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Social Media in the Workplace
Social media has become a huge part of our daily lives, we can debate for hours whether that is a good thing or not, but when it comes to the workplace, where does social media fit in? It’s a question many businesses are having to consider, and it is not as simple as you might
PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL WELLNESS IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY WITH TRUSENS
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, many have adjusted to remote work, education and entertainment, forcing them to spend more time indoors than ever before.  With all this time being spent indoors, TruSens™, a brand of air purifiers designed to improve indoor air quality, is focusing on environmental wellness by purifying the air you and your family
The Secret Diary of a Stationery Lover
It’s good to be back in the office after that wretched enforced Christmas break, isn’t it? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t love the festive season, I don my Christmas jumper on the big day like everyone else – this year it was a particularly fetching gift-wrapping jumper, knitted by my grandmother
Sound of Acoustics
The popular open plan office was once hailed as the solution to boosting cooperation and productivity. But as the number of open, collaborative spaces increases, so do the levels of noise, stress, and anxiety in the workplace. Noise pollution can lead to increased stress levels and dissatisfaction not just with the work environment, but also
Following a successful inaugural year in 2022 Keep It Local Week returns in 2023 even bigger and better as we continue in our quest to transform the buying habits of a nation and make supporting local suppliers the number one factor when choosing where to buy from. Is that ambitious? Of course it is. But
Climate conversations can be filled with technical language. This is important in some situations, but we need to break through jargon to help the broader community better understand climate change and empower everyone to act. There are so many ways individuals, organizations, companies and governments can contribute, but to do so, we all need to
Secret Diary of a Stationery Lover
This month marks a special birthday for me as I hit the half century in years, or as I like to call it 20 plus 30 years. Twenty years of growing up followed by thirty years in charge of the stationery cupboard at the various companies I have worked at, ensuring the smooth operation of
office solutions certainty and trust
Why people want certain office solutions?
Why people and organisations just want certainty and peace of mind? ✔ They want to be certain that what you have agreed will happen ✔ They want to be certain you’ll turn up on time ✔ They want to be certain you won’t increase their agreement price ✔ They want to be certain you’ll provide
Microsoft
How did Microsoft choose their name?
Do you know how the name ‘Microsoft’ came about? Gates and Allan wrote the first personal computer operating system (Basic) for the worlds first personal computer (Altair). Cleverly Gates made sure the deal allowed them to keep ownership of the software. This allowed Gates and Allen to license it for use to future PC manufacturers,
The historical digital revolution journey
It seems, the digital revolution took much longer to unfold than the industrial revolution… How do we know? Because author and business professional Walter Isaacson wrote a book called ‘The Innovators,’ which details the first dabbling in computing right through the decades to the present day. It’s amazing to think people (who had brilliant minds)
fooled by randomness
Are we being fooled by randomness?
Don’t you find that some people are just lucky? There’s a guy I know (Sean) who wins most of the bottles of booze at the school fair, regularly wins small cash pots from the lottery, and just seems to come up trumps more often than others. In fact, if you dropped him in a bucket
Simon Jordan
How Simon Jordan lost £75 million?
If you sold your company for £75 million, would you go buy your local football club? And I don’t just mean Haslingden St Marys in the West Lancs league or Clitheroe FC in the Northern Premier League. I’m talking about the equivalent of buying Blackburn Rovers or Burnley, not in todays money, but back in
kendo nagasaki electric car
Why Kendo Nagasaki loves an electric car?
Meet Paul Bolton (AKA Kendo) our technical director at MY Total Office Solutions… For those in the dark, we call him Kendo after Kendo Nagasaki the masked Japanese (not really) TV wrestler from the 70’s and 80’s. And if you want to know why, either ask him or me, it’s funny, but too long for
Here’s our office technology story. What’s yours?
Story is the best way to show people your journey, whilst detailing your why… Our story started 20 years ago when we opened a retail store selling printer cartridge refills. Yes even 20 years ago we were promoting sustainability and being environmentally friendly. Loads has happened since then: ✔  We opened a network of cartridge
cowboy suppliers
Why you need to steer away from Cowboys?
With the economic market getting tougher, organisations will be looking to cut back on unnecessary expenditure, especially with suppliers whose services have increased in price without you realising. Office technology solutions is a sector notorious for cowboy suppliers who tie people into long term contracts, and who hit them with stealth price increases over time.
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