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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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Are You Entitled To Some Free Training?

By Paperstone on 1 July 2014 in Office Life with 0 Comments
Are You Entitled To Some Free Training?

If you fancy updating your work skills and professional development, why not be brave and ask your boss? You may find you have a strong case, depending on the size of the company you work for. The right to request time to train came into force in the UK in April 2010. It allows employees […]

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Calm Down, Dear – It’s Only a Job

By Paperstone on 18 March 2014 in Office Life, Office Workers with 0 Comments
Calm Down, Dear – It’s Only a Job

If you have a high-powered, demanding job, and you feel stressed out, try some of the following tips recommended by experts: Take time “off the grid” – go offline, and turn your mobile off too. You can’t do this during your contracted working hours, but you can do it in the evenings and at weekends. […]

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Mesopotamian Tax

By Paperstone on 15 March 2014 in Office Life with 0 Comments
Mesopotamian Tax

It’s the end of the financial year – and if you’re in business, time to work out your end of year figures. You won’t need to get your tax return in just yet – but eventually the taxman will need to know how much money you’ve made. If you hate paying income tax (most people […]

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Paperstone team raise £71 for charity by homebaking!

By Paperstone on 4 March 2014 in Charity, Food, Fun, Office Life with 0 Comments
Paperstone team raise £71 for charity by homebaking!

Staff at the Paperstone office got into the swing of things today by bringing in an array of homemade cakes, muffins, patties and other delightful edibles. This was in support of Dementia UK’s Time For A Cuppa fundraising initiative to raise awareness of Dementia and have some fun at work this week (3-8th March 2014). Together the staff raised £71 […]

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Bring Me Sunshine

By Paperstone on 3 March 2014 in Fun, Office Life with 0 Comments
Bring Me Sunshine

Finding it hard to get out of bed after weeks of dark, depressing, stormy weather? The lack of sunshine in the UK has brought an air of gloom to many offices and workplaces. “I can’t wait for winter to end” is a common complaint as an estimated one in four of us responds to glum […]

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What do David Beckham and the Governor of the Bank of England have in common?

By Paperstone on 13 February 2014 in Laptop Cases & Bags, Office Life with 0 Comments
What do David Beckham and the Governor of the Bank of England have in common?

Chaps – do you use a ‘man bag’ to carry your stuff to the office? David Beckham has been using one for years, and Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, also favours a luxury, high fashion bag rather than a traditional brief case. It’s taken a decade for them to catch on, but […]

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