Entries by Justine Perry

Sustainable Surface Repairs with Restoreo – Part of the Quills Group

Quills is delighted to announce a new partnership with Restoreo Repairs, a company providing skilled technicians who will undertake high-quality repairs for businesses and individuals across the UK.  Ceramics Respraying Hygiene Wood Stone UPVC Developers Restoreo’s services are in great demand thanks to the increased desire for sustainability that gained momentum following the TV series…

How ergonomic chairs help back pain

The average office employee can spend up to eight hours a day at their desk, most of it sitting down. While necessary for commerce, spending so long in a chair is not what our bodies are designed for and such long periods of seated inactivity and poor posture can place an unnatural strain on the…

Wellbeing on returning to work 

Offices are beginning to open around the country, but many employees are understandably worried about the implications for social distancing and hygiene. A recent survey by Bupa found that 65% of British people are anxious about going back into the workplace in case it’s not safe in terms of COVID-19. For the physical as well…

Reopening your gym safely after the Covid-19 lockdown

With the welcome news this week that gyms, health clubs and leisure centres in England can reopen on 25th July, owners of these facilities are breathing sighs of relief across the country as it is expected that restrictions will soon be lifted in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland too. Gyms Deep cleaning Antimicrobial surface coating…

Pay attention to your health and posture while you’re working from home

If you, like the majority of office workers in the UK, are currently working from home, it’s likely that you’re struggling to maintain a healthy posture throughout the day. When the coronavirus lockdown was announced at the end of March, many of us quickly cobbled together our home workstations, not really paying attention and with…

Top tips to adapting to working from home

It’s Week 7 of remote working for many people in the UK, and by now, we should have had time to adjust, both physically and mentally to our new home office environments. It’s been a gradual process, with lots to get used to and it’s shown us that different people have their own ways of…

Protecting touchpoint surfaces with antibacterial lacquer

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, we are more aware than ever of the importance of cleanliness and good hygiene practice. This can come in many forms and public health authorities across the world are advocating extreme sanitary measures not only in hospitals, care homes, public buildings and schools, but also in supermarkets, public…

How to get a handle on hygiene

Keeping your workplace hygienically clean has never been more important than now when we find ourselves in uncertain times. The global spread of Coronavirus and its devastating mortality rate is unprecedented in most of our lifetimes. As we are advised to wash our hands more frequently, carry hand sanitiser and wear a mask when we…

Are you sitting comfortably?

It is a legal requirement for employers to provide any staff members who will be sitting down for long periods with ergonomic office chairs. Even if there wasn’t a legal requirement, companies would still be wise to supply ergonomic office furniture for the sake of the health not only of their employees, but also their…

To sit or to stand … that is the question

You’ve probably heard the new buzz words in the office world – ‘sit stand desks’. But is this going to turn out to be one of those fads that is destined for a recycling centre when the next big thing comes along, or is there actually something about sit stand desks that will stand the…

Latest conference table trends for 2020

Who knew there’d be a trend for conference tables, but the changing trends in work practices are having a knock-on effect in office furniture, and this includes conference tables.  Integrated technology Conferencing technology is getting more and more sophisticated. More companies are installing video conferencing facilities in their meeting rooms, as it allows them to…

TV’s most famous boardroom tables

Your boardroom table is an important part of your office furniture. When clients visit your office, you will probably hold the meeting in your boardroom, so first impressions really do count!   When it comes to boardrooms that you see in films and TV programmes, most things are exaggerated for effect, but that means they give…