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  • East Midlands Airport UK - Flying With Great Holiday Ideas
    Keeping up its commitment to building holiday opportunities, without the hassle of long car journeys to international "hub" airports in the south or northwest of England, the UK's East Midlands Airport continues to offer plenty of choice for the holidaymaker on a short break or a longer holiday. Here are a hew of the latest developments.
  • Germany Holidays - Variety All Year Round
    If you have not considered a holiday in Germany before, you should expect to be enticed and amazed by what is on offer. Germany is year-round holiday destination for family summer holidays and winter skiing, and a whole range of holiday ideas in between.
  • Turkey - 3 Reasons Of Many To Visit Soon
    For the first time since the 1960's, Spain is no longer the No 1 destination for UK holidaymakers. This accolade is now claimed by Turkey, after many years of work by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office to increase the visibility of the destination. Turkish Culture and Tourism campaigns extol not only the usual virtues of good beaches and excellent climate - but also the extraordinary cultural side of the country.
  • Package Holiday or "Do It Yourself": Protect Yourself Against Company Failures
    The recent demise of the XL Group, a major UK travel company with its own airline and trading under established brands such as Kosmar and Medlife Hotels is an unnerving event for all holidaymakers. With over 20 airlines ceased trading in the past year, how can we be sure that we will not be placed in a similar situation of loss when we book with any travel company or airline?
  • 8 Ways To Save Money On Your Next Holiday
    There are endless ways to save money on most things these days - the credit crunch has meant that retailers are crying out for us to spend our cash. This is also true of holidays and travel. Every day seems a good time to grab a bargain. And yet we still find that the dates we want, the hotels we need, and the departure airport which is a must for convenience - all these are hard to find. So, sometimes, a little creative thinking is needed.
  • Airport Parking - The Hotel Alternative
    For those travellers in the UK who drive to the airport and face the increasing aggravation of traffic hold-ups, the stress of starting a holiday can be debilitating. Hence, in recent years, the popularity of using a more civilised option - booking a hotel near the airport the night before - has become evident.
  • Spa Holidays in Germany - Do as the Romans Did!
    With its long history of spas and health-giving hot springs, Germany is the place to go for a short break to unwind and pamper body and mind. The Romans made full use of the hot mineral springs in Germany - so why not you?
  • UK's East Midlands Airport - Keeping The Regional Airport Flag Flying
    The UK's popular East Midlands Airport has set out its stall for UK travellers looking for an easy start to their holiday this autumn and winter. Here are a few select destinations.
  • Artists Proofs and Limited Edition Collections
    In recent years, fine art collectors have increasingly focused on acquiring quality limited edition photo prints deriving from work carried out in the pre-digital era. Acquiring Artists Proofs for these editions can be hugely rewarding.
  • Photographic Media and Photo Art Reproduction - a Guide to Terminology
    The range of photographic media for photo-art reproduction has grown apace in recent years. For serious and occasional collectors alike, it pays to understand the differences in methodology, and the potential effect of acquisition prices and the investment value for the years ahead. Here are some key terms and the processes which apply to them
  • Remote Diagnostics for Network Systems - When Software is Not Enough
    One of the positive signs of company growth is the proliferation of branch office and additional remote locations. This growth is clearly to be welcomed, but also can present great challenges to IT teams.
  • Preventative Maintenance for Your Printer - Prolong Printer Life
    It is probably safe to say that most people only realise what a magical thing the average inkjet or laser printer is, when it suddenly stops working! Only then is it clear that the humble - or not so humble - office printer is a complex system with delicate and intricate machinery, which repays better attention to keep it working well, and to keep print quality consistent and as good as when the printer was first purchased.
  • How Printing Smartly Will Boost Your Business Profitability And Help The Environment
    It is a sad and surprising fact that over 80% of office workers haven't been trained to use their office printer. By making simple changes to office printing, you can make a big difference to office efficiency and therefore to business profitability.
  • Network Scanning - Powerful Document Distribution at Your Fingertips
    Network scanning is one of the most powerful features of today's multifunctional devices Scanning is often described as an under-used feature of office multifunctional devices (MFPs), but evidence suggests that scanning on an MFP has become so straightforward that it is gradually becoming the normal way to distribute documents within company offices and departments.
  • Choosing the right colour printer for the job!
    When selecting a colour printer for your business it is clearly important to select the right printer ' both from the point of view of cost and function. But with both ink and laser printers available in wide range of products, how do you make sure you are choosing the right solution? Here are some key factors which should influence your choices.
  • Print Management Solutions to Avoid Docuwaste and Improve Efficiency
    It is estimated that in 2006 European businesses wasted over 9 billion euros through inefficient business practices, up from 8.4 billion euros in 2004. Much of this waste is put down to "Docuwaste" - a massive over-indulgence in print usage. Here are some processes and techniques to reduce this waste and improve profitability.
  • Don't Miss Out on Free Advertising - Print & Mail Wisely
    A recent report by a top UK mailing systems specialist has highlighted a major missed promotional opportunity amongst European organizations. Such businesses are missing out on €2.8 billion worth of free advertising. And how? Simply by failing to make better use of invoices and statements they send to customers.
  • Photo Printing: Essential Tips for Getting the Colour Right
    There have been massive advances in colour printing technology in the last few years, but why does the apparently straightforward task of creating good quality colour prints from digital photo systems still cause such trouble for many people?
  • 9 Simple Steps Towards a Greener Office
    By reviewing and implementing these 9 simple steps in daily office routines, your office can make its own practical contribution to the debate of environmental responsibility.
  • Running a Small Business? Win Big with Your Email Set-up
    A big psychological problem - and sales strategy problem - for anyone running a small business, is to avoid looking like a small business. Though being "lean and mean" can be a strength, it is also important to deal with customer perception.
  • Office Printers - Keeping Daily Costs Under Control
    Even a moderately-sized business can expect to find the daily business of print cost management a major challenge in terms of cost control.Without an overall strategy for printer acquisition and maintenance, daily print costs can spiral out of control. How can these costs be reduced and managed effectively?
  • Control Your Print and Copy Costs: A New Idea
    A Total Volume Rental Plan (TVRP) will enable your business to rationalise your expensive desktop colour and black print output to new cost effective multifunctional devices - with a cost-effective and co-ordinated usage plan.
  • Pitfalls to Avoid When Buying a Consumer PC for Business
    Business managers are regularly warned in the electronics media and elsewhere, to consider the risks of buying cheaper consumer PCs for daily business workloads - but many small firms are still choosing the cheaper models to keep costs down. Such businesses make the assumption that buying consumer class PCs for company use will be cheaper in the long run. But is this truly the case?
  • Workflow Efficiency: Get the Answer to 8 Big Complaints
    When things get busy at work and the pressure is on, locating and controlling key documentation is of paramount importance to ensure efficiency and productivity. Document management is a glamorous name for keeping things organised, and here is a summary of the benefits of installing an electronic document storage and retrieval system in the office.
  • Document Scanning and Management Systems: A Review
    Document management systems require a few days in planning, installation, configuring and training. This is definitely time well spent, ensuring that a correct and optimal implementation at the outset will revolutionise the way in which any company works with its records.This review highlights a range of proprietary document scanning and document management software, with key functions which they offer.
  • Vital Tips for Document Scanning Software Buyers
    The requirement to save paper and control the management of workflow documents and images continues to be driven by systems technology. This summary highlights some important considerations when buying scanning software to achieve these goals.
  • Environmental impacts of printer supplies configuration
    On an individual basis when it comes to buying new printer equipment, everyone can do their bit toward environmental issues by taking time to learn a little more about the environmental impact of certain types of equipment. For example, when it comes to office or home printers, we can recognise that longevity and durability is not restricted to the body of the printer only.
  • Printer/Photocopiers – Software-Driven Profitability is Your Next Step
    In recent years, converging technologies have meant that the humble photocopier, once sidelined to a corner of the workplace, has evolved into a machine which deserves to be at the heart of the working environment. Here are some of the latest developments in equipment configuration which can drive efficiency and increase your bottom line.
  • Invoice Processing Software – Major Business Benefits
    According to IBM, Gartner and Aberdeen Group, between 75-80% of invoices in any business or organisation, are still processed manually - despite the advent of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). These days, sophisticated invoice processing solutions are available to cut a swathe through the time and costs involved in handling supplier payments. Here is a summary of how they operate.
  • Email Systems Security: Dedicated Appliances Are The Key
    Maintaining an in-house email system involves major appraisal of security risks and implications for the smooth running of any business. Every business has different needs. However, here are a few hints and tips to help direct such a discussion, and focus on the key elements of email systems security.
  • IT Strategy Development: Reasons to Find An Expert
    Many companies exist, who can sell technology. Fewer of these can provide solutions to company IT needs - and answering the many questions posed by IT requirements, upgrades and systems development . Thus, before you buy, read on: the information you find here is based on many years of experience, and should inform your IT strategy as your company grows.
  • Server-Based Computinng: In a Nutshell
    Here in outline is a summary of the benerits offered by Server Based Computing for any business looking for efficiency in the use of Information Technology in the workplace. New developments in Server Based Computing mean real savings in office management, and increased security in the everyday use of office systems.
  • Office Equipment, the WEEE Directive and Global Warming Issues
    Environmentally Friendly photocopiers and other office equipment are crucial to workplace energy-saving and waste-reduction. Many measures (procedural and technical) have been implemented by equipment manufacturers, dealers and distributors - even before the government's introduction of measures via legislation such as the WEEE directive.
  • Which Printer? Right Technology, Right Choice
    Whether you are responsible for a small home-based business, or a large company with many departments and workgroups, there are continuous choices to be made on the procurement of office equipment. Not least amongst these, is the selection of the appropriate printer technology for your business needs? Here in outline are the various technologies and their appropriate environment.
  • Answer 7 Questions and Save Office Equipment Costs
    The challenge of controlling costs has become exponentially more difficult, when ease of access to powerful print/copy devices is an encouragement to generate more hard-copy documents, andt to make use of high-level facilities which may not suit the needs of the task in hand. By asking 7 simple questions, you will be on the way to saving considerable costs on all-in-one office equipment ownership.
  • How Green is My Laser Printer? Notes of Caution for Eco-conscious Buyers
    Advertising agencies are working overtime to ensure we have clear consciences in buying their wares. No doubt these "green" advertising messages are made as a genuine attempt to guide potential customers - but consumers need to arm themselves with clear knowledge of terminology to ensure that advertising messages are clearly understood.
  • 7 Crucial Steps for Office Refurbishment or Business Relocation
    As your business expands, the fateful day will come when decisions have to be made about office space, how it is used, whether there is enough of it, and whether it is time to make a move to bigger premises with a re-think on design and workflow patterns to improve efficiency and impress visiting customers. Here Jimi St. Pierre outlines the 7 key areas to what is involved in project planning for office relocation, design and refurbishment.
  • Parking at Heathrow: Powerful Reasons to Book Online
    After several years of travelling to Heathrow by bus to catch flights, a move to the countryside meant that Jimi St.Pierre needed to research airport car parking facilities at Heathrow: here are some of the discoveries he made.
  • Problem-free printing and photocopying: it's in the paper
    The range of paper types for printing and photocopying is vast and complex, and some careful thought is required to achieve the best results. Here Jimi St. Pierre outlines some important issues to ensure efficient and succesfull document production.
  • Colour Printers - ISO Yield Standards Revised
    Although formal ratification of a new ISO standard for testing colour printer consumables has not yet been completed, manufacturers have started to quote yield figures based on the new system - a sure indicator that the new agreed test methods will not change. Here Jimi St. Pieere outines the advantages of the new standard.
  • Buying a Photocopier: Digital Means Diversity
    Whether you are looking for a low-cost but reliable photocopier for a home office, a networked copier for an office workgroup, or a heavy-duty full colour photocopier for a print-hungry corporate group environment, black-only photocopiers black and colour photocopiers, the choices these days are huge. Here Jimi St. Pierre provides some key pointers.
  • Photocopiers Today - An Imaging System at the Heart of Your Workgroup
    These days, businesses who view the photocopier as a workhorse in a corner of the office are losing out on major advances in office automation and workflow. Here Jimi St Pierre outlines key areas of major design development which carry great significance for all office equipment buyers.
  • Electronic document management (EDM) - steps towards better workflow
    With the electronic mail revolution and with computerisation in general, business communications have undergone massive changes in recent years. Traditional corporate communication methods such as mail, couriers, faxes, and even telephones have been downgraded in terms of importance for day-to-day business communications. But with the changes have come some fresh challenges. Here, Jimi St. Pierre explores two of these, and offers a solution.
  • Inkjet Printers in the Office – Print Quality Characteristics to Look for
    In this article, Jimi St. Pierre outlines key areas to focus on when assessing the print quality of monochrome inkjet printers before purchase. Top-branded inkjet printers show some surprising variaitions in quality, and it pays to check those test print sheets carefully.
  • What to look for in a Fax machine
    If you are planning to buy a new fax machine, or have a need to add to existing systems, the choices are wide and varied. This article by Jimi St. Pierre outlines some key issues to consider.
  • Atlantic Canada - Waterfront Life, Whale Watching and a Different Holiday Experience
    Including Nova Scotia, Canada's "Ocen Playground", the maritime provinces of eastern Canada are rich in fine landscape, bustling waterfron towns and excellent opportunities to encounter rare wildlife. Here Jimi St. Pierre highlights to include in any visit to these islands.
  • Colour Yield Standards for Computer Printer Consumables
    If you are planning to add to your set of office printers, or have a need to increase workgroup efficiency and productivity, this article by Jimi St. Pierre takes you through some important issues surrounding your Total Cost Of Ownership equation, based on recent changes to the ISO standards governing the testing of pinter consumables.
  • Choosing a Computer Printer: Dig Deep for the Right Deal
    Grabbing the best bargain in the search for a good quality office printer is not just a matter of the initial buying price. Here Jimi St. Pierre offers some insights into other factors affecting the total cost of ownership of office printing devices.
  • Finding the right photocopier for your business
    Buying or leasing a newphotocopier involves time and effort to address some key issues. Here Jimi St. Pierre pinpoints a number of key areas where choices need to be made.
  • Norwegian Tourist Office - setting out its stall in the UK for 2007
    The Norwgegian Tourist Office has been busy setting up its 2007 UK promotions, which include 400 posters on the London Underground under the theme "Norway Awaits", and the forthcoming Norwegian Travel Workshop in Kristiansand from April 23-25 2007. Here Jimi St. Pierre outlines some developments of interest to UK-resident travellers to Norway, which are also useful to travellers from other countries.
  • Lease or Buy - Which Way for Office Equipment Procurement?
    This review explores the advantages and disadvantages of acquiring business equipment via outright purchase or via lease agreements. It also covers some of the important terminology, including the difference between hire purchase and lease rental.
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