Office Chatter

Thanks to 3D printers and augmented reality, chemists may be able to model drugs more efficiently.

In the past few years, Halloween has crept up the special events ladder to become the nation's third largest event after Christmas and Easter. How will you celebrate All Hallows' Eve this weekend? Will you take your children 'trick-or-treating', attend a fancy dress party or just stay at home and watch a scary movie?

If you're after some treat inspiration for ghoulish ghosts or murmuring mummies, view our free gifts this week - we've got Cadbury Screme eggs and the popular retro sweets.

For more ideas on how you can celebrate Halloween, view The Guardian's story 'Cheap thrills at Halloween' - they've got some great money-saving tips and ideas.

This week saw the launch of Shawbrook, a bank aimed at lending specifically to small businesses. Owen Woodley, the CEO of the new bank told Reuters: 'There is strong demand for loans from businesses that might have failed to get credit from the bigger banks'.

A love of office supplies transcends all barriers. It knows neither race, nor creed. It is cross-continental, cross-cultural and, judging by this woman in this video, costly.

If you want to make the most of space on your desk, you'll need to cut things from your working life.

Did you know that corporate identity fraud costs the UK about £1.2 billion every year?  During National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, running from 17-23 October, it's been identified that a mere 36% of businesses have a comprehensive policy or procedure in place to prevent it.

While unemployment is up, is the number of skilled workers down?

Take one tired worker, add a lethal product and what do you get?

It seems HP in India has a different way of advertising its ink cartridges than in the UK.

Consumers want cheaper computers. Computer companies want to cut costs.

What is your preferred way of contacting our Customer Service team?

This novelty desktop stationery means you'll never be caught short again. (Though you may get a few strange looks in the office.)

A 2005 Stanford University speech from the man who worked on Apple in his parents' garage

I think of ink cartridges as containing ink that looks on great on paper, but shouldn't ever be swallowed. However, with the right cartridges you can print on your cake and eat it.

By watching a New York cook make macaroni & cheese pancakes, we can get some tips about setting up storage in our offices.

It's tablets a-go-go in the technology world. Apple has the iPad, HP the TouchPad. Samsung the Galaxy Tab and now Amazon has the Kindle Fire. But what do you have?

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has set up a Business Advice Service where SMEs can get a free consultation from a member.