Tips/Tricks

Hooray It’s Christmas – Time To Plan Your Summer

'Baby, it's cold outside,' sang Michael #Bublé and #Idina Menzel. 'Let's plan our summer holiday now,' they should have added. While everyone else is thinking about Christmas.... by planning your…

The Perfect Stationery Christmas Gift

Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Pens / Reviews / Stationery / Tips/Tricks 10 Dec 2014 Alina Fisher

Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? There’s always at least one hard to buy for family member or friend. Someone who either has everything or doesn't want anything, in which case…

Top Christmas Essentials

Essentials / Ink & Toners / Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Recommend / Stationery / Tips/Tricks 9 Dec 2014 Alina Fisher

Get ready for Christmas with these must-have products from Euroffice. We've put together a list of little bits and bobs that will make your life easier in the run up…

Christmas Gifts For Him (And His Man Cave)

Diary of an Office Guy / Future of Office / Office Art / Office Fashion / Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Recommend / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 5 Dec 2014 Alina Fisher

What's the best the #gift to keep a man occupied over #Christmas? Giving him somewhere to hide. Christmas is one of the most stressful times of the year. And if…

Lighting Up The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree

History / Office Life / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 3 Dec 2014 Alina Fisher

For the last 60 years, the people of Oslo have sent the UK a lovely Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square. The gift is a symbol of friendship and thanks for our…

The Top Ten Euroffice Top10s

History / Office Life / Office Product Expert / Recommend / Social Media Tips / Stuck in the Office / Tips/Tricks / Top 10 / Work Life Balance 2 Dec 2014 Alina Fisher

Over the past few months we've been compiling a list of #Top10's on all sorts of subjects. Today we're giving that list a bit of spit and polish and have…

Get Involved With World Aids Day

Charity / History / Office Life / Office Politics / Recommend / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 1 Dec 2014 Alina Fisher

How are you going to help support World Aids Day? It's World Aids Day. Because we've come such a long way from the hard-hitting adverts and public health campaigns of…

Clever Ways to Upcycle Your Cardboard Boxes

Green / Office Art / Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / SME / Tips/Tricks 28 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Give your unwanted cardboard boxes a new lease of life with these tips. Once you've opened your Internet orders and packages do you automatically put the cartons in the recycling…

Do You Do Your Deskercises?

Human Resources / Office Life / Recommend / Stationery / Stuck in the Office / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 27 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

We're constantly being to told to take regular exercise from our desks to give our poor eyes a rest and time to adjust to away from the PC, but do you…

Top10Tuesday Office Treats

Facilities / Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks / Top 10 / Work Life Balance 25 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Christmas is almost upon us and everyone is gearing up for that frantic Christmas shopping that we all dread, but it's all worth to see those faces when they open…

Essential Items For Your PA Survival Kit

Office Life / Paper Products / Pens / Recommend / Stationery / Tips/Tricks 24 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Whether you're a #PA or an #EA you'll need these items ASAP Every personal and executive assistant has their own tips and tricks for managing the day and making everything…

Tool Up For National Maintenance Week

Essentials / Facilities / Human Resources / Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Stuck in the Office / Tips/Tricks 21 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Get ready for #OfficeDIY with these handy tools! Having #DIY skills is essential for anyone who owns or works in an SME. While big companies have budgets for contractors to maintain and repair…

Which Paper is Best for my Favourite Pen

Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Pens / Stationery / Tips/Tricks 21 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Aah, you’ve finally cleared a slot in your schedule to sit at your desk and write. You might be about to let rip in your latest journal entry, or write…

The Rules Of Office Toilet Etiquette

Facilities / Office Life / Office Politics / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks / Top 10 19 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Today is #WorldToiletDay. While the concept sounds a bit funny, toilet etiquette does actually affect our daily office life. #WorldToiletDay also happens to address an important global issue. According to the UN,…

Problems Left-Handed People Face in the Office

Office Life / Office Supplies / Pens / Stationery / Tips/Tricks 17 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

It’s funny how being left-handed is still something people find surprising. People can’t help but comment. They'll say, "Oh, I didn’t know you were left-handed" or "Never trust a left-handed person" followed by…

What To Do On World Kindness Day

Charity / Office Life / Recommend / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks 13 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

If you want a kinder world, all you have to do is open your eyes. Quite often on the blog, we like to write about tips and tricks to help…

One Origami A Day For a Year (@white_onrice Interview)

Office Supplies / Paper Products / Recommend / Tips/Tricks 11 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Ross Symons of Instagram account @white_onrice set himself a challenge on January 1st, 2014, with the goal of making one origami figure a day for a year. Symons explains that the…

How to Manage Your Email Inbox

Computing / Future of Office / Office Life / Office Politics / Office Product Expert / SME / Social Media Tips / Tips/Tricks 7 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Don't let your email get the better of you. With these tips, you can bring your inbox under your command. Before you sign up, opt out Take action before you even…

A Writer’s Stationery Survival Kit

Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Pens / Recommend / Stationery / Tips/Tricks 6 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo, has arrived. What is #NaNoWRiMo, you ask? It's an internet-based project that challenges writers all over the world to write 50,000 words in a month every year…

How To Have A Really Good Bonfire Night

Charity / Office Fashion / Office Life / Recommend / Tips/Tricks / Working Parents 5 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

So you want to have an amazing Bonfire Night? Here's how. #BonfireNight is all about fun and spectacle. About light and sound, smell and taste. About conversation and good times.…

Top 10 Creative Uses For Your Diary

Diary of an Office Girl / Diary of an Office Guy / Office Life / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Stationery / Tips/Tricks / Top 10 4 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

The sudden temperature drop we have felt this week is a reminder that the New Year is fast approaching. It's time to start thinking about replacing your 2014 diaries for the crisp new 2015.…

Caught Doodling At The Office

Office Art / Office Life / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Pens / Recommend / Stationery / Stuck in the Office / Tips/Tricks 3 Nov 2014 Alina Fisher

Doodling has been a topic of conversation at the office. Well, I say conversation, but really it’s been a group of us murmuring while absent-mindedly drawing. The weird thing about…

Shouldn’t It Be ‘Treat or Trick?’

Commuting / Office Life / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 31 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

I had a thought about #Halloween and #TrickorTreating a few years ago that changed how I felt about the event (and more). Some kids from up the road came to…

Are you ready for Movember?

Charity / Office Fashion / Office Life / SME / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 30 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

Do your bit for men's health by growing a moustache this #Movember. We all know that beards have been in fashion recently. While they might look good in old photographs…

The Right Pen For The Right Occasion

Office Life / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Pens / Stationery / Tips/Tricks 29 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

We use pens every day. We often grab and go, maybe swapping black for blue, or bold for fine, but aside from those 30 seconds, we don't give much thought…

Are These The World’s Worst Commutes?

Commuting / Human Resources / Office Life / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 28 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

You think your journey into work is bad? Spare a thought for these global commuters. On 29 October 1986, Margaret Thatcher cut the final ribbon on the #M25. Since then,…

Halloween Office Decorations (And The Cutest Thing In the World)

Office Art / Office Life / Office Politics / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Pens / Stationery / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 27 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

Get into the #Halloween spirit with these funky decorations, and bring them to life with office supplies lying around your desk. Perfect for an #OfficeParty and creating a bit of…

Are You Wearing It Pink Today?

Charity / Office Fashion / Office Life / Recommend / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 24 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

Today is Wear It Pink Day, charity Breast Cancer Campaign’s biggest fundraising event. Are you taking part? As you can tell by the name, #WearItPink day is all about getting…

How to Stay Calm During A Crisis

Office Life / Office Politics / SME / Team Bonding / Tips/Tricks / Work Life Balance 23 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

Has something gone wrong at work? Don’t panic. Use these tips to stay calm during a #crisis. Offices are full of booby traps, things waiting to go wrong at just…

Business Start-Up Stationery Essentials

Essentials / Office Life / Office Machines / Office Product Expert / Office Supplies / Paper Products / Pens / Recommend / Stationery / Tips/Tricks / Top 10 22 Oct 2014 Alina Fisher

Got a new business? Then get yourself kitted out with these stationery essentials. You've done all the strategic planning, but there are a thousand and one things to think about when…