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Waterman’s PureWhite Collection follows he fashion for fresh, simple refnement with n attractive combination of white lacquer fnish and nickel palladium-plated trims. There re four pens in the series, anging in price from £38 to £210. Each one is based on n existingWaterman design nd available in a choice of writing tip including fountain pen, rollerball, ballpoint and mechanical pencil. The Pure White Collection includes the limline Hémisphère Essential White; the classic, cigar-haped Expert DeluxeWhite, with palladium-plated cap; he contemporary, tubular erspectiveWhite; and the upremely elegant Carène ContemporaryWhite & Gunmetal, featuring a sold gold nib and a decorative gunmetal cap. All are designed and manufactured in France.

Nectar Business loyalty cardholders can look forward to earning points every time they send a parcel following a partnership between business-to-business loyalty programme Nectar Business and DHL Express. Cardholders will receive two points for every pound spent with the delivery company. Other Nectar Business partners include Viking Direct, Hertz, Thomson Local, American Express, Dulux Decorator Centres, Brakes Food Services, Premierline Direct insurance plus more than 500 online retailers.

Billed as the world’s frst eraseable self-adhesive note, Magic Sticky Notes are the latest product in MagicWhiteboard’s rapidly expanding product range. Like other Magic products, they can be written on with a dry whiteboard marker pen, erased and used again.

They are available in two sizes: 10x10cm, from a 50-sheet Magic Sticky Notes Pad; and 15x10cm from a 50-sheet Magic Sticky Notes Mini Roll. As well as being a useful way of leaving notes for people, Magic Sticky Notes can be used instead of tape or tack: place one on the back of a piece of paper, then press it to a wall, door or window and it will remain it in place. Magic Sticky Notes cost £5.99 for 50 sheets plus a free marker pen.

Staedtler’s digital pen brings together paper-based and electronic note-taking. The combination of an electronic ballpoint pen and a digital receiver that clips to any notepad allows handwritten notes and drawings to be captured as they are written. Later these can be downloaded to a PC via USB for editing and distribution. Up to 100 A4 pages can be stored on the digital receiver before it becomes necessary to free up space by downloading.

Scotch Easy Tear tape from 3M is being promoted as an easy-to-use alternative to other tapes on the market. In our tests, it certainly lived up to its name. Force of habit compelled me to tear the tape between my teeth and in this it did seem to perform better than other tapes mainly because the adhesive does not rip the skin from one’s lips. An alternative, equally easy, if slightly less accurate option is to tear the tape by hand. Verdict: A worthy rival to established brands, but not a life-changer.

3L has expanded its range of labelling products with new indexing products and useful self-laminating tags for identifying a wide range of items.

The new indexing tabs include repositionable, writable Index Arrows, MiniTabs in a range of fuorescent and pastel colours and new colours for the existing range of 3L Index Tabs.

3L’s self-laminating tags are a great way to label personal or shared belongings of any size. Inserts can be written by hand or printed using the company’s free Insert Maker software.

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