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Your empty cartridges doing their bit….

Your empty cartridges doing their bit….

This week, we totted up the difference between the cost of the safe disposal of your old remanufactured cartridges and the residual value of your empty originals. The balance has been rounded up to £200 and donated to Macmillan Cancer...
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Paper Price Rises

Paper Price Rises

We have all had a challenging decade thus far and it's safe to say that we are not out of the woods yet. Although the COVID pandemic is abating, a new normal has yet to be reached and it's in...
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Go Green in 2020

Go Green in 2020

As we embark on a new year and new decade, nothing is more topical and important than how we can reduce our impact on the environment personally and at work. On average, the office worker generates a substantial amount of...
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The Art of Filing

The Art of Filing

Managing your documents ...and your time Have you ever kept a client or your boss waiting on the phone while you've searched the piles of papers on your desk for an important document? If you have, then they may have a...
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AEDs in the workplace

AEDs in the workplace

How to Save a Life: Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are becoming more available in workplaces and public spaces. If you currently don’t have a defibrillator installed in your workplace, or have access to one, here are some important facts to...
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Recycle your Batteries with Us

Recycle your Batteries with Us

Did you know that each year in the UK we throw away around 600 million batteries? Laid end-to-end these batteries would reach from the UK to Australia and back again. That is a lot of batteries! Batteries can be found...
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Slips, Trips & Falls – Have you got it covered?

Slips, Trips & Falls – Have you got it covered?

✚ An estimated 172,050 non-fatal injuries in the workplace were caused by slips, trips & falls during 2017/2018. ✚ 50% of slips, trips & falls involve members of the public ✚ Slips, trips & falls costs the EU economy an...
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Ditch the Plastic

Ditch the Plastic

Sir David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II has helped put plastic pollution high up on all our agendas, by showing us how much of it is ending up in the world’s oceans, and how much damage it’s causing our natural environment....
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Going Green

Going Green

GOING GREEN Be a part of the Global Clean-up Saving the environment is the hot topic on everyone’s lips this year, as the impact of our plastic usage dawns on us, and the continued effect of Global Warming becomes more...
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What does your handwriting say about you?

What does your handwriting say about you?

Are you first to volunteer as scribe, scrambling to the boardroom flip chart, marker pen in hand, desperate to showcase your calligraphy skills? Or, do you hide your hands under the table to avoid unveiling your doctor’s prescription type-scrawl? Perhaps...
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How to get a Goodie Bag

How to get a Goodie Bag

We have had some lovely testimonials and feedback from our clients over the years. Sometimes we will get an enquiry from a new customer, that has been speaking with one of you. We really want to say thank you properly...
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How your used toners made £317.31 for MACMILLAN

How your used toners made £317.31 for MACMILLAN

This year we have had a record number of customers taking up our used toner and ink collection service. These used toners and inks have a residual value for their use in the remanufactured market. When we collect them from...
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Should I use a hand dryer or a paper towel?

Should I use a hand dryer or a paper towel?

Winter is coming…. The long days of summer (Did we have one?) are being replaced with darkness and a definite chill.  Along with which comes all the bugs and germs that winter will throw at us.One sure-fire way to keep...
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How your office can help you live a better life

How your office can help you live a better life

A happy workplace is not something that happens by accident. It’s the product of both physical and intangible changes that makes a more harmonious workplace. Here are 10 things you can do immediately to create a better office environment. 1:...
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Can I recycle Ink & Toners

Can I recycle Ink & Toners

In case you weren’t aware, as a commercial consumer, your company has a responsibility to account for all its waste. As a nation, we (quite responsibly) have set ourselves some very high targets in relation to recycling and reusing as...
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What is a printer drum?

What is a printer drum?

Laser Printing in a Nutshell First, the data for a page is sent to the printer. Then, a sheet of paper is drawn into the printer by rollers. The sheet passes over a wire or some electrically charged rollers. This gives...
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Is it time for a new office chair?

Is it time for a new office chair?

The Office Chair Invariably you will have one of these at your desk. You'll likely be seated right now, but are you sitting comfortably? If you work full time and you are office based you may spend 1200 hours a year...
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A new printer?

A new printer?

It is possible to spend from £50 - £1000 on a printer, there are a myriad of options – inkjet or laser, full colour or mono print, auto feed, MFP, duplex, auto duplex, networked, wireless, e-print capability, multiple tray, auto...
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What envelope do I need?

What envelope do I need?

Our handy envelope size guide below will help you work out which standard size envelope you’ll need, plus hopefully give you a good understanding of envelope sizing for the future. If you’re interested... DL originally stood for 'DIN Lang' which was...
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What causes paper to curl?

What causes paper to curl?

There are several reasons as to why this curling occurs. These include poor paper quality due to manufacturer error, moisture and fuser error. Below are three common causes of paper curling, and solutions to reduce curling in the future. 1....
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All you need to know about Paper

All you need to know about Paper

There are many different kinds and types of printer paper, and one size does not fit all. In fact, a specific grade of paper that might be perfect for one particular task or purpose may be entirely unsuitable for another....
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