Posts for October 2010


Could you do business like Bigfoot? By Inksmith / 27 October 2010 / Tags: office kitchen equipment, warehouse shelving supplies, small business notepads, paper 0 Comments In his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential, American cook Anthony Bourdain talks about an ex-boss, a “cunning, manipulative, brilliant, mercurial” restaurateur called Bigfoot. I've summarised some of his entrepreneurial tactics and antics for your inspiration, but bear in mind this guy was hardcore. Read Full Post
FREE Kindles, vouchers and jewellery, oh my By Inksmith / 26 October 2010 / Tags: euroffice offers, highstreet voucher codes, amazon kindle giveaways 5 Comments For this week only in offers, you can bag yourself some high street vouchers for famous stores, jewellery and even an Amazon Kindle. Read Full Post
Has Chancellor George Osborne gone too far with public spending cuts? By tc / 25 October 2010 / Tags: savings, public spending cuts, economic recovery 5 Comments Has Chancellor George Osborne gone too far with public spending cuts? Read Full Post
The HSE launches 20-minute risk self-assessment By Inksmith / 25 October 2010 / Tags: office safety equipment, businesses safety signs, first aid kits 0 Comments The HSE have developed a new online survey tool to help businesses think about potential hazards in the workplace. Best of all, it should only take 20 minutes. Read Full Post
SME News roundup: New £1.5 billion fund unveiled By tc / 21 October 2010 / Tags: entrepreneurs, banking, £1.5 billion fund, telephone costs, business travellers 1 Comments This week in the news, a new £1.5 billion fund unveiled and half of business travellers claim to have lost profits because of being unable to make contact with colleagues or clients back home. Read Full Post
SMEs can beat the global brands on TweetFace but how? By Inksmith / 21 October 2010 / Tags: customer service, marketing, call centres, office phones conference products 2 Comments If you put the "personal" into your social network marketing and customer service, you could get far more payback than the global brands with their massive online promotion budgets. Read Full Post
Office luxuries: gold-plated staples By tc, Inksmith / 20 October 2010 / Tags: stationery, desktop stationery suppliers uk, stapling products, office staplers 5 Comments Want to add a bit of class to your office presentation? Dutch company OOOMS' gold-plated staples could be the key. Read Full Post
Small Business News SME; Changing Business Habits By tc / 19 October 2010 / Tags: small business news, finances, credit cards, cutbacks 1 Comments Watch this short SME News video broadcast, including in the news this week how businesses are changing their habits because of cuts. Read Full Post
Matching work to your mental energy By Inksmith / 18 October 2010 / Tags: wall planners, personal organisers, diaries, whiteboard, dry markers 0 Comments Map your daily energy at the office desk over a few weeks...The Simple Dollar blog has some intriguing advice on how to manage your energy during the week. Read Full Post
Want a cash injection for your business? By Inksmith / 15 October 2010 / Tags: small business news, finance, recession, credit, micro enterprise, mentoring 0 Comments Six British banks have joined hands to set up a £1.5bn business growth fund, to boost funding to small businesses. Read Full Post
Canon blocks print jobs by keyword By Inksmith / 13 October 2010 / Tags: office printer supplies, laser jet printer cartridges, discount printer and ink carts 4 Comments If someone tries to copy something they shouldn't, Canon's uniFLOW v5 system can email an administrator with a copy of the document and even email a notice to the culprit. Read Full Post
What are you doing for staff wellbeing? By Inksmith / 12 October 2010 / Tags: office health, office exercies, safety signs, first aid kits for offices, first aid supplies 6 Comments What are you doing for the wellbeing of your staff? According to the World Health Organization "It is a well-known fact nowadays that a healthy workforce in a healthy workplace also means a healthy business". Read Full Post
Wish your customers happy birthday By Inksmith / 11 October 2010 / Tags: office paper card stock, business card suppliers, office stationery online 5 Comments Here’s a example of great service that doesn’t cost much: Cardiff hairdressers Coray and Co. sends its customers text message reminders and birthday cards. Read Full Post
D'ya wanna play around or d'ya wanna paycheck? By Inksmith / 11 October 2010 / Tags: discount office chairs, office furniture suppliers, printer paper online shops 0 Comments I want both, of course. :) Here's a lovely little cartoon about what work (based around office desks) looks like when we're kids and what work shouldn't be like when we're adults. Read Full Post
30 million caterpillars? By Inksmith / 07 October 2010 / Tags: euroffice sales offers, creches for business, childrens books online 5 Comments At the moment we're offering free kids' books on some orders. Perhaps the most famous one we have is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. It's one of those books that seems to have been a part of my childhood, even though I can't remember reading it or owning it. Read Full Post
DWP has £1 million office chair bill By Inksmith / 06 October 2010 / Tags: office chair supplies, executive leather chairs, discount desk chairs online 16 Comments The Daily Mail, via The Sun, has a story on the Department of Work and Pensions spending £1,000,000 a year on office chairs, apparently in addition to ones supplied as part of a maintenance contract. Read Full Post
Do women make working groups smarter? By Inksmith / 05 October 2010 / Tags: collective intelligence, brainstorming, female meeting facilitators 3 Comments There's a very interesting post at inventor Rayl Kurzweil's website on research that suggests working groups (i.e.brainstorming around a meeting table) might be made smarter if women are in them. Read Full Post
Staple Ephemicropolis By tc / 04 October 2010 / Tags: stationery, staples, artisit, ephemicropolis, skyscaper, office working week 0 Comments An impressive 100,000 staples make up this artist's Ephemicropolis landscape. All created in an average working week. Read Full Post
How to not peel hard-boiled eggs By Inksmith / 01 October 2010 / Tags: office kitchen equipment, company catering supplies, kitchen catering products 3 Comments Tim Ferris wrote 'The 4-Hour Work Week', which I believe is a book about working smarter, not harder etc. He's also done a video on how to not peel hard-boiled eggs. (newsflash: we now stock bistro furniture) Read Full Post
Virgin learnin' and old-time knowledge By Inksmith / 01 October 2010 / Tags: SME business advice, richard branson business tips, tips and tricks for entrepreneurs 3 Comments An overview of how Richard Branson conducts aspects of his working life and they're given from the position of a man who has plenty of resources available to him. I think for SME owners who are settled and on the way to success, his tips could be excellent. Read Full Post

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