After months of juggling homeschooling and working from home many families are now onto the next juggle – summer holidays and working from home. Oh the joys! One minute you’re filling in an excel spreadsheet, the next you’re desperately flicking through Netflix to find a children’s program they haven’t watched! If only you had planned […]

We’ve been busy preparing Paperstone HQ to make sure our return is as safe as possible. In this post, we’ll be talking you through the steps we’ve taken. It’s time for some of us to say goodbye to the corners of our bedrooms and dining tables to return to the office. We’re starting to emerge […]

If your business has invested in equipment to help your team work from home – including laptops, desks, and office chairs – the spend is exempt from tax and national insurance contributions. Lots of businesses have had their typically office-based teams working from home since lockdown began on 23 March 2020. Wow, that feels like […]

Since the evening of Monday 23rd March 2020, when lockdown began, rainbows have been appearing in windows nationwide. Rainbows have been drawn as a symbol of peace and hope, just like they appear when sunshine follows a heavy rainfall. They serve to remind us that there are hope and light to follow even after dark […]

It’s Monday and we’re starting another week of working remotely with children in tow. The parents among us in the Paperstone team have learned a lot these last couple of weeks. We’ve gathered a few tips on how to work from home when juggling children. We hope you find them useful. Create space Find a […]

With COVID-19 dominating the news headlines, we’re all looking for sensible ways to minimise the spread of the virus. Here at Paperstone we’ve increased our cleaning regime, stopped face-to-face external meetings and we’re working remotely when we can. We’re not the only ones; more and more businesses are encouraging people to work from home, where […]

It’s that time again. The end of the tax year. This annual event means one thing to many people…filing. Whether it’s your passion or your arch-nemesis, most of us that work in an office have to do it, in one way or another. This got us talking, at Paperstone HQ, about filing and our favourite […]

Coronavirus has hit the news in a big way. This new strain of virus has similar symptoms to other seasonal illnesses, including a fever, a cough and shortness of breath. Its status has been raised from low to moderate public risk. While the government explains that the risk to individuals remains low, we can all […]

Is Valentine’s Day all hearts and flowers for you? Or do you prefer to curl up into a ball and wait for it all to pass you by? At Paperstone HQ we’ve been swapping stories of ‘epic fail’ Valentine’s presents. One lucky lady was given supermarket flowers, the day after Valentine’s Day. They were battered, […]

When was the last time you sat down and had a proper chat with one of your colleagues? Thursday 6 February 2020 is ‘Time to talk day’ where we’re encouraged to talk about mental health with the people around us. One in four people are affected by mental health problems, but many still feel there’s […]