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We thought it may be useful to share a common issue that we come across in the offices of businesses we work with and share a common solution we use to improve their business!
We get lots of requests for our “Office Set Up / Makeover” service, it involves us going into a business and help identify areas within their office systems and procedures that could be improved and implement these solutions to aid better efficiency.
First of all we spend time in their office, talking to the business owner and staff to gain a better understanding of what systems, procedures and equipment is already in place. We are always mindful to leave the perfectly working systems well alone and only concentrate on developing systems and procedures that can be worked on and improved.
A common situation we come across is that someone maybe trying to run more than one business and the paperwork is a bit of a head ache and it all becomes a bit blurry. Having separate offices for each business is a bit on the pricy side and unnecessary – our solution would be – Colours!
An Example:
Business One in this case maybe Derek’s Driving School we would colour Blue
Business Two might be Derek’s Property Management Company we would colour Red
Business Three might be Derek’s Nail Parlour we would colour in Green
We would then get on to our friends at South West Office Supplies and order the following items in the relevant colours and then get on and implement:
• Arch Lever Files
• Ring Binders
• In-trays
• Poly-pockets
• Highlighter Pens (in chosen colours)
• Clip Boards
• Sticky Labels
This system is very simple but effective and will not only save money through less wasted hours searching it would also save so much frustration on what piece of paper goes where.
Hope this tip helps – let me know if you plan to try it and if it has helped?
The proposed Atlantic Array is a project to generate 25 gigawatts (GW) of new generation off the coast of North of Cornwall and Devon by 2020. According to RWE, it should provide power for around 1.1 million average UK households, equivalent to over 40% of the domestic electricity consumption for the South West of England or over 90% of the domestic electricity consumption for Wales. While I’m sure most support the concept of renewable power, these schemes never seem to be straightforward.
There’s quite a lot in the press about the visual impact of hundreds of turbines out to sea and some think that it could destroy Lundy Island’s tourist trade and the fishing industry. On the other hand, the power generated would be, on the face of it, clean and not produce any CO2.
The factors I think we need to bear in mind are:
It is worth bearing in mind that major discoveries of gas are being made onshore in the UK. Recently, a company found 200 trillion cubic feet of gas under the ground in Lancashire. Massive gas fields such as this could provide a supply of energy for 30 to 50 years, although once again there are environmental impacts and the method of extraction is controversial.
The choices are not easy. What would be good would be to debate the merits of different options on the basis of facts and actual data so that we can decide what would be best for North Devon.
Do you have suggestions or relevant specialist knowledge?
Please can we start a reasoned and informed debate?
The decisions on projects such as these are likely to be taken at a national level so do we need to lobby MPs and other organisations with our opinions?
