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Britain Heading for Brexit? EU Referendum 2016

Posted on June 21, 2016

The EU Referendum is now upon us. Just 1 day left until we all get the chance to have our say regarding Britan's future. Back in February, we wrote more about what the EU Referendum could bring and we also had a small internal referendum, let's call it The Workplace Depot EU Referendum. The results we got back then were at least surprising...

Workplace Depot Shortlisted for Online Business Awards!

Posted on June 16, 2016

This might be the year when The Workplace Depot has been shortlisted for the most awards ever. So we must be doing something right, right? :) This morning an email from the Online Business Awards arrived in my inbox. Hurray! I couldn't even remember we've applied for these Awards this year, so double joy...

Winners of the ECMOD Awards 2016

Posted on June 09, 2016

Last week we were invited to attend the ECMOD Awards at the Hurlingham Club, London. The ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards "were created to celebrate excellence across a meaningful range of categories and are entered by direct commerce and multichannel businesses across a wide range of both B2B and B2C merchandise categories & specialities...

ECMOD Awards 2016 Finalists

Posted on June 01, 2016

Great news this week... we've been shortlisted for the 2016 ECMOD Awards. The ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards have been established in 1998. Year after year they have increased their reputation and now represent a "must attend" for anyone in the retail industry. This is the first year we have been involved with the ECMOD Awards and are honoured to be amongst some of the big brand names taking part this year...

Making the Most of Quality Hose Protectors

Posted on April 28, 2016

Quality cable or hose protectors are handy products that home and business owners could use to prevent tripping accidents while also protecting wires, hoses and cables from any kind of impacts. When shopping for hose and cable protectors, it is imperative to select the best items in this category with your specific needs and goals in mind. You should ask yourself the following questions before making a purchase: Do I need a semi-permanent or temporary cable protection...

Learn How to Celebrate Your Pets for National Pet Month

Posted on April 05, 2016

April is National Pet Month! Whether you have a deep love of dogs, cats, a passion for birds, a fascination with reptiles, or compassion for rodents, your pets are all important. Pet ownership has many benefits to health and happiness for you and your family. Learn about those benefits and how to celebrate every wonderful thing about your pets. Fur, Scales, Feathers, and Love Pets come in all shapes and sizes and National Pet Month is about honouring all pets, not just cats and dogs...

The Best Workplace Pranks for April Fools’ Day

Posted on March 31, 2016

April Fools’ Day is a favoured holiday if you’re a person who works alongside other people throughout the year. This is the one day that you get to play pranks on your colleagues and get away with it. However, you might not be sure of which pranks are going to be acceptable and which ones are going to go too far. The best workplace pranks don’t have to involve a lot of time or effort, and they will still get the right amount of laughs and fun...

Easter Bank Holiday - What to do Around Nottingham

Posted on March 24, 2016

Today is the beginning of the Easter Bank Holiday, what plans have you got? There are quite a few activities you could part take around Nottingham this weekend, from the traditional Easter Egg Hunt to a foam party at the National Ice Centre. Here's a list of our favourite activities Easter Bank Holiday activities ideal for some family fun Green's Windmill Eggciting Easter Extravaganza will be taking place at Green's Windmill in Sneiton on Good Friday from 10am...

St. Patrick’s Day - Let’s Celebrate the Irish

Posted on March 17, 2016

Let’s Celebrate the Irish Grab your corned beef and cabbage and your shamrocks as it is time to celebrate St. Paddy’s day, or St. Patrick’s Day as it is more formally known. Even if you don’t have a little of the Irish in you (and most of us do have a wee bit), you can still celebrate the meaning of St. Paddy’s Day on March 17th. The true meaning of St. Patrick’s Day For the truest meaning of this Irish holiday, we need to become acquainted with Maewyn Succat...

A Day in the Life of... a Warehouse Manager

Posted on January 12, 2016

In case you though we've forgotten all about our A Day in the Life of Series, you would be relieved to know we haven't! After last week's A day in the life of... a Finance Manager, today Ben has granted us access into his daily work routine. Morning @8.30am First through the door, our warehouse team opens up the premises so that the company can open for business! My first priority is to designate the orders which have been placed late the day before and overnight, so that these can be prioritised before the days proceedings begin. Completing these tasks first sets us up for what ever challenges the day may bring. @9.30am At 9.30 we expect to have caught up with any carried over tasks. At this...

Workplace Depot Gets a Visit from Elf on the Shelf!

Posted on December 15, 2015

Around the office, we’ve started to notice some… instances. Some of the staff have noticed a peculiar new visitor in our shelving warehouse, and they seem to be enjoying him greatly. Sitting impishly on our retail shelving, metal shelving, and even on our container shelving, Elf on the Shelf has made itself at home on the many, many, many shelves Workplace Depot has to offer. The Incidents Begin At first, we didn’t notice our new little visitor. He looked right at home nestled on top of our selection of storage shelving. After all our shelving is designed to handle 545 kg per shelf, and the elf’s...

Christmas Tree Up! The Workplace Depot Gets Festive

Posted on December 03, 2015

December is here so this can only mean one thing. Getting the much awaited Christmas tree up becomes a priority! We almost made our own Christmas tree out of kick steps and kerb ramps and decorated with plastic chain, but managed to resist the temptation and opted for a 14ft Christmas tree with real branches instead. We thought we could get a little festive this year and spoil ourselves during the Christmas season. Luckily, Dee and Shantel volunteered to coordinate the entire process of putting the Christmas tree up. Decorations were ordered. Twice. Who knew we'd need that many baubles? Stepladders proved to be handy while trying to get the star top on. So did the cable...