Are your Christmas decorations really posh, or have you put up some simple paper chains? Paper chains have been popular in England since Victorian times. They were often made by children and glued together with flour and water paste. It was a tradition to write the names of family members, relatives and friends on each […]
Are you shopping online for last-minute pressies? Be careful – not everyone is full of Christmas cheer. Massive numbers are logging on for festive shopping – but callous fraudsters prowl cyberspace. Cyber criminals conned consumers out of £12m last Christmas. Action Fraud received more than 10,000 crime reports, with the average loss to victims at […]
Season’s Greetings from The Paperstone Team! Just to let you know that during the festive period, it’s pretty much business as usual here at Paperstone. We’ll be in the office to take your calls on all weekdays except the three festive bank holidays (Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day) and also 27th December. […]
Are you responsible for the stationery supplies at your place of work? If so, you’d be well advised to keep it all under lock and key, away from light-fingered colleagues! More than a quarter of British workers brazenly admit they have stolen items from their employers, according to the findings of a new survey. Seventy […]
A teenage artist has given herself a leg up into the art world- thanks to her unusual habit of drawing on her thighs. Jody Steel, 19, shot to fame after her ‘leg doodles’- drawn during college lectures- went viral. The film production student even impressed her teacher with the thigh drawings…. so he offered her […]
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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