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Men Get Receptive

By Paperstone on January 20, 2012 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Men Get Receptive

Male receptionists are becoming more common in the workplace, according to a new survey commissioned by Reception Management Services Office Concierge. Five years ago, men were almost completely absent from the reception desks of offices in the West End and the City five years ago Now, men account for more than a fifth of receptionist […]

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Pencil Seating

By Paperstone on November 15, 2011 in Office Furniture, Pencils & Accessories with 0 Comments
Pencil Seating

Just as a bed of nails can support the weight of a person without piercing that person’s skin (because the weight is distributed across many nails), so this Pencil Bench by Boex can be sat on without fear of snapping the individual elements. Apparently “stemming from a single conversation to see if we could incorporate […]

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Poll: Filthy Office Desks

By Paperstone on October 13, 2011 in Janitorial, Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Poll: Filthy Office Desks

A new survey of desk hygiene, commissioned by office supplies firm Viking, has identified lawyers amongst the most unhygienic office workers in the UK. Office desks, telephones and keyboards were swabbed for germs, spoiled food and mold. Lawyers, accountants and computer workers were found to have the most unhygienic work areas while social workers were […]

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Dangers of Al Desko Eating

By Paperstone on August 30, 2011 in Catering, Janitorial, Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Dangers of Al Desko Eating

A new survey suggests eating at our desks is still a dominant practice amongst office workers – even while an infamous University of Arizona study reported that our desks carry 400 times more dangerous bacteria than the average public toilet seat. Of the American office worker informants questioned in the 2011 Desktop Dining Survey, 83 […]

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The End of Office Space?

By Paperstone on July 27, 2011 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments

Fifty-eight percent of UK workers believe that offices will be redundant in ten years time as technology further facilitates mobile working. Virgin Media Business commissioned a survey of 1,000 office workers to mark the 10th anniversary of Ricky Gervais’ and Stephen Merchant’s ‘The Office’ which first screened in the UK on 9th July 2001. Technological […]

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Watch It Shred: Filing Cabinets

By Paperstone on June 15, 2011 in Office Furniture, Office Machines & Supplies with 0 Comments

If you like watching things get destroyed, SSI Shredding Systems’ Shred of the Month may be up your street. SSI’s industrial shredders make light work of anything from aluminium cans and medical waste to couches, filing cabinets and tree stumps. SSI have provided a movie gallery of industrial shredders in action. Watch a filing cabinet […]

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Sitting Down Is Killing You

By Paperstone on May 30, 2011 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Sitting Down Is Killing You

The Daily Infographic recently posted a Medical Billing and Coding visualisation of the ways in which sitting – at one’s desk or at home – can be detrimental to one’s health. The Infographic, entitled “Sitting Down Is Killing You,” is slightly alarmist and is loaded with the message that sitting causes, rather than is correlated […]

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Office Work Bad for You

Office Work Bad for You

A round of recent studies have confirmed the health risks inherent in sedentary office work. The Zambian Independent Online has recently summarised the main maladies associated with office work. Colon cancer People who work in sedentary jobs for 10 years or more double their risk of colon cancer. Some make a link between prolongued sitting […]

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An Office Lost-It

The <PrtScn> function takes on new meaning as a wound-up rusty spring of an office worker tussles with a photocopier toner cartridge and gets sprayed with its ink powder. Avenging seemingly not only this outrage but existential injustice in general, the man tears his computer monitor from his workstation and places it screen down on […]

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Office Discomfort

By Paperstone on February 21, 2011 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Office Discomfort

Most office workers are uncomfortable at their desks, according to a new poll by Staples Advantage. Eighty-six percent of employees said they experienced some discomfort when sitting at their workstations. Over one in three said access to ergonomic furniture would make their work environment more pleasant. Almost half said they would be more productive and […]

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