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p2p Magaz i ne | Autumn 10 | 03
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BALLPOINT MECHANICAL PENCIL
Multi-function
Offce products shows have had a chequered history in the
UK. Trade-focused events organised by wholesalers, like the
Spicers SOS Show (now relaunched as the 'Everything for the
Offce Show') are still busy and popular. Indeed, Spicers has
moved the show which takes place on December 8-9 to a
new venue (the Ricoh Arena in Coventry) to accommodate an
estimated 100 plus exhibitors. On the other side of the coin,
events targeted at end users and corporate purchasers have
proved far less successful. The demise of the Offce Products
Show, one half of the SOPX Show held for the last two
years at the Business Design Centre in April, is just the latest
example of an event that promised much but in the end
failed to deliver. Let's hope this month's offce* show –
a new exhibition targeted at stationery purchasers – is more
successful. Levels of innovation in the offce products industry
may have tailed off in the last few years, but there are still
products that are worth shouting about. The UK needs a
platform where stationery manufacturers and resellers can
promote them and where stationery buyers can experience
them at frst hand.
James Goulding, Editor
03 Bulletin
This month's most exciting
new stationery and offce
products.
10 Cover Story
De-clutter your
workstation with
AgfaPhoto.
12 Offce*
Show Preview
What to look out
for at the Capital's
new offce exhibition.
13 Stationery
Innovative products
that no stationery
cupboard should
be without.
Editor
James Goulding 07803 087228 [email protected]
Advertising Director
EthanWhite 01474 824711 [email protected]
Publishing Director
Neil Trim 07803 087229 dd 01737 249408 [email protected]
P2P is a supplement of Business Info Magazine.
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The paper used in this magazine is obtained from manufacturers who operate
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The paper is made from Elementary Chlorine Free (ECF) pulp, which is sourced
from sustainable, properly managed forestation.
14 Label Printers
1001 uses for Brother
desktop and handheld
label printers.
16 Recycled Paper
Who really benefts
from closed loop
recycling systems?
19 Paper round-up
Two pages of offce
paper news.
22 Identity theft
What businesses
must do to thwart
the identity
thieves.
CONTENTS
P E N T O P A P E R M A G A Z I N E A U T U M N 2 0 1 0
Every lap should
have one!
We featured the
Lapdesk in Business
Info earlier this year
and have been using it ever since.
So impressed are we with the
product that we feel it deserves
another mention and a Pen To Paper
Editor's Choice award.
The main purpose of the Lapdesk
is as a conference folder – but not
just any conference folder. Inside
are two fold-up faps that raise one
side of the folder, turning it into an
angled writing surface that provides
a much more comfortable (and
sturdy) platform than one's knees
when taking notes in conferences
and seminars where there are no
desks to lean on.
This may be its primary purpose,
but it is far from its only one.
I also use the Lapdesk as a briefcase
(it has a comfortable handle); as
a laptop stand; and as a platform
for a keyboard if I am typing while
leaning back or reclining in a more
comfortable chair.
The Lapdesk is available from
Hebden Design and costs £34.99.
Discounts are available for orders of
two or more.
07929 825302
www.conferenceconcepts.co.uk
Click & slide
The patented 'click and slide' mechanism is one of
the defning features of A.T. Cross's new Edge pen.
Slide-open and click-to-close technology gives
the pen a fresh new look that is enhanced with a
metallic fusion resin in Sonic Titanium, Jet Black,
Nitro Blue and Octane Green. The Cross Edge
takes gel ink or ballpoint reflls and costs £35.
01582 422793 www.cross.com
Greener tape
New from 3M, Scotch Magic 900
Tape is the most environmentally
friendly version yet. Made from
renewable wood fbre and a water-
based solvent-free adhesive, the tape
now has a 100% recycled carbon
core, which can be recycled with
other paper waste at end of life, and
comes in a simple recycled carton
with no plastic packaging. Even the
optional desk dispenser is made from
100% recycled plastic.
www.scotch-tape.co.uk/
900gogreener
Strong messages
Laminaid is a quick and easy means
of fxing laminated notices to posts.
The patented two-piece plastic
clips, which snap together through
punched holes at the top and
bottom of a laminated sheet, give
the notice stiffness and provide a
loop through which a cable tie can
be threaded. 01296 586 498
www.laminaid.com
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