Are you ready for a ‘good to great’ business book review? ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins is a No. 1 bestseller and has now sold over 4 million copies. It’s an amazing study on why some companies manage to go from a good company to a great company, by sustaining high growth over a

Forget Black Friday & ignore Cyber Monday… Our special offer is running now & right up until midnight on 31st December. Buy 1 of our own brand printer cartridges (ink or toner) & get your 2nd cartridge (cheapest) at HALF PRICE! You can buy as many as you want, and you’ll get each 2nd cartridge

Apparently, Einstein once said… ‘Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world’ and ‘the greatest mathematical discovery of all time’. When discovering this, it reminded me of a fable: George had worked hard all his life, was clever with his investments and amassed a wealthy estate. His 2 sons (Paul & John and his

Meet Kris and Tess, they were walking the Rossendale Way yesterday… Whilst the Shiva Trust charity team were out planting our trees, and unbelievably, Kris & Tess decided to join in for an hour or 2. The Rossendale Way is a 45-mile circuit walk, and takes you over wild moorland, where you can explore a

Did you know? In 2005 some Silicon Valley tech firm firms (including Apple, Google & Intel) had a secret agreement not to poach employees from each other…. Straight up, it’s true! More than 64,000 people in Silicon Valley were affected and in 2015 Judge Lucy Koh approved a $415 million settlement. The aim of the

Meet Adrian (25) a Shiva Trust charity volunteer… Yesterday he planted 200 of our trees, all on his own. WOW! What an amazing person! You can get your very own tree planted with a donation to mental health charity Shiva Trust, by subscribing to any of our office technology solutions, including print & scan technology,

The most amazing tree thing happened… You know about our plant a tree campaign, don’t you? Where we and a group of other local businesses have pledged to plant trees on behalf of our customers, to help in the fight against de-forestation and climate change. And that now, we’re working in conjunction with mental health

Want to start your own business, but not confident you’ve got what it takes? Maybe the story of Walt Disney (yes, he’s a real person) can inspire you? In 1923 as a trained animator and aged just 21, Walt up sticked from Kansas City and moved to Los Angeles, to follow his dream of working

We’ve spotted a problem for small organisations & primary schools… The printer #technology solutions available are either too expensive or designed for much bigger organisations, with a high cost of entry and expensive printer cartridges. So, we’ve designed a solution for small work groups of 1 – 5 people or a primary #school classroom. It

I love reading about how other organisations look after their customers… I’m not sure if you’ve heard of Nordstrom? Back in the 90’s they were famed as having the best customer service in America. This book, written by Robert Spector (a freelance writer) in 1995, includes in depth interviews with the Nordstrom family, their employees,

Rossendale based mental health charity Shiva Trust & Haslingden based MY Total Office Solutions have commenced their mammoth tree planting project. During November 1,500 trees are being planted on the 26-acre farm where Shiva Trust operate a sanctuary for rescued animals, and offer support to people struggling with their mind, through their mental health and

Price comparison websites are embedded in society… There’s plenty of well-known players in the market like: ✔ gocompare.com & confused.com for insurance ✔ uswitch.com & simplyswitch.com for energy ✔ comparethemarket.com & moneysupermarket.com covering many things And you’ve even got journalist & television presenter Martin Lewis and his moneysavingexpert.com website, which offers advice with the top deals available based on his expertise. But what’s stopping you getting in

We’ve done some radical disruption to help in these tough times… We’re giving away print & scan technology like these digital MFD’s for free, which when bought new, would normally cost £1,000’s. All you pay is a low monthly fee to cover all consumables and life-time onsite warranty, starting from an amazing £29 a month.

In 1965 Nucor didn’t manufacture an ounce of steel & made no profits… But 30 years later they were the 4th largest steel maker in the world and by 1999 made greater profits than any other American steel maker. So, how did they achieve this? Well it started through great leadership, which resulted in building