Harley Grove are now a Draycir Engaged Partner

Harley Grove are very pleased to announce that they have successfully been awarded  Engaged Partner status from Draycir. Never heard of Draycir ? Draycir is a software development company. They create software that provides practical solutions to real business problems – helping businesses to reduce their environmental impact, cut costs and bad debt, and improve cash flow. Their multi award-winning software is used by small and medium-sized firms, as well as public sector organisations... 

How To Achieve A Paperless Office?

Image via Wikipedia   Going paperless has a lot of benefits that every office would love to have: The cost of office paper will be zero. You will do the environment a huge favour, and that also can help a company’s image. Having less paper to deal with also makes organising much easier. If you’re interested in achieving a paperless office, just take a humourous hint from some of these great tips! Instead of investing money in advertising through the mail, advertise... 

Stop throwing money away on Postage

          UK Postage prices have increased from 4th April 2011 UK stamp prices for standard 1st Class letters are now 46p (an increase of 5p) and 2nd Class letters are now 36p (an increase of 4p). The 5p increase on 1st Class letters is the highest recorded rise in cash terms on 1st Class letters. The Institute of Commercial Management commented: “Unfortunately, as there are few alternatives, businesses have little choice but to accept the price rises.”... 

Why waste time distributing your documents ?

There are so many scenarios when sending out documents within a business that are just huge timewasters. We've all been there when printing the documents several times (then sorting and collating them) or scanning them to email them or electronically store them etc…etc… etc… The customer wants orders, invoices etc…sent to them by email but backed up by a copy in the post. You'd typically email the document and then print the copy separately. Obviously this would... 

Make sure your customers receive your invoices

Businesses have it bad enough already in these difficult times, without the prospect of not getting paid because there has been a delay in their invoices getting to their customers. Often these delays are through no fault of the business itself. Postal strikes, bad weather etc…. inadvertently contribute to your customers not paying you. We all know that there are many other reasons, but if you are unable to get your invoices to your customers in the first place, then they could potentially... 

7 Ways to create a Green Office

Never before has there been more pressure to conform to being green. Here is a short, succinct list of ways to create a low carbon, green office. 1. Recycle – every town has a local recycling point and almost anything can be recycled. Keep a separate bin in the kitchen for tins and milk bottles. Keep and recycle all non-confidential paper. If you don’t know where your local recycling sites are then contact your local council – many will offer to come and collect your recycling... 

Where is the job bag and other tales from a messy office

Where is the new client contract ? Have you seen it ? Who had it last ? Are these phrases often shouted across the office ? Whatever business you’re in client information is of utmost importance. There are so many important everyday items that we hold in paper copy; files of paper, printed out emails, letters, sign off sheets, quotes, invoices, purchase numbers – the list goes on. My guess is that the amount of paper in your office is an awful lot. Wouldn't it be nice to operate... 

What type of printing personality are YOU?

The Office printer – there it sits in all it's glory for the use of each and every member of staff. But which one of these printing personalities are you?   Master Printer The Master printer has piles of important looking documents, sometimes printed in triplicate, spread around his or her desk. They know that the more piles of paper they shuffle in a day, the more work they look like they're doing and the more important they seem. A true Master of Printing colour codes his paper... 

Are YOU prepared for future postal strikes ?

Are you getting totally fed up with the uncertainty of when the next postal strike will be happening ? It's only a matter of time, surely ? Worried that your important documents won't reach your customers, suppliers and other business contacts ? Not getting paid because your invoices to your customers have been lost in the post or caught in the backlog ? Well, don't fear, Spindle Professional software  is here to Save the Day !!! Spindle Professional enables all of...