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Banner are over the moon that a recent cost-saving exercise on toilet roll resulted in one of our customers donating the money they saved to a worthy cause.

We are delighted to be exhibiting at the HCSA, taking place on 27-28 November 2019 at Harrogate Convention Centre.

We’d love for you to join us on our stand (13) to see our complete range of workplace solutions for your organisation.

Click here to register as a guest

On 14th January 2020, Windows 7 will reach its 'end of life' meaning its operating system will no longer be supported by Microsoft.

On this date, Microsoft will discontinue all support, including paid support, and all updates, including security updates. 

Until then, the operating system is in an in-between phase known as extended support. During this phase, Microsoft is offering paid support and continues to provide security updates but not design and feature ones. 

As we approach the end of the year and the busy festive season we wanted to let you know about our opening and delivery times. May we ask you to consider your requirements, especially around the busy periods during December and our closure times, to ensure you have enough workplace supplies.

If your organisation's GDPR policy doesn't cover remote working, it probably should.

With personal data breaches leading to a potential fine of nearly £18 million pounds or 4% of annual global turnover, most organisations are all-too aware that complying with GDPR is essential. However, you may need to check your organisation is covering all bases, including remote employees.

Earlier this year Kirk Townsend visited Micklefield Primary school and donated two pallets of products on behalf of the Banner team.

B safe this Winter with this guide to winter essentials

We all know how unpredictable the weather is in the UK during winter; one day it’s mild, next it’s raining and then it’s snowing! While you have no control over the weather, you can control how you prepare your workplace. 

Here are a few tips to help you B Prepared this winter.

Whether the result of unauthorised access to a company laptop or the loss of sensitive paperwork, a data breach is a data breach.

And when it comes to complying with GDPR requirements and reducing the risk of personal data breaches, paper should be as high a priority as digital. But we can often hear plenty about digital data protection while sensitive documents appear to be lower on the list.

By 2022, Banner aims to increase biodiversity across all of our sites.  One step to meet this objective has been to open our first biodiversity garden at our Normanton site in Yorkshire.

Poor storage, failure to destroy records and information mishandling are just three ways that UK organisations have been finding themselves on the wrong side of data protection rules.

Since the GDPR was introduced in May 2018, research has found that the UK is one of the top three countries for data breaches. The UK experienced 10,600 personal data breaches of the 59,000 reported across the continent since the new law came into effect.