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Green wheels for Pukka Pads
Stationery firm Pukka Pads has replaced its company car fleet with
hybrid vehicles. The Poole-based business has bought two Toyota Prius
T Spirit for its sales team – minimising its fuel costs and reducing its
carbon emissions. A third Prius will be added to the fleet of hybrid cars in
October.
www.pukka-pads.co.uk
Hidden cost of office pilfering
British workers who ‘borrow’ things from their offices are racking up
costs of £2 billion a year and unwittingly leaving their employers open to
security breaches with far-reaching implications.
Research conducted by the British Science Festival in Guildford revealed
that more than two-thirds of people in office jobs have admitted taking
stationery from work.
Banner Business Services is calling for offices up and down the country
to tighten their stationery security. The office products and services supplier
has identified the most popular items taken include: Post-it notes, sellotape,
scissors, toilet roll, photocopier paper, USB memory sticks, notepads, pens,
staplers and highlighters.
Marketing Manager Anne Patton said, “Although the taking of stationery
items may seem trivial, the cost soon starts to add up, especially when you
consider one in twenty employees admitted to taking valuable items such as
mobile phones or computer hardware.
“Petty theft becomes an even bigger problem though when items such
as memory sticks go missing, as they often contain confidential data which
can open the door to all sorts of security risks such as fraud and breaches of
confidentiality.”
Banner advises businesses to tighten up their internal systems. “Office
managers should keep a log of all stationery items, outline the costs and
implications to staff, announce that periodic and unannounced audits will be
undertaken and keep stationery keys in a safe place,” said Patton.
www1.banner-online.biz
ExaClair competition
ExaClair Limited has launched a major new campaign offering
end users the opportunity to win a weekend break abroad.
The promotion enables purchasers of its Exactive green filing
products targeted at business
executives on the move, to
enter a free prize draw for the
chance of winning one of five
Eurostar breaks.
To enter, simply send your
name and address details
via email or post, along with
the last six digits from the
barcode of any purchased
item to ExaClair, before the
closing date (July 31).
www.exaclair.co.uk
New Union Jack range
Snopake has launched a fantastic
new Union Jack designed filing and
presentation product range. This range
is being launched to capitalise on all the
amazing events in 2012, including the
Olympics, the Queens Diamond Jubilee
and the European Football tournament.
This Limited Edition range of
polypropylene products consists of Polyfile,
DocBox, Display Book, RingBinder, Penpal
and Expanding Organiser and is strong
enough to keep your tickets safe, all your
memorabilia filed, and your memories saved
for years to come.
www.snopake.com
03
Bulletin
New stationery and office products
06
Paper
A round-up of the latest news
12
Filing and storage
Filing, organising and presentation tools
15
Ergonomics
Fidgeting equates to 24.4 lost
working days per employee per year
16
Notebooks
P2P favourites within the notebook sector
18
Labels
Solutions for small businesses
20
Mailing
Price hikes impact on SMEs
23
Icons
Over 100 years
combining quality with
functionality
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