5. What recommendations would you make to the company? Founded more than 20 years ago, supplies4medics.com has become one of Europe’s most successful direct-mail suppliers of medical hardware and consumables to hospitals, doctors’ and dentists’ surgeries, clinics, nursing homes and other medical-related organisations. Its physical and online catalogues list just over 4,000 items, categorised by broad applications such as ‘hygiene consumables’ and ‘surgeons’

instruments’. Quoting their website:

‘We are the pan-European distributors of wholesale medical and safety supplies ... We aim to carry everything you might ever need; from nurses’ scrubs to medical kits, consumables for operations, first-aid kits, safety products, chemicals, fire-fighting equipment, nurse and physicians’ supplies, etc. Everything is at affordable prices – and backed by our very superior customer service and support – supplies4medics is your ideal source for all medical supplies. Orders are normally dispatched same-day, via our European distribution partner, the Brussels hub of DHL. You should therefore receive your complete order within one week, but you can request next-day delivery if required, for a small extra charge. You can order our printed catalogue through the link at the bottom of this page, or shop on our easy-to-use online store.’