Office Supplies

Filling the spare room with office equipment is no longer the preferred choice for those working from home, according to reports. Even loft conversions, outbuildings and extensions are starting to disappear from the mind of the homeworker. Instead, office furniture and office supplies are finding their way into the nation’s gardens as flexible working gives […]

The growing demand for environmentally friendly goods and services has given office equipment manufacturers the opportunity to go green, experts have claimed. Other sectors have already made it clear that they have grand intentions to do their bit to aid the environment, with HSBC announcing it plans to become the first carbon neutral bank and […]

From this week, manufacturers and retailers of office equipment and office machines such as computers and printers will have to pay to have them recovered and recycled. The EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, which finally came into force in the UK on January 2nd, requires office equipment manufacturers to reduce the amount […]

As concerns grow over the negative effect business is having on the environment, Peterborough City Council is looking to cut it carbon footprint through a comprehensive review of the way in which it procures its office supplies. According to the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, the council says its old system, whereby items of office equipment such […]

Students in Wales have lobbied their university to implement better environmental provisions, according to the newsPaper Gair Rhydd. The weekly Paper has reported that 2,000 students have signed a petition calling on Cardiff University’s senior staff members to work at bettering its environmental record and to increase the amount of recycling of office supplies and […]

Offices in west London are to get special boxes to help them implement effective workplace recycling schemes. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is hoping that it can increase recycling rates in the area by providing offices with a simple box that they can put recyclable office supplies into. The Office Recycling Box is […]

Office equipment manufacturer Brother has unveiled a new all-in-one inkjet printer that can fax, scan and copy. Brother’s MFC-5460CN model comes network ready, meaning it can be brought into any office environment and placed at the heart of operations. Printing 22 pages per minute (ppm) in colour and 30 ppm in black and white, Brother […]

The designers at Buffalo have had a busy few weeks, taking everyday office equipment and giving it a thoroughly 21st century flavour. Everybody knows that your PC mouse is a simple piece of office equipment that carries out simple point and click tasks and lets you navigate around your computer screen. So why mess with […]

Well-designed and practical office products will be at the heart of office supply choices over the next 12 months, according to a renowned trend researcher. Gunnar Frank, a trend expert, has made his predictions ahead of the Paperworld exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. He claims that office products that lighten the workload and are simultaneously a […]