Benefits of a Sit-Stand desk
Benefits of a Sit-Stand desk A guest blog from Europe’s No1 supplier of standing desks, Sit-Stand.Com You may have heard of standing desks, adjustable work stations and how they are the antidote to workplace ill health, but do you really know how and why they can improve your working life? The benefits of using a […]
Arrival of the New Ten Pound Note
The Bank of England have released the plastic tenner into circulation today, September 17, 2017. The ‘old’ paper £10 note featuring Charles Darwin will be withdrawn by Spring 2018. The polymer era? The latest trend of turning all the old English bank notes into a new polymer design stems from the idea that plastic notes […]
Humour: The Secret to Success
Humour is undeniably a great way to get along with work colleagues. When things can get tense or stressful at work, a bit of humour goes a long way to relax and refresh yourself and those around you. However, humour is often feared in the workplace. Some are afraid to offend the people they have […]
Is Working from Home as Good as it Sounds?
Working from home allows you to work in a comfortable and relaxed environment, without the constant noise of ringing telephones and colleague chatter. It sounds great, doesn’t it? But the novelty might begin to wear off when you suddenly realise you have nobody to talk to but yourself, you have nowhere exciting to go to […]
International Left-Handed Awareness Day
Do you feel the odd one out being left-handed? No need to worry, you are among the likes of Robert Di Niro, Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker and Prince William who will also be celebrating their lefty gift! Left-handed people have struggled for most of their life searching for the perfect non-smudge pen or needing […]
50 DAYS UNTIL THE NEW TEN POUND NOTE RELEASE
First, we saw the new polymer five-pound note replace the paper version in our wallets, now we wait just 50 days until the release of the new refined ten-pound note. The Bank of England have revealed the plastic tenner will be released into circulation on September 17, 2017, and will withdraw the paper £10 note […]
4 Office Motivation Tips
Working in an office can often make you feel tired, bored and unmotivated. Even if you are the type of person who loves waking up for work every morning, there will be a few times within the week where you feel more deflated than usual. But, with these motivational office tips, you will start to […]
9 Steps To Improve Lunchtime!
Has lunchtime boredom got its hold on you? Have no fear as we are here to save you with our 9 steps of lunchtime entertainment! Play card/board game Playing cards is a fun way to make time go faster and puts you in a good mood to start work again once you have finished […]
How to be green at work
It’s time to celebrate Green Office Week 2017 and this week Avery is on a mission to help UK offices make changes that will help the environment. Research shows that it takes 21 days to change your habits and we are encouraging office workers to make small changes that will have a big environmental impact. […]
Amazon Go or Amazon No Go?
Technology is advancing and it’s becoming a world where we depend on our phones or computers to do things for us. Amazon have launched the brilliant initiative of a checkout-free reality, where all payments process through your smartphone after your basket has been automatically updated and you have left the store.