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WORKING IN SMALL SPACES
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, working from
home has become common across the UK and
o ices are downsizing due to the increase in
hybrid working and hot-desking. But with
working from home comes creating an o ice on
minimal footprint. Students and school children
are also too familiar with this situation.
Workers now need clever solutions that optimise
the available space whilst also creating and e icient
and pleasant working environment.
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Solution 1: Is your o ice also your home
If you have a dedicated o ice space in your home,
away from distractions, great! Working from the living
room is the option for many who are remote working
therefore it is important to remember not to take the
laptop to the sofa with you. Preserving that place to
relax will give a healthy work-life balance. Luckily,
there are many easy and clever ideas for dividing
areas even in the smallest apartments using multifunctional
furniture.
Solution 2: Reverting a space back from o ice to
home is simple with portable organisers.
Tools like TABLET HOLDERS and VARICOLOR® drawer
boxes keep documents and equipment organised,
as well as being portable and with a design nice
enough to fit into your home, blending in perfectly
to your living environment. Make sure wires and trip
hazards are kept to a minimum with CAVOLINE cable
management system to tame the cable spaghetti.
Solution 3: Create a space to enjoy.
Even if your space is restricted, making it a place
to appreciate coming to each day can boost
productivity
and
motivation.
Studies
suggest that
those working
from home
miss the
social aspect
of an o ice
environment so taking the time to create a warm
welcoming o ice using plants and e ective working
light will be most beneficial.
www.durable-uk.com
IRONMONGERYDIRECT AND ELECTRICALDIRECT SUPPORT
STUDENT LEARNING IN AFRICA WITH DONATION
A charity that aims to empower
disadvantaged communities in Africa
with quality IT school resources,
has received a donation of over
300 computer items from the UK’s
leading specialist ironmongery
supplier, IronmongeryDirect and its
sister company, electrical supplier,
ElectricalDirect.
The two companies, part of the Mantuan
Group, have donated over 300 items of IT
equipment to the Turing Trust, a charity
that reuses and refurbishes tablets,
phones and computers to be deployed to
schools in Africa. The equipment donated
by the Essex based ironmongery and
electrical suppliers included computers,
laptops, monitor screens and cabling,
enabling 1,944 students to gain vital access to digital
resources and learn vital IT skills. What’s more, the
donation o sets 30 tonnes of CO2 emissions, which
is the equivalent of planting 75 trees, or o setting the
annual carbon footprints of three Britons.
On the company’s donation, Dominick Sandford,
Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and
ElectricalDirect said: “As part of our ongoing
commitment to charity and worthwhile causes, we
are delighted to support the Turing Trust with this
donation. By providing training opportunities and
skills development both in Africa and the UK, its
operation also reduces waste and supports
a more sustainable and environmentally
friendly society, and we are pleased that
we can help make a di erence.”
James Turing, Founder & CEO
of the Turing Trust said: “We are
immensely grateful to all the team at
IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect
for their donation, which will empower
almost two thousand students with
technology enabled education in Africa.
The embodied energy savings created
from this donation is also enough to
power seven UK homes for a year and
this donation helps to demonstrate
what can be achieved through a circular
economy approach to reusing business IT
equipment.”
The Turing Trust was set up in 2009 in honour of
Alan Turing by his family and seeks to provide quality
IT resources and training to schools in sub-Saharan
Africa. From its Edinburgh workshop, the charity
refurbishes and ships IT equipment and educational
soŽ ware to help bridge the digital divide.
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