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Recycling Office Supplies: Londoners Lag Behind Rest of UK

By Paperstone on 16 January 2010 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

A Lexmark study has found that Londoners do not recycle as much as others in the UK, with a tenth admitting to not doing it at all. Overall, however, the figures are encouraging, with over a quarter of Britons “recycling regularly.” Reusable ink cartridges have seen a boost in sales as more people seek to […]

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Office Furniture Essential to Morale

By Paperstone on 15 January 2010 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments

A recent survey conducted at the Office Exhibition in the Middle East found about half of the 1,000 office workers surveyed admitted there was no assessment of workspace comfort at their workplace. Workplace comfort was also seen as essential to boosting morale. Commmenting on the survey, Nick Burnett, the design director of CitySpace, said, “We […]

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Office Workers Booking Holidays Online

By Paperstone on 14 January 2010 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

According to a survey commissioned by sunshine.co.uk, more of us are booking our holidays online than ever. The number of office workers organising their holidays at work is on the rise, with 64 percent doing so from the office – an 11 percent rise on last year. Of the office bookers, a third said they […]

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1000th News story!

By Paperstone on 11 January 2010 in Paperstone Company News with 0 Comments

Our 1000th news story is that this is the 1000th news story. This is the 1000th news story that we have posted in our five-and-a-half year life. During that time, we have given you product reviews, industry news and all that’s beautiful in the Cosmos That Is Stationery. We’re always striving for an even better […]

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Chocolate Powder Mightier Than Sword

By Paperstone on 10 January 2010 in Catering, Paper, Pens & Pencils with 0 Comments

The Government is urging nurseries and childminders to encourage three- and four-year-old boys to write using materials such as chocolate powder and coloured sand in a bid to stop them falling behind girls. Young boys lag behind girls their age in terms of literacy. Government guidance sent out this month includes advice on role-playing activities […]

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£110m Squandered Heating Offices Over Xmas?

By Paperstone on 9 January 2010 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Make It Cheaper, the business price comparison service, has estimated that heating offices and leaving computers and other electrical equipment of stand-by could have cost UK businesses as much as £110 million over the 11-day Christmas period. According to Make It Cheaper’s calculations, the average office consumes energy at the rate of 10 kilowatt hours […]

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Michael McIntyre Only Funny To Office Workers

By Paperstone on 8 January 2010 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

In a recent interview veteran surrealist/slapstick comedian, Vic Reeves, criticised the ubiquitous and poshly noisy comic success of the last few years, Michael McIntyre. “He fits into what office workers like. He points out and notices things that everyone’s noticed already. The appeal is he creates a feeling the audience are part of a big […]

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Revealed: Wildest Office Party Names

By Paperstone on 6 January 2010 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

As we recover from consumptive excess and embark on short-lived New Year resolutions in response, a poll of 4,000 office workers commissioned by drinks company Vodka Kick has revealed that British office workers consider women named Sarah, Becky and Emma to be the wildest Christmas party girls. Wild boys were named as Chris, John and […]

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Recession Messes Up Offices

By Paperstone on 5 January 2010 in Janitorial with 0 Comments

A recent poll of 1,000 staff by maintenance firm, Resource GB, has revealed two in five businesses are spending less on cleaning and maintenance due to the Recession. In addition, a quarter of employees said they work in dirty offices. One-third considered their office unsafe. Said Esther Wassmann, managing director of Resource GB, “Managers must […]

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JLS Top Celeb Calendar Sales

By Paperstone on 4 January 2010 in Office & Personal Planning, Office Supplies with 0 Comments

As we take our first tentative steps into the ‘Teens, we can get a handle on at least some of the images that will accompany us throughout the coming year from Xmas sales of 2010 calendars. HMV and calendar-makers Danila have compiled their calendar chart for 2010 and it features January-through-December pics of newcomers as […]

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