What To Do With Camping Gear And Garden Furniture After The Summer?
Camping and/or Garden?
With lockdown restrictions and travel uncertainty causing many people to avoid the risk of an overseas summer holiday it has been reported that sales of
The Psychology Of Our Relationship With Our Possessions
Psychology and Possessions
Despite trends such as minimalism and decluttering and the “throwaway society” idea of the relentless pursuit of the newest and best, human beings are nothing if not contrary and many of us find it difficult to get rid of possessions.
The 19th Century British textile designer William Morris advised:
Adult Children Living at Home
How Do You Cope When Your Adult Children Need to Move Back Home?
Eight years since the start of the Global financial crisis, seven years of austerity and now Brexit-induced inflation have done little
When might you need short term storage?
Short term Storage
From a sudden emergency to the changing seasons, there are plenty of reasons why self-storage facilities may be needed. Here’s a selection:
Testimonials – What’s the Importance for a Business?
What is a testimonial?
The dictionary of “testimonial” definition is –
1. A written declaration certifying to a person’s character, conduct, or qualifications, or to the value, excellence, etc., of a thing; a letter or written statement of recommendation.
2. Something given or done as an expression of esteem, admiration, or gratitude.
So for a business, such as ours, a testimonial would be written by a customer,
Preserving Paper and Organising Archives
How Best to Organise, Store and Preserve Paper
In a previous blog we talked about the requirement for many organisations to keep and store archived paper records, often for many years.
But like many physical materials, paper is organic and likely to deteriorate over time so
The Importance of Keeping Records and Archive Storage
Vulnerability
The massive ransomware attack WannaCry in May this year that virtually shut down many of the UK’s hospitals and GP surgeries illustrated the vulnerability of digital records.
Medical services had to return to paper-based systems to carry on, showing the importance of
Historical Importance of Preserving Photographs
Preserving and storing photographs is important for historical research. Photographs are of immense value to scholars in many fields, not only for historians, as a visible record of many aspects of life throughout the centuries, they also have great sentimental value for families and individuals throughout their own lives.
The older they are the more vulnerable to damage photos become. Printed on paper and given a coating of chemicals they are sensitive to light, heat and even to touch.
Paper can become brittle and yellow if exposed to too much light. Handled too often photographs can become