Merry Christmas from The Workplace Depot!
Well, here we are everybody, Christmas day has finally arrived! We sincerely hope you have enjoyed reading our Christmas blog posts everyday throughout December up until now, and that we were able to...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2015!
New Year’s Eve is one of those nights where we all get together and reminisce on the year gone by; have we achieved all we wanted to? Where do we see ourselves this time next year? And of course, what...
View ArticleIs it a Blue Monday for you?
We’re just over midway through January now, New Year greetings are officially over and normal life appears to have been fully resumed. However, today, Monday 19th January has officially been dubbed...
View ArticleBubble Wrap Appreciation Day
As normal, we have been browsing the Internet for interesting content to add to our Workplace Depot news page, and today we have found a good one! Although technically, this is an American appreciation...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day!
Love it or loathe it, it’s Valentine’s Day once again. The one day of the year where couples all around the world can celebrate their love for each other, whilst the single ones amongst us either eat...
View ArticleIt’s Pancake Day – Feast your eyes over here!
Also known as Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day is celebrated in a number of countries and stems from being originally invented (over 1,000 years ago) to use up rich and fattening foods before Lent began on...
View ArticleFifty Shades of Grey? Cable Ties all the way!
Unless you don’t have access to the Internet, or a TV, or the radio… In fact unless you’ve been living under a rock in recent times, you will probably be aware that the new movie, Fifty Shades of Grey,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday EastEnders!
It’s been an explosive week of TV this week, with one of Britain’s most watched and long-running soaps being the centre of attention after one particular storyline, running for almost ten months, draws...
View ArticleApril Fools! Are you hoping to carry out a hoax?
A new month has begun, but on April 1st, we are caught out in more ways than just forgetting to change our calendars over or writing the wrong date on our documents; we also have to deal with getting...
View ArticleHaving a Kick About at Work
Here at The Workplace Depot the majority of us love nothing more than a kick about from time to time and of course, watching a bit of footy. Thus, after careful consideration, a bit of persuasion and a...
View ArticleReasons You Should be Drinking Coffee at Work
Very few office workers can go a few hours, let alone days without their regular caffeine fix. A cup of coffee, be it an Americano, a latte, or an espresso, have often been chalked down as saviours...
View ArticleTop 5 Workplace Films
We may love to watch movies because they help us escape real life for a few moments. Yet, the popularity of workplace films takes us right back to our desks and keeps us grounded in reality. How...
View ArticleUsing Team Building to Develop a Successful Team
Building a great team starts with great leadership. A great leader has many positive attributes such as correcting the course when necessary, making tough decisions, and setting performance standards....
View ArticleWhat Not to Do with a Parking Post
Parking posts can be extremely useful, especially when directing traffic or organizing parking. However, there are a few things that you shouldn’t do with a parking post, ranging from using it for...
View ArticleHalloween Sweets and Constumes
It is almost Halloween again, and time for fun – time to be whoever we want to be for a night, decorate our home in spider webs and ghosts, and secretly eat the candy you are supposed to be giving out...
View ArticleStock Take Procedure – How to by WPD
Here we go… Christmas Holidays are fast approaching, so what better time to organize our stock take for the upcoming busy period if not now… said our keen Warehouse Manager! So we (the web team and the...
View ArticleChristmas Jumpers all the way!
With Christmas Day just around the corner, we’ve agreed on having a Christmas Jumpers Day and why not, Secret Santa! Christmas Jumpers this year have been a lot around the office, especially on...
View ArticleBusiness Lessons from Star Wars: Types of Fire Protection Systems
Fire protection systems refer to residential or commercial systems that have been put in place to reduce the negative effects of fire. One of the most important business lessons from Star Wars trilogy...
View ArticleDid you have a Blue Monday?
Chasing Away Blue Monday Symptoms If it exists, and there is doubt that it does, Blue Monday has been dubbed the absolute no-holds-barred most depressing day of the entire calendar year. Coming around...
View ArticleStuff Yourself: Enjoy Pancake Day this Year
While many know this holiday as Shrove Tuesday throughout the UK, some also know it as Pancake Day. Celebrated in numerous countries, it was originally meant to be a holiday before Lent where everyone...
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