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Bring Your Manners to Work Day

By Paperstone on 2 September 2014 in Fun, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Bring Your Manners to Work Day

We all take stuff to work- our mobile phones, a little cash, and maybe a packed lunch. Most of us hopefully take our manners to work too, and remember to treat our colleagues with politeness and respect. But just in case we should forget, next Friday (September 5th) is Bring Your Manners to Work Day. […]

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Our 10th Birthday Party – Cake, Candles and … ClueQuest!

By Paperstone on 29 August 2014 in Fun, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Our 10th Birthday Party – Cake, Candles and … ClueQuest!

Birthdays are typically celebratory affairs, but following a nutritious meal of pizza, beer and cake last night the gloves came off for the “live escape” game ClueQuest (Operation BlackSheep). Everyone at Paperstone was divided into two teams, locked in two separate rooms in East London and instructed to complete an interstellar sabotage mission. The teams had to […]

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We Are 10! Paperstone Celebrates Its First Decade

By Paperstone on 19 August 2014 in Fun, Paperstone Company News with 0 Comments
We Are 10! Paperstone Celebrates Its First Decade

By late summer 2014, a whole decade will have passed since Paperstone was founded. Doesn’t time just fly? From our humble beginnings to the dizzy heights of receiving website accolades, a lot has happened in that time and we feel its a milestone worth celebrating with our customers. So to mark our first decade, we’ve […]

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Eyes to the Left – 13th August is Left Handed Day 2014!

By Paperstone on 11 August 2014 in Fun with 0 Comments
Eyes to the Left – 13th August is Left Handed Day 2014!

Are you left-handed? If so, why not strike a blow for lefties everywhere by joining in the 23rd annual Left Handers Day tomorrow, August 13th? Left-handed people often get frustrated because everything from their computer mouse to scissors were designed for right-handers. So this year, on Left Handers Day, declare part of your office a […]

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Thinking Outside The Crate – How a Beer Brewer Made His CV Stand Out

By Paperstone on 28 July 2014 in Fun, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Thinking Outside The Crate – How a Beer Brewer Made His CV Stand Out

Do you want your CV to stand out from the crowd? The answer may be to think creatively, like graphic designer Brennan Gleason. Enterprising Brennan likes to brew his own ale – and created a four-pack of his home brew with his CV printed on the cardboard carrying crate. He gave the beer the title […]

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Get Ready For A Green Grassy Love Parks Week 2014

By Paperstone on 16 July 2014 in Fun, Health & Safety, Office Life with 0 Comments
Get Ready For A Green Grassy Love Parks Week 2014

Summer’s here – and it’s time to enjoy fun in your local park. We can’t always get out of town and into the countryside, so the green spaces in our cities are a lifeline. Walking in the park is a huge stress buster – and these visits can reduce illnesses too. A daily stroll in […]

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The Art of Doodling

By Paperstone on 10 July 2014 in Artists & Graphics Supplies, Fun with 0 Comments
The Art of Doodling

Are you a doodler? Psychologists have found that doodling helps us focus and remember details if we are studying or speaking on the phone. One well-known doodler was the Noble Laureate in Literature for 1913, poet Rabindranath Tagore, who made huge number of doodles in his famous manuscript. Another doodler was the poet and doctor […]

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Don’t Get Stung – How To Avoid Wasps This Summer

By Paperstone on 4 July 2014 in Fun, Office Life with 0 Comments
Don’t Get Stung – How To Avoid Wasps This Summer

Do you like a scrumptious smoothie in the office? Or a perfect punnet of strawberries for a summery snack? When the office windows are open, watch out for wasps, those slim-waisted, stripy predators with a nasty, aggressive streak. They are always poised for an air strike when human food is unwrapped. In the early summer […]

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Will We Be Printing Our Dinners Soon? Meet the ‘Fruit Printer’

By Paperstone on 26 June 2014 in Fun, Printers & Fax Machines with 0 Comments
Will We Be Printing Our Dinners Soon? Meet the ‘Fruit Printer’

It looks as if we may be doing more than printing documents in the office soon – we may be printing our lunch as well! A design studio in Cambridge has launched a 3D fruit printer, which creates ‘fruit’ that you can eat. The company, Dovetailed, has been working with Microsoft on the molecular gastronomy […]

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Shard! Paperstone Competition Winner Takes Trip To ‘Vertical City’

By Paperstone on 11 June 2014 in Fun with 0 Comments
Shard! Paperstone Competition Winner Takes Trip To ‘Vertical City’

Congratulations to Nicola from London, pictured here enjoying the dizzy heights of the South Bank’s iconic Shard building – Europe’s first ‘vertical city’. Nicola was the lucky winner of a competition organised here at Paperstone to support Dementia UK’s Time for a Cuppa fundraising week. Nicola scooped tickets for the Shard’s viewing platform, as well […]

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