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We Love This LEGO Office Cubicle

By Paperstone on 6 November 2014 in Fun, Office Life, Office Supplies, Office Workers with 0 Comments
We Love This LEGO Office Cubicle

We love this wonderfully accurate LEGO set showing an office worker flanked by his two trusty monitors while he chats with his colleague over a coffee and a cookie – and it could one day hit the shops. Submitted to LEGO Ideas by a user called Tobinsbricks, the model of this familiar scene could be […]

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Is This The World’s Spookiest Office Desk?

By Paperstone on 31 October 2014 in Fun, Office Furniture, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Is This The World’s Spookiest Office Desk?

What has happened to the Paperstone office this Halloween? The sales team are spooked, customer services are creeped out and the web team have the willies! A loud cackling can be heard from the stationery cupboard as pumpkins sprout from desks and ghosts and ghouls circle the cauldron that’s appeared in the kitchen. Our head […]

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Watch Your Back for Backcare Awareness Week 2014

By Paperstone on 7 October 2014 in Health & Safety, Office Furniture, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Watch Your Back for Backcare Awareness Week 2014

Working in an office can sometimes be a pain in the neck, if you’re one of millions who suffer from back pain at work. October 6- 12 is Backcare Awareness Week and this year the spotlight is on office workers and the problems they encounter with back and shoulder pain. The campaign is organised by BackCare, […]

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October Is Make A Difference Month

By Paperstone on 1 October 2014 in Charity, Fun, Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
October Is Make A Difference Month

October is Make a Difference Month when we are all encouraged to contribute to our communities and make the world a better place. The event is organised by the Community Service Volunteers (CSV), a UK-based volunteering and training charity which has been around for more than 50 years.  In the past 12 months, CSV has […]

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Help Host the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning this Friday

By Paperstone on 23 September 2014 in Charity, Fun, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Help Host the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning this Friday

Thinking of supporting the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday, September 26? It doesn’t have to be just about coffee and cake – there are some fun ways to spice up this annual fund-raiser for Macmillan Cancer Support. Here are some ideas from the Macmillan website – see if any of them take your fancy: Give your […]

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Jeans for Genes Day 2014

By Paperstone on 15 September 2014 in Fun, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Jeans for Genes Day 2014

A staggering half a million children and adults in the UK are living with genetic disorders. You can support them through Jeans for Genes Day this Friday, September 19. Jeans for Genes Day is an annual fundraising event that was started in the early 1990’s by two brothers in Dorset. So why not get your office […]

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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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Why We Should Work a Four-Day Week

By Paperstone on 6 August 2014 in Office Workers with 0 Comments
Why We Should Work a Four-Day Week

Brits would be healthier if everyone worked a four day week. That’s the view of one of the UK’s top doctors. At the moment, some people are stressed from long working hours, while others are suffering mentally through unemployment. Professor John Ashton, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, wants to see the ‘normal’ […]

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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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