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LOCAL Tweed-based family business Ezi Office National has recently expanded its services after serving the community with office supplies for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

The newly expanded operation now includes a printing service, a feature that owner Ajay Amin is excited to offer his customers.<\/p>\n

Ezi Office National was recently recognised with two prestigious industry awards: being named Queensland Member of the Year by the national industry body Office Brands, and the retail award category at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards.<\/p>\n

Mr Amin believed the accolades testified to the team’s dedication to its customers and the community in their two Tweed and Gold Coast stores.<\/p>\n

“We saw a gap in the market,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’m passionate about helping local businesses, and as a one-stop shop, they don’t need multiple suppliers. We go over and above.<\/p>\n

“Most of our customers are time-poor local businesses. The effort we put into a personalised experience to make their lives easier sets us apart from our competitors.”<\/p>\n

In one instance, a regular customer called at 4pm to order a hole punch delivered to his office. The $3 product would not usually qualify for delivery or for free, but Mr Amin understood the urgency.<\/p>\n

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The customer, who desperately needed the hole punch for a business tender presentation on a deadline, won the tender, and still regularly references the “$10,000-hole punch”.<\/p>\n

Mr Amin said it was a rewarding experience and that knowing the business was a small part of that tender process felt good.<\/p>\n

“This is the benefit of also being a local business. Big companies wouldn’t do that, and they don’t have our close customer relationships. No job is too small.”<\/p>\n

The business, which started as a one-person operation and has grown into a team of 24, shares the community spirit of the Amin family. It provided school supplies through a Chinderah Fire Services stationery drive in the flood recovery and regularly donates school supply packs for disadvantaged students.<\/p>\n

Amin participates in charity golf events supporting local community causes and is a member of Rotary and Tweed Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

“It’s important to support the community,” Mr Amin said. “We’re all in this together.”<\/p>\n

For more information, head to officenational.com.au\/shop\/en\/ezitweed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOCAL Tweed-based family business Ezi Office National has recently expanded its services after serving the community with office supplies for more than a decade. The newly expanded operation now includes a printing service, a feature that owner Ajay Amin is excited to offer his customers. Ezi Office National was recently recognised with two prestigious industry […]<\/p>\n

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