery services along with next day courier services through DPD.
Bunches is a member of The Flowers & Plants Association and are listed as supplying ethically grown flowers & plants.[4] Since Bunches was founded in 1989 they have delivered over 8 million bouquets throughout the UK, and has received press attention due to continued growth at the company during the recent recession.[5][6]
In 2010, Bunches won the Nottingham Post Nottinghamshire Company of The Year award.[7]
In 2017, Bunches launched a major revamp of their brand and website.
In 2019, Bunches launched the first entirely plastic-free range (Letterbox Flowers).
References
edit- ^ Newstead Florists Celebrated 20 Rosy Years
- ^ Corporate Flowers Page
- ^ "Flower Delivery - Bunches". www.bunches.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Creating a Flower Garden from Scratch". Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ [1] thisisnottingham.co.uk; 'Notts flower firm is blooming'
- ^ [2] - thisisnottingham.co.uk; 'Flower shop beats credit crunch'
- ^ Flower firm Bunches blooms into winner of Nottingham Post Business AwardsArchived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine