What is the name of the paper company in The Office (UK)?

The paper company in The Office (UK) is called Wernham Hogg.

Wernham Hogg is a fictional British paper merchant at the centre of the BBC mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The show follows employees at its Slough branch, where routine office life becomes a stage for awkward humour, petty rivalries and David Brent’s constant attempts to appear charismatic.

The company’s slogan is “Life is stationery”, a pun that captures the series’ deliberately mundane workplace setting. Wernham Hogg is presented as a larger business with branches and operations beyond Slough, including a Swindon branch that becomes important during the first two series.

A common mix-up comes from the American adaptation, The Office, where the equivalent fictional paper company is Dunder Mifflin. Paperchase and Staples are real-world stationery or office-supply names, but neither is the company in the British series. The UK programme first aired in 2001 and was followed by a second series and two Christmas specials.