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Working from home – setting up your home office space

By Paperstone on July 30, 2018 in Office Environment, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Working from home – setting up your home office space

Do you have plans to avoid the daily commute and work from home instead? There are many benefits from making such an arrangement, whether you are an employee or a freelance. While home working doesn’t suit everyone, it’s becoming increasingly popular and much more acceptable to many employers. Years ago, working from home was seen […]

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Keep cool in the office this summer

By Paperstone on July 11, 2018 in Catering, Office Environment with 0 Comments
Keep cool in the office this summer

How to keep your cool… Summer has got off to a great start this year – hip, hip hooray! But many offices can get incredibly hot in midsummer. Stay calm and productive throughout the season with these useful tips for keeping cool: Be an early bird! If your employer allows it, move to flexible working. […]

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Paperstone’s guide to office moves – top tips for expanding and relocating

Paperstone’s guide to office moves – top tips for expanding and relocating

An office move can be great for a business if it’s handled well and carefully considered. Here at Paperstone we’re part way through our own move into a larger space, so the following is based on our own very recent experience! If you’re planning to expand or relocate your office, read our top tips for […]

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Beat the rat race with home working

By Paperstone on September 11, 2017 in Office Environment, Office Life, Office Workers, Start-ups with 0 Comments
Beat the rat race with home working

Working from home sounds like an ideal solution to the rat race – you can combine a few hours of well-paid work every day with a semi-Bohemian lifestyle, reading classical literature and sipping Americano in your secret hideaway café. It’s true that home-working has many advantages- not least that you can slip outside for a […]

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Should Your Business Ban Email?

By Paperstone on June 4, 2015 in Office Environment, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Should Your Business Ban Email?

It’s been estimated that over 144 billion emails are sent every day, 89 billion of those being from businesses.  The world census shows that there are 7 billion people in the world. This means that there are more than 20 times the amount of emails sent every day, than there are people on the planet.  […]

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Neurological Hat Stand Blues – When Your Wife’s Head is a Hat

By Paperstone on May 27, 2014 in Office Environment with 0 Comments
Neurological Hat Stand Blues – When Your Wife’s Head is a Hat

A hat and coat stand is a useful addition to any office (and we sell them here at paperstone.co.uk) – but did you hear about the man who mistook his wife for a hat stand? The man was suffering from a neurological condition called visual agnosia, so his brain was unable to process visual information […]

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Clockwatching

By Paperstone on May 28, 2013 in Office Environment, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Clockwatching

Do you want to get on with your colleagues and impress your boss? Then don’t get fixated by the clock when you’re at work. Dictionary.com defines a clock watcher as “an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the […]

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Nobody’s Mug

By Paperstone on April 26, 2013 in Office Environment with 0 Comments
Nobody’s Mug

Heralded as the ‘Clever Compartmentalised Mug’, Ibrahim Guvendikler’s Teacup brings an end to all of your most grating Teabag disposal issues. You make yourself a cup of tea and, being a conscientious worker, you want to take it back to your desk. It does of course need enough time to brew so the teabag comes […]

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Filthy Office Supplies

Filthy Office Supplies

Taking swabs of office equipment in New York, San Francisco and Tucson, scientists have revealed something of the microscopic ecosystems that exist on our keyboards, desktops and chairs. It is a truism that your keyboard is crawling with bacteria. However, researchers have been able to glean a more precise picture by looking very closely at […]

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Sneaky Smokers’ Surreptitious Cigarettes

By Paperstone on May 12, 2012 in Mailroom & Warehouse, Office Environment with 0 Comments
Sneaky Smokers’ Surreptitious Cigarettes

Workplace bans on indoor smoking seem to driving smokers to desperate means. One in three smokers admits to making up excuses to nip out for a fag, a shocking survey reveals. More than a third of smoking workers offer to do extra jobs outside their role so they can go for an additional cigarette break. […]

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