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Posca leaves its mark
DIY SOS: The Big Build has transformed a rundown
youth centre in a one-off special for the annual
Children in Need charity appeal, with a little help from
Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
The Big Build team took on their biggest project to date
with the complete refurbishment of the Norris Green Youth
Centre, a dilapidated youth facility in one of Liverpool’s
most deprived areas.
The mammoth challenge was supported by a donation
of 80 POSCA marker pens by Mitsubishi Pencil Co. to
transform a huge wall space in the centre’s recreation room.
Artists Dave Bain and Loch Ness used the POSCA
markers to create a custom woodland mural on the 5m by
12m wall in just four days. Bain said, “POSCA marker pens
worked well for this project because we had a large area to
cover in a limited time and the pens are very fuid and easy
to use.” www.uniball.co.uk
BULLETIN
Business acquisition is Pukka
Poole-based Pukka Pads has acquired the business and assets of manufacturer
and supplier of business forms Inspired Forms (formerly known as Rediset) as
part of its bold statement in entering the business forms market.
Although the company’s name will be changed to Pukka Pads Business Forms,
Inspired Forms’ management structure will remain the same.
www.pukka-pads.co.uk
Prune the cut fower bill
As overheads have come under increased scrutiny, more
businesses are pruning the cut fower bill and opting
for arrangements that offer the designer look without
the price tag. Ambius who enhance buildings through
planting, artwork and scenting, has seen an increase in
demand for orchid and container plant displays as an
alternative to cut fower arrangements.
www.ambius.co.uk
A second life for pens
BIC has announced a new sponsorship with
pioneering upcycling company TerraCycle.
The new BICWriting Instruments Brigade
programme will encourage schools and
offces across the UK to collect used pens,
markers, highlighters and other writing
instruments, in order for them to be upcycled and
re-used in a different form.
This new partnership will see BIC take over as the
sponsor of the UK-based schools that are currently
participating in the scheme. The scheme has also been
extended to all schools and offces across the UK and
BIC is encouraging as many as possible to register and
play their part in saving writing instruments that would
otherwise end up in landfll. www.terracycle.co.uk
National Stationery Day
The frst offcial National Stationery
Day will take place on Tuesday April
24 – the opening day of next year's
Stationery Show in London. An extensive
programme of PR activity is planned
around the day including social media,
radio and press coverage, as well as the
appointment of a team of stationery
'ambassadors' from both within and
outside the trade, and inviting celebrities
with a known penchant for stationery
and pens to visit the show.
www.stationeryshow.co.uk
Going the extra mile
A hat-trick of intrepid adventurers
from ExaClair took part in The Climb
of Life – an industry charity fundraiser
for the Institute of Cancer Research.
The three from ExaClair – Managing
Director Mark Daisley, Marketing
Director James Mead and Nicola Milburn,
National Account Executive, joined some
120 other industry volunteers for The
Olympic High Mountain Challenge which
took place in the Lake District on
Friday November 11.
www.exaclair.co.uk
www.binfo.co.uk
Attendance up 18%
offce* is now frmly
established as
the UK’s leading
event dedicated to
meeting the business,
training and networking
needs of Britain’s offce
professionals. The show’s
organisers Diversifed
Business Communications UK has reported a
substantial 18% increase in attendance for the second
edition of its offce* show, which took place mid
September at London’s Earls Court. The show’s 165 plus
exhibitors were joined by over 3,675 PAs, EAs, offce
managers and senior administrators from thousands of
different organisations from all across the country.
offce* 2012 will take place in the new venue of
Olympia, London, on 12-13 September 2012.
www.offceshow.co.uk