When it comes to moving heavy loads, wooden furniture skates – also known as dollies – are indispensable tools that make the job easier and safer. Here at Evo Supplies, we offer a wide range of high-quality furniture skates designed to suit a wide range of needs,...
Piano Trolley
Evo Supplies: The Gold Standard
Devoted sports fans and ‘only once every four years’ viewers alike have been glued to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris this season. While incredible athletes compete to be the best-of-the-best on the world stage, as ever, our very own #TeamEvo continue to...
Need Skates in a Hurry? Call Evo Supplies
If you need furniture skates in a hurry – Evo Supplies have always got you covered. Quality at every level is what we’re about – and true quality takes time. We’ve developed our high standards over more than a decade of experience in manufacturing, expanding our range...
What To Do When Moving a Refrigerator
Moving bulky objects creates a host of challenges and none more so than moving a refrigerator. They are cumbersome, heavy and awkward but the humble moving dolly is the answer to your prayers. Whether you are looking to move your fridge just a few metres or to a new...
Questions to Ask Removals Companies Before You Book
We’d always recommend putting some time into researching any business you plan to work with on your house move, and your intended removals company is certainly no exception – you’re entrusting them with your home and all your treasured possessions, after all. ‘Word of...
Our Commitment to Customer Service
Here at Evo Supplies, our customers really matter to us. Serving a wide range of businesses and individuals nationwide – from removals specialists and office fit-out companies, to gym movers, furniture installation experts and art galleries, to name but a few – we...
Where to Find Boxes for Moving
It is a well-known truth that moving home is one of the most stressful things you will undertake in life. There’s a lot of work involved at many levels – and even once the time approaches to finally sort your belongings ready for the move, the prospect of packing up a...
Evo Skates – The Ultimate Weightlifters
As well as providing reliable and hard-working equipment to removals teams all over the country, our skates and dollies are excellent for use in the home and workplace; from offices, to schools, to warehouses and more. Even for occasional moves, having your own Evo...
How to Move a Heavy Wardrobe
Your moving day has come. The contracts have been signed and everything is packed and ready to go. But what do you do about the elephant – or rather the wardrobe – in the room? Moving a heavy wardrobe is not in the same league as lifting a few packed boxes of...
Our 2023 Festive Opening Hours
With a busy year for the Evo Supplies team drawing to a close, in the run-up to the festive period, we’re continuing to work hard fulfilling your orders, before we ‘down tools’ for a well-deserved break over the Christmas period. If you’re looking for moving equipment...
How to Pack Clothes for Moving
The contract has been signed and your new home awaits you. Now comes the difficult business of packing in readiness for the move. Where do you start with packing your clothes for moving? As with many life events, the secret to success is in the preparation, so here’s...
Evo Supplies Returns to the Movers & Storers Show
We’re pleased to announce that after a break of 4 years, Evo Supplies is heading back to The Movers & Storers Show for 2023. We’ll be exhibiting at the NAEC Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, on 21st-22nd November at the UK’s biggest removals and storage trade show. Read...
How to Pack a TV for Moving
Amid the chaos of upping sticks and moving home, one key issue that crops up is how to ensure the TV makes it safely to your new home. After months of stressful house hunting and navigating complex legal matters, when moving day comes, it is not without its...
Moving Office Checklist
It’s time for a change of office but moving a business can potentially be disruptive. However, having a moving office checklist will ensure the whole process goes as smoothly as possible. A new office will offer new opportunities, but it can also bring a number of...
New Product from Evo Supplies
As a business we’re always looking to evolve to continue to meet our customers’ needs. To provide that high level of service we’re known for, it’s important to listen to our clients to ensure our offering suits their requirements – which occasionally includes...
The Art of Reliable Moving Equipment
We are very proud of how versatile our removals equipment is; not only are our UK-made products truly built to last, but they’re created with a wide range of moving tasks in mind. Our customers make use of our furniture skates, and welded aluminium piano trolleys,...
Moving Equipment You Can Trust
The removals trade is a competitive business with thousands of suppliers across the UK all vying to be the most trusted and go-to firm in their region. An awful lot of trust has to be put in the hands of a removal team and it’s vital for clients to know they are in...
Evo Supplies launches new Board Trolley range
As the UK’s industry-leading removals equipment, furniture moving equipment and skates and dollies manufacturer, with years of experience in the sector, Evo Supplies is constantly at the cutting edge of new innovations. And when a customer comes to us with a request...
Finding the right removal firm
When you move home you are shifting your most loved possessions, and it stands to reason that you want these taken care of. Searching out a reputable removal firm can be a tricky job when you’ve never done it before. A simple Google search will show you the sheer...
ISO 9001:2015 Re-accreditation
At Evo Supplies, we’re all about quality, quality, quality. We strive for the highest standards at every level of our business, from the smallest components on each of our products, to our UK-made range of skates and trolleys themselves, to our customer service, to...
What to put under heavy furniture to move it
Moving heavy furniture can be a very tricky business. Even for what appears to be a very small job of transporting heavy furniture from one part of a house to another, to do it right can take thought, planning and the correct equipment. And while there is sometimes a...
Evo Supplies’ 2022 Festive Opening Hours
It’s set to be a busy final month of the year for the Evo team and we’re here at our Mersea Island HQ to fulfil your orders and assist with queries in the lead up to the festive season. For now, we’re still focused more on ‘the dolly and the ivy’ than ‘a holly jolly...
Big News from Evo Supplies
We are delighted to announce a new addition to the Evo Supplies range of removals equipment: welded aluminium piano trolleys. Earlier this year, Evo Supplies acquired from Alan Stuart Engineering Ltd of Salford the manufacturing rights and production machinery to make...
From the Everyday to the Weird and Wonderful
Evo Supplies, and our skates, are known for many great things: strength, durability, value-for-money… but one description that we particularly pride ourselves on is our products’ versatility. Our impressive selection of skates and dollies includes options suitable for...
How to Wrap Furniture for Moving
Whatever you are moving, you are certain to want it to arrive at its new destination in the same condition as when it leaves. This is equally important whether you are moving just one significant item, or you have a whole house to pack up and move. In all these...
How to Move Heavy Equipment
While we think nothing about sending emails or connecting with the world through our mobile phones, there are some areas of modern life where we might be missing a trick when it comes to making our lives a bit easier. When moving large and heavy objects around the...
How to Move a Piano
Moving projects of any kind can be stressful and if you have a considerable number of items to move – especially large, heavy or valuable, ones like pianos – this can seem like even more of a daunting task. If you have a removals job in the pipeline and are at the...
Evo’s Summer Sale
It’s been a busy year so far and this summer will be no exception! Our warehouse is well stocked with a wealth of skates, in a range of shapes, sizes, and specifications, that are ready to go; with fast despatch and next-working-day delivery on many items, the team...
New Product: Evo Interconnecting Plastic Dollies
Introducing the Interconnecting Plastic Dollies (Set of 2), 600 x 400mm – the latest addition to our popular Hello Dollies range. When it comes to moving projects of any kind, you need to have equipment that is up to the task, whatever that may be. And that’s why...
Celebrating the Best of British at Evo Supplies
Along with many across the nation, we’re delighted to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee later this month; a great achievement to mark with the royals and a fitting chance to get together and raise a glass after a few difficult years for all of us. As a...
Evo Skates – Your New Best Self-Storage Friends
Evo skates are truly versatile. We know only too well that moving house or workplace is no easy task – and no one project is like the next. That’s why removals companies across the country turn to Evo Supplies for moving dollies to help them safely and efficiently...
How to Project Manage an Office Move
Looking after an office move is not often an easy task. Balancing the precise timeframes for your move with the requirements of all the employees to stay on top of the day-to-day activities of the business can be a very fine line to follow. On top of that, an office...
How to Pack for Moving House
Like so many of life’s big changes, moving home often brings a mixture of excitement and trepidation. As well as the anticipation of new beginnings, there is the daunting prospect of paperwork to sort, decorating to do (or undo) and of course packing up your home to...
Limited-Edition CheapSkates on Sale Now
All Evo Supplies skates are known for being excellent value for money. Strong, sturdy and reliable, our dollies truly stand the test of time and always prove themselves to be a great investment for businesses and individuals alike. In particular, our CheapSkates range...
Evo’s top moving house tips
Moving house has risen to the top of the agenda on life’s to-do list for many people since the start of the pandemic. For lots of these movers, it might be the first time they have had to pack up home for pastures new in quite some time, so Evo Supplies has pulled...
Love UK Made
What better time to show some extra love for our UK-made products than Valentine’s Day? We’re proud to have a fantastic range of furniture skates that are Made in Britain-certified and manufactured at our Evo Supplies HQ based on Mersea Island, Essex. Let’s...
Why hire a moving company?
Moving house does not come cheap. Even if your next home is not stretching you too far financially, during the process you’ll still be seeing significant sums of money heading out to solicitors, estate agents and HMRC, to name just a few. With the bills adding up, it...
Our First Sale of 2022
Here at Evo Supplies, we do all we can, year-round, to make sure that our products are good value for money – expert craftsmanship, true fit-for-purpose functionality, and a reasonable price means that all of our skates are a great investment that will continue to...
Hello Dollies Are Back For 2022
Welcome back for a brand-new year… the Evo team have really hit the ground rolling straight away – and we’re kicking off 2022 with fresh, new stock of the ever-popular Hello Dollies. A fantastic choice, especially if you’re looking for an budget-friendly option – that...
Rolling Out Our Christmas Hours
Once again, we’re skating straight into the festive season; yes, Christmas is fast approaching. The Evo team are looking forward to a well-deserved rest over the Christmas break, so it’s time to ‘come all ye skate-ful’ – please check out our opening hours for the end...
How To Move Heavy Furniture
Every one of our skates is built with a range of removals tasks in mind. Whether you’re planning on moving house (or office) or need to shift some items around in the home, when your thoughts turn to how to move heavy furniture, Evo Supplies is the right place to...
What To Do When Moving House
Whether or not it’s your first time taking the plunge, it can be difficult to know what to do when moving house or office. Even with the best plans in place, you still need to have companies working alongside you that you know you can trust. Moving house is known to...
Competition Time – All Hallows’ Evo
Our skates and dollies are known for making light work of removals tasks… and this October we’re bringing some light to our customers as the days begin to darken. Yes, it’s competition time, and an opportunity to get spooky with your skates this Halloween. To...
So Proud to be ISO Re-Accredited
One thing we pride ourselves on at Evo Supplies is our quality and efficient working practices – a large part of what allows us to continually improve our services and what keeps our customers happy and coming back to us again and again. That’s why we strive to work...
Roll Out Your Brand
Creating a professional look for your business is important – everyone wants to make a good first impression, which is why having the right branding is essential. Your logo and branding represent who you are and having it emblazoned everywhere, from your company...
An Extra Helping Hand – Handled Dollies
New to our Hello Dollies range, this handled dolly is perfect for those scenarios around the home and workplace that could benefit from a dolly you can pull – making the task easier to handle, too! Perhaps you’re digging out the garden furniture for the summer season,...
Announcing New Stock of Hello Dollies
Some of your favourites are back… We’re pleased to announce that our stock is now replenished and Hello Dollies are once again ready to roll! If you find yourself in need of a skate or two, but are on a tighter budget than usual, then you cannot go far wrong with...
Wheeling into action – Evo Supplies donates dollies to Colchester Foodbank
When we saw an appeal posted by Colchester Foodbank on Facebook, desperately asking for dollies to carry crates of donated food, the Evo Supplies team wasted no time in wheeling into action! Having chosen the Trussell Trust as our Christmas Charity 2020, and also...
Where to Rent a Furniture Dolly
If you have a tricky task that requires a set of wheels – whether you have some home improvements of your own planned for the summer, or your moving company has its calendar full of upcoming removals appointments – you might be considering where to rent a furniture...
Skate to the top – award winners
We have some great news! Evo Supplies have been awarded ‘Best Furniture Moving Equipment Supplier’ at the UK Transport Awards 2021. As the UK’s leading manufacturer of skates and dollies, we are proud that our products are used by the top removal firms up and down the...
Introducing… Our Larger Skates
At Evo Supplies, we’re constantly thinking about ways we can innovate and develop to better meet our customers’ removal needs with skates and dollies of the high quality for which we are known. Ensuring that you have the right skate for the task at hand is always a...
Evo Supplies Joins Carpet Recycling UK
We’re delighted to announce that Evo Supplies is now a member of Carpet Recycling UK – a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to reducing the amount of carpet waste being sent to landfill. Thousands of tonnes of carpet, carpet tile and textile flooring waste are...
Why ‘Wood’ You Choose Any Other Skate or Dolly?
Here at Evo Supplies, we’re known for the outstanding quality of all our products. Whether you run a removals company that requires sturdy skates that can withstand the constant ‘daily grind’ – or you simply a strong dolly for shifting heavy items around your home or...
What is a Moving Dolly?
We at Evo Supplies are known within the removals sector for our quality products, but if you’re new to the industry – or new to us! – our skates and dollies, and the features that make them so reliable (and renowned), may be a bit of an unknown. If you’ve ever found...
Refresh Your Stock for Spring with Evo Supplies
Spring is always a time when we note a flurry of activity in the removals industry; the season of change never fails to prompt the public to flock to new homes. Truer than ever this year, with the added impacts of the pandemic heightening the collective need to...
Choosing the Right Top for your Furniture Dolly or Skate
The quality of Evo Supplies skates and dollies runs ‘more than skin deep’… we apply our team’s knowledge and expertise to every last element of all of our products – from top to bottom. When creating the perfect skate for removals jobs of any kind, we start with the...
Make it British – #madeinUKday – 9th March 2021
Here at Evo Supplies, we’re passionate about supporting UK manufacturers (being one ourselves!), which is why we’re proudly taking part in promoting the first ever #madeinUKday by Make it British. As a way to mark their 10th anniversary as an organisation and helping...
Picking the Right Castors for Furniture-Moving Skates and Dollies
Every element of our UK-made skates and dollies has been carefully considered to create the best possible products for your removal needs, ensuring they will stand the test of time. But when it comes to highly functional, mobile and long-lasting skates and dollies…...
Devoted to Great Skates
As we roll into what is widely considered to be the month of love, here at Evo Supplies, we’re reaffirming our love for what we do, and our vast array of skates and dollies that are sure to ‘castor’ spell on your heart! Bad skate puns aside… as a company, we’re very...
The Removal Equipment You Need for Your Move
With the property market booming in the light of the stamp duty holiday, and businesses rethinking their office requirements due to the pandemic, there are a lot of people moving around. If you are struggling to get a removal company booked in, then you may be...
New Year, New Products
Having rung in the new year, here at Evo Supplies we are looking to the future and what we hope will be a prosperous 2021 for everyone. With this in mind, we’re pleased to reveal some of our newest products – as well as the return of some of our old favourites....
Skating into the Festive Season at Evo Supplies
Deck the halls with skates and dollies... Christmas is rolling towards us all too quickly, so be sure to place your orders with Evo Supplies in time for the festive season!
Rolling in the Changes with our New Website
We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to update the Evo Supplies website and are delighted to have set it live this week! It boasts a lot of new features to make your customer journey more enjoyable than ever and brings our digital experience firmly in line with...
New products for 2020: 1 carpet-topped furniture skates
Carpet-topped furniture skates with a rubber bumper strip are an exciting new addition to our best-selling range of heavy-duty moving dollies. Carpet-topped furniture skates offer an attractive alternative to our rubber-topped skates. They’re perfect for those jobs...
Make a really bold corporate statement with branded furniture skates
Branded furniture skates promote your business and reinforce your corporate message when you're working onsite - whether home or commercial removals, office installations or furniture deliveries.
Trumpet blowing!
Toot toot! Our recent annual management system surveillance audit report by NQA recommended Evo's continued ISO 9001:2015 certification, with this glowing report in the Executive Summary.
Personalised furniture skates by Evo Supplies: some recent orders
One of our top favourite things to make, here at Evo Supplies, is personalised furniture moving skates. Our customers request a wide variety of effects, from simple logos to complex designs to reflect their corporate branding. Some choose to use their skates for...
Fabulous 5-skate price deal!
Buy FIVE Evo Heavy-Duty Furniture Skates for just £275 + VAT Are you looking to replace old or damaged skates?Perhaps you're equipping a new vehicle or operations team?Maybe you're setting up a brand new business?
Personalised furniture skates by Evo Supplies: some of this year’s favourites
Of all the things we make and sell at Evo Supplies - from our best-selling 'industry standard' 590mm square skates to the (almost) pocket-sized Hello Dolly mini-skate HD05 - our favourite has to be creating personalised furniture skates for our customers. The variety...
Hello Dollies are back in town!
Following their runaway success last year - Hello Dollies are now back in stock and ready for immediate despatch! Hello Dollies budget-priced furniture moving products are manufactured by our partner factory in China, applying Evo's own trusted...
Evo Supplies make PINK furniture skates in support of Prevent Breast Cancer
When we took our furniture skate trade stand to the Movers & Storers Show last November, we offered our sought-after annual "Show Skate" as the prize in a raffle to raise funds for the Show's chosen charity for 2018: Prevent Breast Cancer.
10 reasons we love the Movers & Storers Show
The Movers & Storers Show is an essential annual diary date for anyone in the removals, storage, self-storage and related industries. We had a fantastic time at the 2018 show, and are already looking forward to next year's. Here's why:
The Movers & Storers Show 2018
What a fantastic Movers & Storers Show we enjoyed this year! The show offers an unrivalled annual opportunity to meet up with hundreds of removals and storage professionals - not just from the UK but from Ireland, Europe and even farther afield.
Evo Supplies achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification
Evo Supplies are very proud to announce that we have received ISO 9001:2015 certification. Team Evo were delighted to be formally presented with their certificate today by NQA Auditor Martin Graham
“The Skate People” – The Mover magazine, June 2018
We were delighted to welcome David Jordan, Deputy Editor of The Mover magazine, to our factory and warehouse in West Mersea a few weeks ago. Here's what he wrote after spending a morning with the Evo team: Deputy Editor David Jordan takes a trip to Mersea Island...
“We love them”: one bespoke skate – two happy customers!
Like most small business, we love receiving positive feedback from our customers. In this case, from Matt of the wonderfully named MoveitClearitFinditStoreit in Ipswich. Strong brand identity, a big social conscience and a passionate commitment to local customers...
AIM members – claim your exclusive discount on all Evo products!
As an Affiliate Member of the Association of Independent Movers, Evo Supplies are pleased to announce a special members-only discount offer Just log into the AIM Members’ Hub for your exclusive Aim Members’ Discount Code, which you can use on all Evo and Hello...
Front page of The Mover magazine! (OK, so it’s not the MAIN cover photo, but we’re still rather pleased to see ourselves there …)
Evo Supplies pictured on the cover of this month's Mover Magazine Click here to read this month's issue of The Mover
Bernard Jenkin MP visits Evo Supplies
We were pleased to welcome our local MP, Bernard Jenkin MP, to the Evo Supplies workshops last week. Some of the local and national issues discussed included: Creating sustainable employment on Mersea Island. The disastrous impact the current culture of late payment...
2017 – a year to remember for Evo Supplies
Well, what a year it's been for Evo Supplies!
Move My Stuff win Evo’s Movers & Storers Show prize skate
Congratulations to Move My Stuff, winners of our Movers & Storers Show prize draw! Here's Greg, presenting Dan and Joel with their Evo skate in Stoke on Trent earlier today.
Hello Dollies! A new range of budget-priced skates from Evo Supplies
We’re very excited to announce the launch of Hello Dollies - our brand new range of budget-priced moving equipment. The first four models are now available. More to follow soon.
Evo goes to Number 10! #SmallBiz100
On 30 November, Evo's MD, Juliet Dunn, went to No. 10 Downing Street, to take part in a reception celebrating this year's Top 100 UK Small Businesses. The event was organised by Small Business Saturday, the nationwide campaign that supports, inspires and promotes the...
Small Business Saturday #SmallBizSatUK
“Best Practice Representatives”
Following Evo's inclusion in this year's Parliamentary Review (manufacturing edition), we were delighted to receive our 'Best Practice Representative' badge last week from the Chairman of the Review, Sir Eric Pickles. Read Evo's Parliamentary Review story here.
Evo on the Small Business Saturday Blue Sofa #Smallbiz100
Maria and Juliet had a lot of fun in Maldon today at the Small Business Saturday UK Bus Tour!
Evo at the Movers & Storers Show, 8/9 November 2017
The Movers & Storers Show 2017 was, as ever, such a fantastic opportunity to meet and talk with people in the removals and storage industries. Chatting with visitors gives us really interesting insights into exactly how moving...
Evo’s story – as featured in The Parliamentary Review 2016/17
Here's the full text of our feature as 'best practice representatives' in this year's Parliamentary Review (manufacturing edition).
Meet Evo at the Movers & Storers Show, 8/9 November 2017
We're very excited about this year's Movers & Storers Show on 8/9 November! Register for your FREE tickets here: https://www.themoversandstorersshow.co.uk/
Evo Supplies at the Parliamentary Review gala evening
Just received these photos by the official photographer from the evening of 18th September . . .
We’re “Member of the Week” at Enterprise Nation!
Evo Supplies are very pleased to be members of Enterprise Nation. Since launching in 2005, Enterprise Nation has helped thousands of people start and grow their own successful business. They are the UK's most active small business community and offer a voice to...
Evo goes to Westminster: Juliet and Greg attend the Parliamentary Review gala evening
Juliet and Greg were in the Members' Dining Room at the Palace of Westminster on Monday night, representing Evo Supplies at the annual Gala Evening to celebrate publication of this year's Parliamentary Review. Evo was selected earlier this year to be featured in the...
Evo Supplies featured in this year’s Parliamentary Review
On 18th September 2017, Evo’s co-owners and directors, Juliet and Greg Dunn, will be attending a Gala Evening at the Palace of Westminster, to mark the publication of this year’s Parliamentary Review – a prestigious annual document showcasing excellence and best...
15 September: Evo’s Big #SmallBiz100 Day!
Today's Evo's big social media day as one of the Small Business Saturday Top 100 #SmallBiz100. We'll be on Twitter and Facebook for most of the day, talking about what we make and where we make it, and we're also planning to share lots of posts about some of our...
Evo Skates: Made in Britain!
Evo is a proud member of Made in Britain. Amongst many other benefits, this means we're licensed to use the official Made in Britain marque on all the skates we manufacture in our Mersea Island factory. Regular customers will have noticed the Made...
Evo Supplies named in Small Business Saturday UK’s ‘Small Biz 100’ for 2017
We’re so pleased and proud that Evo Supplies has been named as one of the 100 small businesses in the UK to be celebrated by Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is a grassroots, not-for-profit campaign that culminates in one big celebratory day for the...