Setting Up a New Office: The Complete Stationery Checklist

Opening a new office in the UAE? This is the list we build for customers setting up a ten-person operation, refined over hundreds of fit-outs.

Paper and printing

Two boxes of A4 80gsm, one spare toner per printer, one box of A4 letterhead if you have one. Do not buy six months of paper on day one — storage humidity will spoil it.

Desk essentials, per person

Pen cup, stapler, punch, scissors, tape dispenser, sticky notes, highlighter set, desk tray. Buying these per-person rather than shared saves more arguments than you would expect.

Filing

Ten box files, twenty lever arch files, one pack of display books, one pack of document wallets. Add a labelling system before you add the files.

Meeting room

Whiteboard, four markers and an eraser, a flip chart pad, and a pack of table-top notepads.

Pantry and cleaning

Tissues, hand soap, surface wipes, bin liners, disposable cups. This is the category new offices forget and then need urgently in week one.