With more and more businesses returning to offices, it is important to keep team morale high.

The wellbeing of employees is continuing to stay at the forefront of everyone's minds, and with more companies making the switch from home working to office working, we want to help you to stay positive and well during this new change.

Here are some tips on how you can return safely:

With over 30 years experience, Brother take the lead when it comes to labelling solutions.

Labelling is a great organisational tool, from helping identify files and folders, creating visitor badges, tracking assets and making light work of large mailouts. Organisation is the key to ensuring things run smoothly, especially in fast paced office environments. Replacing handwritten labels with printed ones adds a level of professionalism as well as making things easier to read for everybody. A truly effective, yet simple labelling solution can improve efficiency, productivity and security letting you get back to focussing on getting the job done. Within the current pandemic, ensuring that labels are clear and correct can help ensure that infection control measures are fully in place. Whether it be plastic film labels to help social distancing or highlighting hand washing and sanitising stations, Brother have a labelling solution that can help you.

On Friday 22nd October, people across the country will opt to choose pink in order to raise awareness for breast cancer as part of Wear It Pink Day.

One of the biggest fundraising events in the UK, the day takes place during Breast Cancer Awareness month. The charity, Breast Cancer Now, is the UK’s largest Breast Cancer Charity and has raised over £36 million since 2002, with communities, schools and work places all joining in. 

Why not get in the spirit and create a pink theme for your desk and work place? We’re taking a look at Leitz’s top pink picks for the office below. Each pink product purchased will result in a donation. 

The second member of our Healthcare Team we would like to introduce you to is Mark Airey.

Mark has been a Key Account Manager within the Banner NHS Healthcare Team for the past 4 years; previously holding various roles within Banner for over the past 15 years, in both Private and Public Sector where he has managed an array of Key Accounts and Frameworks.

Mark’s current role within the Healthcare Team is managing NHS accounts in the South West, CCG’s and CSU’s, as well as taking responsibility for managing the NHS Furniture Framework.

HP+ is here! And Banner is here to show you why you need HP+, the smarter printing system you can use whenever and wherever you are.

HP+ is a hybrid working must have, with more secure, sustainable and productive ways to print where ever you are. With Bluetooth and Cloud connectivity it has never been easier to take your work with you wherever you go. 

HP+ is leading the way in both office and home printing, meaning no matter where you are, HP has you covered. HP printers include many features that make printing easy, with things like Dual Band Wi-fi and mobile printing with the HP Smart App.

In September 2021, London saw its busiest morning rush-hour since the first national lockdown of March 2020, and we continue to see a marked return to the workplace.  

On Monday 6th September a total of 831,000 passengers used the London Underground between the hours of 7am and 10am alone. This story was mirrored on the buses, with passenger numbers up 40% on the previous week, according to Transport for London. 

Although high in comparison to previous weeks and months, these figures actually represent around half of pre-pandemic figures, which paints an interesting picture on how the working population’s weekly schedule will look going forward. Last month, an average of more than 1.8 million journeys were made on the Tube every weekday - compared to 3.9m in July 2019, so it is clear that patterns have changed, perhaps permanently. With more of us using public transport to get to the office, time management is one of the key areas in making a smooth journey to work; However it’s not the only factor to take into account when switching to a Hybrid Working Solution, or making a full return to the office. 

Recently, workplaces have faced numerous challenges, including how to successfully adapt to changing circumstances and ways of working, such as finding that all important balance between home and office bases.

However, throughout this, we have continued to see an emergence of sustainable solutions as an important method of making employees feel comfortable within their workspace.

In today's society, and looking ahead to the future, environmentally responsible design represents a conscious move towards reducing our ecological footprint by saving energy and natural resources. The modern-day workspace should not only be functional, but also be able to sustain itself for years to come.

Put National Stationery Week in your diary, it’s time to celebrate. 

Fill your pencil cases, reach for your pens, grab a clean sheet of paper and get ready to celebrate – National Stationery Week is here. Celebrations begin on 4th October and run until 10th October! 

The purpose of National Stationery Week is to celebrate writing by hand, to get people all over the world talking about their favourite stationery products and for everyone around the globe to send more letters and cards. 

This year, from Monday 4th October to Sunday 10th October, and featuring key brands from the UK stationery industry, the National Stationery Week campaign will once again celebrate ‘Seven Days of Stationery’ with a series of fun activities and competitions – now is the time to declare that you are addicted to stationery!

National Stationery Week is a great time to celebrate your favourite stationery item, a handy holepuncher or your favourite highlighter. We take a look at some of our favourite picks below. 

You could save up to 70% on your usual printer ink usage when you sign up or introduce your employees to HP Instant INK - Here's how you can sign up and reap the benefits today.

Whether you are working from home, getting ready to return to the office, or doing a mixture of both, there’s never been a better time to introduce yourself or your employees to HP Instant Ink!

HP Instant Ink is an innovative way for customers to manage their ink supply efficiently, enabling expenditure via a low cost monthly subscription, saving time, money whilst helping the environment via our reuse and recycle scheme.

To help you get started and understand the brilliant effect Instant Ink can have on your business, HP are offering £10 off which can save you up to 10 months of free instant ink usage! 

Data security and encryption are even more important than ever within the workplace

In today’s society, data attacks on mobile devices and against networks and business databases are on the increase. Alongside this, the emergence of a working week often split between office and home further strengthens the need for caution when it comes to UK-GDPR rules and regulations. With the risk of huge fines and punishments in the case of a data breach, it is vital for businesses to ensure that their critical and sensitive information is properly protected.