In the lexicon of cultural stereotypes, Germany is a country associated with thorough organisation and order – their Ordnung. And recent German research on office desks, tidy and otherwise, seems to affirm a German preoccupation with order. A Spiegel Online article by Sebastian Knauer entitled “The Importance of Order: German Researchers Tackle Untidy Desks” describes […]
Vasanta Group, the parent company behind some of the largest office suppliers in the UK, has been saved from insolvency by a combined private equity and bank-backed takeover. Private equity group Endless provided £22 million while banks including Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks, agreed to swap 75% of Vasanta’s […]
Data insecurity Samsung claims from a poll of 4,500 European office workers an alarming lack of security awareness among UK workers when printing documents. Just under half of all employees are regularly exposed to sensitive data, such as salary details and CVs, abandoned on a printer. Workers in UK organisations such as banks and financial […]
Paperstone has picked up 2009’s Independent Dealer Success (IDS) League Web Dealer of the Year award. Paperstone also came 4th overall in the league’s Dealer of the Year 2009. The competition is organised by the office products trade magazine, Dealer Support. The data sent in by the competing companies is collated by MWA, an independent […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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