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NATIONAL OFFICE Events and Web Facilitator: Wendy Dancer New Membership: Rachel Skink

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Reaching out…

Shop-sa is growing its reach in leaps and bounds! Daily, increments of new readers and clients continue to grow our database, while the launch of the shop-sa Facebook page (please LIKE us) and our arrival to Twitter is seeing us take a viral approach to all social media markets… ensuring we capture the hearts and minds of the younger generations too.

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endy Dancer has taken on the role of Events Manager at the shop-sa head office, in conjunction with her advertising portfolio, and will be assisting and inspiring the regional committees with the remainder of the 2012 events and putting together an exciting 2013 role out of trade show activities, socials and infotainment evenings.

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Send Wendy your 2013 calendar events so she can post them to the shop-sa online calendar and co-ordinate with your major events taking place during the year. Please all take note of the upcoming shop-sa AGM on the 25th October. This is your forum to vote, have your say and find out just how actively shop-sa is working for you!

I am also delighted to welcome Clare Matthes, our new sub-editor to the team. Clare has extensive experience in the magazine environment and her bubbly nature and her enquiring and positive approach to both business and life are a breath of fresh air in the offices. If you would like to have Clare visit your premises and learn more about your business, feel free to drop her a mail at clare@shop-sa.co.za, and she will be most happy to oblige.

I was recently hosted at Paper World Shanghai, complements of Messe Frankfurt and was delighted to be able to represent the Southern African Home & Office Products Association. Please see pg 42 for an overview of this international event.

As you are all aware by now, My Office reaches the procurement officers and buyers in the end-user/consumer market. We invite each and every one of you – the active users of quality office products – to write to us, tell us what you want to see more of, enter our competitions and engage with us on our website and Facebook pages. We all live in a fast-paced world of immediate communication… and we want to hear what you have to say!

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crime alert Fraudulent ‘change of banking details’ notifications It appears fraudsters are using the ‘change of banking details’ scam more frequently and it is advised that any such notification from a supplier is double-checked directly with the supplier’s accounts department, before payment is made.

Recently, such a letter was received by a client of Slavepak.

The letter was titled ‘Important Update’ and addressed to ‘Dear Valued Customer’.

It claimed to be a friendly reminder to pay due accounts and stated that Slavepak had changed their banking details.

A further letter on an FNB letterhead, date stamped by FNB, and signed by Business Manager: Lisa Meyer (non-existent) confirmed that Slavepak was a client of FNB and that the (fraudulent) banking details were correct.

Slavepak’s client duly made the payment and has subsequently lost company money to the fraudsters.

Please note that the criminal element working within the office products industry seems to have access to both member information and inside bank operators’ support, along with inked stamps, and therefore has the ability to make documentation appear legal.

Comment from a shop-sa member: It makes me wonde r where the rubbe they got r stamps from. As stamp ma a rubber nufacture r since 19 are regul 75, we arly appr oached t “crook st o make amps”. O f course, deal with we only our and with of customers’ buying offices ficial orde rs crooked b usiness aw , so we turn the ay.

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Change of bank details and bogus orders According to another alert there were two cases of fraud / attempted fraud on members.

The first was a case involving a Namibian based branch, Montana Furniture, who was sent a fax claiming that banking details had changed.

A cancelled cheque had been included.

After a few phone calls it seems the banking details had not been changed at all and the suggestion here would be that if ever your company receives a letter notifying you of a change of details, you confirm.

The second case involved two separate incidents in one week where the fraudsters contacted Ultimate Office National, who have an account with Finwood Papers.

The criminals chanced their luck and utilised bogus order numbers to place orders with the Johannesburg branch of Finwood Papers on the Ultimate Office National account. m

Windhoek Stationers targeted It seems that Stationers in Windhoek are targets for attempted fraud.

A recent letterhead from Namibia Stationery Wholesaler was circulated with a copy of a Nedbank confirmation slip.

These were fakes.

Nedbank confirmed that the branch Code was a branch in Selby and that the bank stamp was also false, while the company registration number is South African.

The account number is non-existent.

Strangely enough the date of the stamp is 27 August 2012 a public holiday in Namibia. m

TAKE NOTE Another modus operandi is to call clients using Introstat, Kolok or other reseller names to inform the client that toner is not available but they will supply if you pay first.

It has not been confirmed if delivery takes place once the money is paid but customers need to be warned that they will be paying five times the price. They need to verify it themselves.

Introstat wanted to issue a warning to resellers advising them of the use of the staff names of their company or their company name itself in the sales call of First Golden.

The “call” is made from Introstat/Kolok but supply an invoice from First Golden. m

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Recycling

Why recycle paper Paper recycling rates in South Africa increased to nearly 60% in 2011. This equates to the annual recovery of over a million tonnes of paper.

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espite increased awareness, large amounts of recoverable paper and board packaging are still unnecessarily dumped in landfill sites.

Paper recycling is one of the simplest ways to green the future. A tonne of recycled paper can also save up to 3m2 of landfill space and subsequently reduce transport costs for local municipalities.

By recycling paper, milk and juice cartons, glass, aluminium and plastic, we contribute to

less pollution and litter, and create a healthier, greener and cleaner society.

Give paper a new lease on life Paper can be recycled up to seven times. Some virgin or new wood fibre is required to make recycled paper possible in the first place and is always needed to keep the global fibre cycle going. But have you ever wondered where recyclable paper goes or what it becomes?

“If you’re new to recycling initiatives, then paper is the best place to start,” says John Hunt, managing director of Mpact Recycling.

“Recycling paper, including

cardboard, old newspapers, magazines, outdated telephone directories or schoolbooks. A simple process that goes a long way to reducing the impact on landfill sites, creating jobs and reusing items that are simple to sort and recycle from home.”

Mpact Recycling, formerly Mondi Recycling, is South Africa’s biggest paper recycler, recovering over 450 000 tonnes of paper each year. ”A large portion of the paper that ends up in people’s homes and offices is not currently recycled. Ensuring that this paper is collected for recycling represents a great opportunity to increase the total amount of paper in South Africa being recycled,” says Hunt. m

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• Newspapers • Magazines • Cardboard (flattened) • Old telephone books and Yellow Pages directories

DON’TS • Polystyrene or paper cups and plates • Yoghurt cartons • Sweet / chip wrappers • Blueprint paper • Organic material (such as old food and vegetables) • Cigarette ends • Tissues and paper towels • Carbon paper

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Gin and Chocolate presents eco wallpaper

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he specialist interior art and interior design studio, Gin and Chocolate, recently launched salient work by making use of environmentally friendly wallpaper.

The company specialises in vinyl decals, 3D wall art and wallpaper designs.

“We are deeply committed to environmental issues - that’s why we like to use products in our designs that are environmentally friendly,” says Bonita Fouché, founder and owner of Gin and Chocolate.

For the eco-friendly wallpaper, the team used an HP product, a PVC-free wallpaper, with the texture, feel and finish of true wallpaper.

The team creates custom designed, unique wall art with a printing material that enables a combination of professional photography, interior design and digital printing technology.

The wallpaper prints have the look and feel of professional wallpaper, but they do not contain any PVC. The installation and removal of the wallpaper is very easy as it is pre-pasted, with no need to handle separate glues or any other adhesives and no glue waste to deal with.

The team also uses only HP latex inks that are perfect for both high quality outdoor as well as indoor applications.

The inks are pigmented using aqua-dispersed polymer technology, which is mostly water based and therefore kinder to the environment.

The latex inks outperform any eco-solvent ink and can reportedly last up to three years (unlaminated) outdoors and up to five years (unlaminated) indoors.

With this environmentally sound product, the team has the freedom to be creative, capturing each client’s individual style and rounding it off with unique flair, without harming the environment. m

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Acknowledgment Ryan Hogarth is a communications speaker and social catalyst. He speaks frequently to business and conferences about the social revolution, and consults business through the process of developing sustainable social media programmes.

He also writes his own blog on the social media landscape in South Africa. Follow Ryan on Twitter: @ryanhogarth, or visit his website: ryanhogarth.com

Why social media?

15 years ago a growing hype was underway about “going online”.

More and more we were told that our businesses had to have a website. Many businesses resisted the change.

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hy go online? My target market is not there. It’s a fad.

I have a shop, I don’t need a website.

Today you would not think of having a business without a website – in fact it is often the first thing we spend money on when starting a business.

Three years ago a new hype began – you have to “go social”. Similar resistance is being experienced right now about using social media for our businesses. The hype can often feel like we are being beaten into submission.

But when “going social” is viewed as opportunity, resistance turns to forward motion. More than anything it is important to understand the shift in mindset that social media has brought to business that has made active involvement in social media a necessity.

1950 marked the start of the technological revolution.

It was technology that drove the pace of planet forward.

Technological advances forced the world to change markedly every 10 years. In 20 years we went from street cars to landing on the moon. Just 20 years after that we had computers in our homes and mobile phones enabling instant communication anywhere in the world.

With the arrival of the internet and shortly thereafter social platforms, we see that the world now changes markedly every three years. It is now possible to build a global brand in just 36 months.

This is possible because of the social web.

People all over the world are able to instantly communicate, share and collaborate. Ownership of the media today is shifting to individuals. The social web is the media.

This is very different to the ownership through advertising

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model that existed until 12 years ago and because of this shift, business can no longer control communication or the message. Individuals are talking freely to each other the world over about brands, goods and services. We are sharing our experiences through blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.

With over 1.4 billion people active on social networks around the world we can no longer ignore the fact that if we want to find customers we will find them out on the social web.

And since it is technology that is pushing the pace of the world forward it makes sense for business to embrace this technology in order to not just survive, but thrive in a business world that is becoming faster and faster.

When you make the decision to go social the opportunities for your business become a lot clearer. You are able to build a community around your brand and communicate directly to your customers rather than communicating broadly and hoping your market is listening. Using these platforms you reduce the friction between your business and your customer, responding quickly to what they need and what they want, increases your competitive advantage. It is dynamic and exciting.

Resistance to change is natural but not smart! Smart business today is customer centred by being available on the channels and platforms that your customers use. Be where they are and communicate to them where they want to receive your communication. Make it easy for them to find and interact with you at their convenience. Then you can and will win.

In the coming months we will go into some detail of how to use social media in your business to successfully make the transition to “being social”. m

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online savvy Acknowledgment Gavin Moffat (gavin@puruma.com or www.twitter.com/gavinmoffat)

Turning your tablet into a productivity demon I have always been a firm believer in having the right tools for the job.

It is the difference between being close to useless or hyper efficient.

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icture trying to take great shots for National Geographic using a two megapixel point-andshoot camera. Whilst it is certainly possible to do, as someone has just proven by taking images on an iPhone at the 2012 London Olympics for the UK’s Guardian newspaper (Google: iphone pics AND Guardian AND Olympics), it is not ideal. The less than optimal tool has gaps in its ability to perform the task at hand with sufficient ease. The right tool allows you to expend a greater deal of your efforts on producing an excellent result as opposed to focusing on the process.

So here are a couple of tools that will make your iPad or Android-based tablet the productivity tool that you need and want.

Dropbox (iPad and Android = Free).

This is a service that lets you put all of your files, photos, and documents in one place, accessible to whomever you want them to be (or not) and also with the benefit of being an offsite cloud-based backup.

QuickOffice Pro (iPad and Android = US$19.99). An office productivity tool that allows you to create and edit all Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets and presentations as well as view PDF files. You can also access, transfer and manage files from a variety of sources including Dropbox, Google Docs, Evernote and SugarSync.

Air Display (iPad = US$9.99).

Turns your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch

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into a wireless display, to extend or mirror your computer screen.

Two obvious ones are Kindle (iPad and Android = Free) for reading all those ebooks and the official Gmail app (iPad and Android = Free) for a neat interface for your email.

Apps like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Skype dovetail perfectly with their website counterparts. These are the apps that you should download the day that you get your tablet. They’re handy and easy enough for everyday use.

For in-depth analysis, news and opinion you can do no better than the local iMaverick (R489.99 per year). Other apps like Zinio, Pulse News and FlipBoard allow access to a large variety of international news sources with most of the content being free or the apps have a freemium model (a little for free and pay for more). The paid subscriptions are generally worth it though.

For general excellence the TED app brings you “Ideas worth spreading”. Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has everything you need about movies, TV series and the like, for office hours research purposes of course.

The Harvard Business Reviews app HBR Tips gives trusted tips for business while Oblique Strategies from Brian Eno and the late artist Peter Schmidt is a unique way of approaching your daily decisions and should entertain and intrigue you with the seemingly random outputs.

Others include Splashtop (remote PC and Mac access tool), Qik Video (live video streaming from your iPad, Dragon Dictation (excellent and free dictation to document app), The Weather Channel and lastly Unstuck which the makers call a new in-the-moment approach to personal growth for anyone who wants to live better every day.

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business savvy Acknowledgment Aki Kalliatakis is a professional speaker and author. For information on Aki’s programmes, books and DVDs visit: www.DelightYourCustomers.co.za

Your Customers Are Ready – Are You? In the past year, my top three clients came from out of the blue. In all cases, a senior executive telephoned me personally, and asked if I could come in and see him to discuss his company’s needs.

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n all three cases, I nearly fell off of my chair. In all three first meetings I realised that the sale was almost a done deal, it was just a matter of figuring out the details. Of course, I’d like to take the credit for the quality of our work, but actually, there was something else playing a pivotal role here.

In a controversial article in a recent Harvard Business Review called ‘The End of Solutions Selling’, authors Brent Adamson, Matthew Dixon, and Nicholas Toman concluded that most customers had completed 60 percent of their purchasing decision before they even saw a sales person. By using the power of telephone and internet, customers are able to research their own solutions, rank options, set requirements, benchmark pricing and so on. They then are able to take the initiative to call a supplier with their needs, and their most important criteria being, “Can they take care of my needs?” and, “Can I work with this person/ company?”

To tell you the truth, I found this alarming. I have always been trained to believe that the best sales people are those able to uncover existing problems and needs, (preferably at the most senior level of executive that they can access,) and then offer a solution that would take care of the headaches. This basic belief was challenged, and then again verified when I looked at the most important purchases that I have made in my life. Thinking back, I have usually done my homework beforehand, and have rarely bought from a person that has approached me first.

Does this mean the end of cold-calling and prospecting as

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we know it? Probably not, but there are some important points that need to be made in this new world of marketing and sales.

Customers will always buy things that they need or want, but your job of persuading them to buy shifts to persuading them to buy from you. What are the implications?

First, and most importantly, one can see how important the power word-of-mouth and referrals are for your business. Given that potential prospects are probably already 60 percent there in making a decision to buy from you, how do they find out about your business and what you sell? What are your current and past customers saying about you, to others and in the various media? And would they be willing to recommend you to others, or supply you with a list of people whom you can contact?

The implication here is that your business had better be taking care of your customers, or you will be disqualified before you even start the race. Therefore, you need to first get the basics incredibly right and stop doing those things that upset your customers. Constantly find ways to add value for your clients and for your prospects. Build relationships which don’t make them feel threatened or experience a desire to avoid you. Conduct all business transactions, and even create special events that give them something positive, memorable and newsworthy to talk about. Find new and creative ways of attracting their attention or their curiosity so they don’t feel the impulse to run away.

Second, customers have become very adept at avoiding sales people. When bombarded by too many marketing messages and too many sales people wanting an appointment, customers switch off and ignore it all. It’s very much a case of “Don’t call us, we’ll call you- when we need it.” This means you have to challenge all of the actions and resources that your business puts into advertising, promotions, prospecting, cold-calling, and so on. Evaluate your prospects and stakeholders not by their seniority in the organisation, nor by the friendly attitude they have towards you, but by the state of flux in which the organisation finds itself, and by the emerging demand that exists rather www.shop-sa.co.za

than the established demand. Train them how to make their buying decisions, (what to look out for,) rather than spending too much time quizzing them about their purchasing processes.

One of my best deals ever was made at a meeting where four competitors had been invited to make a 30-minute presentation to a Request for Proposal (RFP). When my turn came, I handed over my booklet with full details, but told them that they could read it in their own time. I told them what I wanted to address in my half-hour was the three questions that should have been asked in the RFP, but which weren’t addressed. I explained why they were so important, and there and then they cancelled the RFP and asked me to present my full proposal.

Third, your business needs to ensure that it is readily and easily visible to customers who seek information. My plumber did this in two very effective and relatively cheap ways. He gave us an attractive fridge magnet with his details, and also sent an SMS with his electronic business card straight to our cellphones. The entry says “Plumber – Malcolm,” and gives his details. If we need Malcolm, we don’t have to scramble to find his phone number, it’s there already. For some of you reading this, it may be about ranking higher on Google and other search engines, and making sure your website looks good and is easy to use. For others, it may be about giving away lots and lots of business cards.

Fourth, you need to have some high-quality information and insightful knowledge of your competitors and your customers if you are to play in the new game of business. How are your rivals communicating with your customers and prospects, and what are they promising? And, more importantly, what are the questions that your customers and prospects are asking? What information do they seek? Does your business compare favourably?

So the news is not all bad. The sales environment is certainly tougher than it has ever been, not only because of decreased spending, not only because you are competing with everyone from everywhere for everything, but also because customers are more demanding than ever before.

But if you arm yourself with the knowledge that your customers are better prepared than they have ever been it makes your role easier than before, provided you follow the advice offered here. m

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business branding Acknowledgment Greg Forbes, Managing Director of Lion’s Wing Brand Communications represents a new breed of marketing and communication service providers. Young at heart, creatively driven, proud of their work and dedicated to their clients, they strive to meet and exceed the expectations of their clients and partners. Find them at www.lionswing.co.za

Branding in a digital world

Never before in human history has the brand been more powerful and the landscape more cluttered.

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e have experienced and are living through some of the greatest changes to affect the branding and publishing industry since their inception. However it has brought many more dynamics and much more noise to the simple age old question of – how do I get my voice heard and remembered above all the others out there?

The age of the absolute economic power of a state over a business has ended, and as demonstrated in the on-going economic recession, certain large scale multinational businesses are “too big to let fall” as their end would have disastrous implications for various countries. Further, as demonstrated recently, Apple became one the first companies to have more liquid reserves than that of the state in which its head office was located.

One need only review the list of the Forbes or Time ‘Most Influential People’ to see that the majority are not world political leaders but are in fact business leaders.

In many ways, businesses have become the new global leaders in thoughts, views and objectives, as well as the protectors of the workers and less fortunate through employee programmes and corporate social investment schemes. This has become the new branding for business, not just who they are and what they do, but how they interact with society within and around them.

No longer do businesses tell consumers what to think of them, in the digital age consumers and employees tell consumers ‘who’ the business is. Not only do businesses now profile prospective employees through online searches, but the public screens companies they deal with through the

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ubiquitous and immediate digital world of social websites, news and blogs.

Advertising and marketing can no longer be tweaked and bent to create a beautiful image of the company and sent to the public, now, the public choose which messages they receive. In short, companies can no longer lie to consumers or keep the ‘dirt’ quiet.

For businesses looking to break through the clutter, not only do they need to be true to their ethos, but they need to adopt far more innovative ways of promoting their products or services - and at the heart of it lies that fact that the actual product or service must be innovative in of itself.

Branding is becoming much more of an idea that consumers ‘pull’ towards them as opposed to something that business ‘push’ towards consumers. Consumers need to like a brand, not only as a Facebook activity, but also as an ideal that they’ll argue the virtue of.

Content and entertainment are becoming the catchwords in advertising, creating engaging, meaningful matter that consumers actively seek out to digest.

However, the digital sphere still has many brands and individuals confused, trying desperately to find the right mix of actions and relationships to a successful digital presence while still retaining the norms and relationships of the pre-digital age. A recent survey by international ad agency Euro RSCG titled – “This digital life”, surveyed 19 countries including South Africa, and revealed some startling results about how we as humans are interacting with our digital world. This is especially relevant in the new social search era where brands, websites, advertisers and search engines not only take into account your browsing history but your

entire online social profile. By plugging into social aspects of your life they can see where you and your contacts have been, what you’ve been doing and what you’re talking about. They can lift key words and ideas to better focus their marketing efforts at you personally.

The survey found that 55% of those surveyed depended on social networking to help them with their shopping but also found that more than 50% were concerned that technology is robbing us of our privacy.

70% of respondents, including two thirds of millennia’s themselves, agreed that young people today have no sense of personal privacy, and the majority of age groups agreed that people share too much about their personal thoughts and experiences online and that society needs to go back to being more private. 39% of the 18 to 34 age group admitted to regretting posting personal information about themselves online.

While just 10% believe digital technology will have a negative effect overall on the world, 42% believe it’s too soon to tell— suggesting a relatively strong level of distrust and unease about what is to come. This just goes to show that while the future of more intrusive advertising and branding seems unstoppable, more and more consumers are becoming aware that it represents an irreversible shift in how we as a society are used to living in, and interacting with our world.

Change is inevitable, and while there have been many changes in the history of mankind that where seen as scary and the end of society as we know it, the human race is extremely adaptable, and generations after us will probably wonder how we ever questioned the motives and means of where the digital age will take branding in the future. m Vol 96 - Issue

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Whether required by law, or simply to document the people entering and exiting your premises, companies face interesting questions when purchasing company registers. My Office approached Ledger Systems to ask their advice on keeping record. he South African Companies act of 2008 and its amendments govern the level of information certain types companies may need to keep on record and for how long. The first step is to familiarise yourself with what requirements your business has to fulfill in terms of the types of records that your company needs to keep.

When it comes to buying, there are a few variables to take into account, and these greatly depend on your type of business. There is no hard and fast general rule to apply when buying your company registers, as every item serves an individual function. To keep it simple, we have broken it down for you .

Company Access Control Registers are used to record any entry or exit of persons to your premises. When it comes to buying an access register, one needs to look at the level of security you have in place, the amount of information you wish to retain and the amount of traffic entering and exiting your premises. This will tell you whether you need a standard register, with x amount of pages for the x amount of visitors you receive a year, or whether you need a tailored register that has the relevant indemnities, security card numbers etc.

Occurrence Books (OB) are used by police or security guards to trace and list the incidents and occurrence during a shift. An OB keeps evidence and by law is needed by security and police officers.

When it comes to buying, numbered pages are important, and books that come with multi-languages are also a plus.

Attendance Registers - In certain company meetings, like shareholder meetings, attendance must be documented so a precise BANNER FOR SHOP-SA MAGAZINE - ECONOMY.pdf 1 2012/09/17 03:42:52 PM record can be kept. The laws pertaining to these meetings are very

strict and dictate that these records are kept in book form, listing the meeting name, date, presents parties and signatures. When you purchase these books, ensure they comply with the Companies Act.61.

Minute books – Minutes of meeting are imperative to keep, and in most cases it is required by law to keep a minute book. Whether a board meeting, annual general meeting or disciplinary hearing, you need to document the meeting, and store this in hard copy. There are two ways in this can be done. Typing of the minutes and pasting them in a book or writing them directly in the minute book. Depending on what you choose, try to ensure the books come with an a-z index, as well as numbered pages. This allows you to easily refer back to any meeting, and provides a little extra security with the page numbering.

When going for a book to paste your minutes in, it is recommended to use books with paper guards (small paper tabs between pages) as this stops the book from fanning open once full. The recording and storing of your Minutes is imperative, and the laws are specific with the mentioning of a Minute book. Computer documents do not qualify, as these can be edited. Ensure all your Minutes are signed by the relevant parties, to validate them, before they are filed.

Custom Log Books & Registers Custom log books such as sports log books are never a standard stock shelf product. They can be very specific to a sport or an industry and often need to be made up specifically; a golf club would have their own register to record weather, shots, terrain, etc.

Custom books include visitors’ books, club records, guest registers and sometimes by signing in a book, a box is ticked. This could be used as a ‘terms and conditions’ box, where the visitors agree to the terms and conditions of a premises. This way an establishment or business can cover themselves. m

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Epson Moverio BT-100 head-mounted display The future has arrived! Watch live information or entertainment through transparent lenses while engaged in another task. The Moverio BT-100 is a head-mounted display (HMD), weighing only 240g, that offers wearers a chance to enjoy big-screen entertainment on the go.

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Weighing just 3 kg, Ricoh’s ultra short throw projectors can share and display crisp images and video files onto any type of flat surface up to 24,9cm away and can accept input direct from USB flashdrive, tablets, iPad, laptop, PC, or netbook.

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GPS Log Book Simply “Plug & Drive”

A small, stylish and hassle-free GPS Log Book device, simply plug it into the cigarette lighter of your car and with minimal effort or time, you can generate an accurate, detailed SARS-compliant logbook at the end of each month. A high-sensitivity GPS and intelligent logging software accurately records the time, position and speed of a vehicle with data uploaded via USB onto a computer to the GPS Logbook website where trips can be viewed using Google Maps.

Epson GPS Running Watch One of the thinnest GPSenabled running monitors and equipped with long battery life, this watch uses GPS to provide runners with accurate distance, pace and other data. Epson also offers a Wristwatch-Type Pulse Monitor, which tells users how much exercise is required to burn fat and advises on exercise and diet.

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Speedo has launched a high quality underwater MP3 player for swimmers. The Speedo Aquabeat allows users the opportunity to listen to their favourite tunes in the water or while working out.

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The Business Plan

Acknowledgment Milton Espley-Jones, together with Clive Williams own Executive Management Consultants, a firm offer strategic, marketing and business plans, access to finance (both private and government), business rescue and mentoring services. For more information contact 011 706 0550 or visit www.exmc.co.za.

What is a business plan and why do we need one?

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business plan is not just a document – it starts with preparing a monetary model that shows the financial structure of the business and all the assumptions made about the market such as sales growth, together with the assumed costs structures, funding mechanisms and resources that will be required.

Assumptions need to be checked against the real market, and the promotional mix and sales strategy explained in detail to guarantee the sales income that is budgeted. Other assumptions made about cost, e.g. of raw materials, rentals/leases, capital equipment etc. need to be checked by the gathering quotes.

This document is your business plan and its power lies in the time given to its planning.

A business plan should consist of, at least, the following: 1. An EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, which is a brief statement of the business opportunity, who is involved, what the business does, who the customers are, what resources are required (people, materials and money), what will be done and the financial results.

2. ABOUT THE BUSINESS: this is a more detailed description of the

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business, the owners, who does what, the history and achievements, finance required, management and any technical assistance required.

3. A S.W.O.T. (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis.

In more complicated businesses, this may be supported by a PORTER ANALYSIS, which considers the interactions within the industry, the suppliers, customers, substitutes and new entrants.

4. The MARKETING PLAN OUTLINE is a summary of the full marketing plan.

It may contain a macro- and micro economic summary, a statement of the product(s)/service(s), target market, pricing, promotion, distribution (where it operates), the sales plan and competitive advantages.

5. The HUMAN RESOURCES BUDGET gives the skills requirements, costs, staff availability, training, etc.

6. KEY MANAGEMENT CONTROLS need to be listed in order to properly measure and manage the business, such daily sales figures, weekly and monthly financial accounts, stock and debtors analysis.

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A FINANCIAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS that considers the sources and applications of funds and the risks and issues considered.

8. The FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS in the appendix (see below) need to be explained in words, including the assumptions.

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The BUSINESS FUNDABILITY must be displayed, considering the

industry, the business in that industry, the financial strength of the business (how close/far from breakeven), the loan security offered, the owner’s monetary contribution to the business, the owner’s ability’s and a conclusion to all of these factors. This is possibly the hub of a funding decision.

10. An OPERATIONAL REVIEW lays out what happens on a daily basis, what machinery/equipment is involved, insurance, legal, environmental and regulatory issues, raw materials, labour, computer requirements, etc.

11. A PRODUCTION PLAN and LAYOUT may be required.

12. The IMPLEMENTATION PLAN lists who must do what, and by when to get the plan implemented.

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The APPENDICES follow. They contain all the supporting information and documents, starting with the financial statements – usually five years for the assumptions, income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. This may be supported by statements for the marketing schedule, personnel schedule, capital expenditure plan and the loan repayment schedule.

It may also contain copies of the quotes, sales agreements, lease or rental agreements, etc.

If you do not have the skills to build the financial model, get a qualified person to do it for you. This can be expensive, but there are schemes that can help with the costs of preparation and we will tell you more about this in the next article. m Vol 96 - Issue

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archiving & storage

THE EASE OF ARCHIVING Whether as a company or in a personal capacity, data storage and archiving are essential when simplifying and organising offices and homes.

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he modern workforce is no longer constrained by the need to be in an office. People are becoming mobile, which means that external hard drives have become an indispensible part of their armoury.

After all, backing up important information has always been critical, and never more so than when on the move.

While the benefits of external hard drives are well known, so too are their disadvantages. Being portable, these devices are extremely vulnerable to theft and also generally tend to be fragile.

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Verbatim Verbatim under AC Trading recently introduced a product that stores data but also keeps a back up. The system is generally known as networkattached storage (NAS) and can be explained as file-level computer data storage connected to a computer network providing data access to a group of individuals.

A fail-safe is that extra back-up, as the myths of saving data include: • There will always be a warning before my hard drive crashes - not necessarily, not to mention loss or theft. Without a backup your information is gone. Also note, it is a device with moving parts and eventually it could break.

• Any lost data can be recovered – perhaps, but this comes with a very costly price tag.

• I can back-up on CD or DVD True, but these can get damaged, lost or stolen and sometimes even misplaced.

Comparatively, we insure cars or get some kind of health cover. Would it not make sense to cover yourself with regards to your information?

Photos and memories are not something that can be bought.

Another option would be the solid state drive (SSD) which is made completely of memory. SSDs are durable, fast and often do not involve the tedious task of actually looking for the data storage system. They are lightweight, quick and quiet.

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archiving & storage Tidy Files Tidy Files customers feel that saving time is a massive factor in acquiring the right storage system.

Despite the perceived efficiencies of today’s technology, paperwork is growing at an enormous rate every year and information is indeed the lifeblood of every business.

It controls efficiency, and efficiency controls success. The faster filing can be done or found the more efficient a company will be able to work. In light of the flood of information that arises daily, having quicker and safer access to all data at all times is vital.

In any successful business, time is the greatest constraint, and often is a wasted asset, particularly when it comes to searching for company files and records.

The independent German Institute for Time Analysis (MTM) conducted a series of time evaluations on the factors involved in the filing operations for different filing methods.

The independent study found that clients could save 49,5% of the filing time when using the Tidy Files top retrieval filing system compared to hanging files, and 48.9% compared to lever arch files.

K-Well Technologies

Contifile The Contifile solution is to store documents in colour-coded, versatile, functional and durable files of any set of information over 50 pages or sheets of paper.

At times it is important for a client to integrate the storage of documents with their existing storage solutions, from top-retrieval cabinetry, to simple shelving units, to bulk filers in large storage facilities.

In addition, the Contifile boasts a unique archiving feature, which allows the user to easily archive the contents and “recycle” the shell of the file.

It combines the space efficiency of container-like filing, with the document management functionality of a lever-arch file.

In doing so, the user can exploits existing office or home space more efficiently.

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K-Well Technologies Access to information is vital, which makes the wireless revolution offered by the newest addition to the K-Well Technologies portfolio that much more exciting.

Today’s world is constantly on the go so wires and cables are, simply put, a nuisance. Transferring data effortlessly and quickly without the use of wires is a huge step in the world of electronics.

The PQI AirDrive is a portable WiFi storage device designed for smartphones, tablet devices and notebooks. The device supports SD cards up to 32GB in order to wirelessly transfer data. Users can stream media directly to five devices simultaneously over their WiFi network.

The PQI AirCard is a WiFi enabled memory card that lets you instantly share photos and videos captured on your digital SLR camera to multiple devices over the same network. This instant sharing technology removes the hassle of needing to carry around card readers and cables in order to connect your devices to a computer.

African Filing There are two types of filing that African Filing deals with, namely active filing, which is data and paperwork used on a daily basis and inactive filing. Active information needs to be retrieved within a certain time frame by the business and should be readily available.

The second option would, in simple terms, be archiving.

Copious amounts of legislature dictate the rules of archiving and outline the do’s and donts’ of archiving. A company can be held liable for improper archiving of important documentation and it is unfortunate that many companies do not know their law, in turn taking a huge risk.

African Filing’s systems allow the client to house any information either offsite or onsite in such a way that the footprint is saved and the time management is better.

It might be time to empty out those office cabinets brimming with papers and perhaps re-organise those workstations that seem to have swallowed your staff members. Data storage and archiving in every respect makes life simpler, faster and more efficient. m

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Our lips kiss, form words and embrace our daily sustenance. Make sure you nurture your lips so that they can continue to give beauty to the world.

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he changes of season are usually the first indications of when our lips need more nurturing. This is because the skin of our lips is thin and does not contain oil glands, like our skin does to naturally moisturise them, and so they can easily become dehydrated and chapped without the proper care. Licking one’s lips will only intensify the dryness as it quickly evaporates. Instead, choose a good lip moisturiser or natural lip balm with an spf of at least 15, to protect your lips both from the dryness of winter and the harsh effects of the sun in summer.

Health care Cracked lips can also be an indicator of nutritional deficiency, be it a lack of iron, vitamin B or essential fatty acids. Choose a good multivitamin or mineral supplement to support your whole system. Vitamin A is an ideal agent for ensuring lip health and skin repair. Include foods such as carrots, tomatoes, green leafy vegetables, whole grains and legumes in your diet to get a

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regular fix of this amazing vitamin.

You may need medical attention if your lips are cracking at the corner of the mouth. This should not be left untreated, especially if accompanied by irritation and inflammation, as fissures and bacteria will develop.

Beauty care Exfoliating your lips will assist in removing dry, chapped skin. You can make your own delicious lip scrub at home. Combine a teaspoon of sugar (abrasive), mixed with a teaspoon of honey (contains antibacterial properties), and a teaspoon of olive oil (for moisture and protection). Leave it on for a few minutes and then dab it off with a damp cloth and apply a lip balm to seal the protection in. Buffing your lips in the morning with a soft toothbrush will also

help to remove flaky skin.

Refresh your stock of lipsticks as soon as they run out or before they get tacky or dirty. Expired lip cosmetics can cause allergies and ugly flare-ups. A good lip liner will stop your moisturising lipsticks from running into the fine lines occurring around your lips as you age.

Once your lips are in good shape, add some spring colour. Some cosmetics such as the Sonya Colour Collection combine lip care with skincare by combining natural ingredients, such as pure aloe vera, antioxidant vitamins, marine extracts and chamomile to protect, nourish and soothe your lips, combined with rich colours and hues of the seasons to suit the different skin tones.

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Execution procedures in recovering a debt

Once a judgement has been obtained against a debtor – be it by Default Judgement or by the outcome of a trial – the next step to follow is that of the execution of that judgement.

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xecution procedures are handled primarily by the sheriff of the court who is instructed by way of a Warrant of Execution to attend to the attachment and upliftment of the defendant’s assets. Once again – it is vital that correct procedures are followed and correct instructions are given to the sheriff in order for the execution to be successful.

finance Acknowledgment Lauren Orritt has been involved extensively in the debt recovery business for the past 20 years from a litigation perspective as well as from the legal advisory perspective. She consults for many suppliers, manufacturers and wholesalers within the home office products industry with a view to assisting them in reducing their bad debts whilst at all times attempting to avoid litigation and court involvement.

The sheriff will serve the Warrant of Execution on the defendant and will make an inventory of moveable goods that he is by law allowed to attach. One has to proceed first against the movable assets in order to satisfy a judgement before one can proceed against the immoveable assets (i.e. fixed property). The sheriff will then give notice to the defendant that an inventory has been made of the assets attached and that they are now judicially attached which means that they cannot be sold whilst being the subject of the execution of the judgement.

If the defendant or any third party alleges that the attached goods do not belong to the defendant then an interpleader affidavit must be lodged timeously with the sheriff disputing the attachment. In terms of interpleader proceedings – the party raising such dispute must furnish the sheriff with the necessary evidence that the goods which the sheriff has attached do not belong to the defendant – often receipts or invoices are produced to prove validity of the owner.

Interpleader proceedings then add a further cost to the process.

If no interpleader proceedings are entered into, then the sheriff will return to the defendant’s premises after a certain date to remove the goods that had been judicially attached and to store them prior to selling them on auction.

The attached goods are sold on auction in an attempt to satisfy the judgement amount, (such an amount will include the capital debt, interest and certain costs)and once the sheriff has deducted his costs of selling the goods – a cheque is written out to the plaintiff.

The procedure is slightly more complicated when the auction pertains to the sale of immoveable property and it is important to ensure that preferential creditors such as the bank are given proper notification.

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Back to basics – the office chair

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great deal of the day is spent behind a desk in a chair which, according to Rodney K. Lefler of www.spinehealth.com can add stress to the

structures in the spine.

Therefore, in order to avoid developing or compounding back problems, importance is placed on office chairs.

Office chairs that are ergonomic and that support the lower back, while promoting good posture are imperative.

Lefler stresses the importance of lower back support in an ergonomic chair. “The lumbar spine has an inward curve and sitting for long periods without support for this curve tends to lead to slouching and strains the structures in the lower spine,” he explains.

An ergonomic chair should be adjustable so each user can get the proper fit to support the inward curve of the lower back.

When considering the “conventional” style of office chair, there are a number of things an ergonomic chair should have.

Office chair seat height should be easily adjustable. A pneumatic adjustment lever is the easiest way to do this. Seat height should range from about 16 to 21 inches off the floor should work for most people. This allows the user to have his or her feet flat on the floor, with thighs horizontal and arms even with the height of the desk.

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with his or her back against the backrest of the chair while leaving approximately 2 to 4 inches between the back of the knees and the seat of the chair The backrest of an ergonomic office chair should be 12 to 19 inches wide. It should be able to support the natural curve of the spine, again with special attention paid to proper support of the lumbar region.

The office chair is where an employee’s derrière spends most of its time and yet the damage caused by incorrect seating is still ignored.

Office chair armrests should allow the user’s arms to rest comfortably and shoulders to be relaxed.

The elbows and lower arms should rest lightly, and the forearm should not be on the armrest while typing.

Any conventional style or ergonomic chair should easily rotate so the user can reach different areas of his or her desk without straining.

As an alternative to the more traditional office chair, new styles of ergonomic chairs have been designed to try to create good support, comfort and promote good posture.

These chairs may take a little getting used to, but typically become very comfortable over time.

The kneeling chair is an office chair that has no back, and places the user in a modified kneeling position. The design encourages good posture by sliding the hips forward and aligning the back, shoulder and neck.

The saddle chair is another ergonomic chair that can be used as a desk chair or computer chair.

This type of office chair is in the shape of a horse’s saddle and puts the user in a position somewhere between sitting and standing, similar to the position used when riding a horse. This allows the legs to drop naturally, and widen, creating a healthy and stable position.

The exercise ball chair is another completely different type of ergonomic chair. The major advantage to this type of chair is that it encourages movement and active sitting. There is a slight bouncing involved that keeps the legs moving, which stimulates circulation and keeps muscles busy, reducing stress and fatigue. Sitting on the ball makes slouching difficult, and the positioning needed to stay on the ball will automatically improve posture. m Vol 96 - Issue

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Office snacks:

Acknowledgment Cheryl Meyer RD (SA) is a dietitian passionate about finding practical ways to integrate enjoyment of food and nutritious choices to help her clients optimise their health. For more tips from Cheryl visit her blog at http://cheryldietitian.com or follow her on Twitter @CherylDietitian.

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f you need to trim down after the cold winter, start off by planning your regular meals. Have breakfast within two hours of waking up and eat every three to four hours during the day.

The next key thing to pay attention to would be the contents you are putting into your mouth. What exactly are you snacking on during the day? Are your nibbles therefore catching up with you?

Top five tips to slim down your snacks: 1. Ditch the chips, they are deep fried, high fat options. Instead swop them

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for lightly salted popcorn, oven baked pretzels or lean or game biltong.

2. Be very weary of the liquid calories. Each 340ml can of fizzy drink contains seven to eight teaspoons of sugar. Change to the lite or zero option to trim down.

Better yet replace the coolies with rooibos tea, herbal teas, still or sparkling water.

3. Sweeties may be fat-free by they are packed with sugar! A better option to try would be fruit based sweet snacks for a more nutritious treat e.g. freeze-dried fruit crisps.

4. Switch to dark chocolate. Although it does provide similar total fat

With winter far behind us and the longer, warmer days of summer just around the corner, it seems more people are aware that they need to get ready for South Africa’s favourite season. and calories gram for gram when compared to milk and white chocolate, its rich bitter flavour can help you keep your portions small, thereby eating less chocolate. It also eliminates the high calorie extras found in many bars e.g. nougat, nuts, toffee, biscuit, etc.

5. The best way to set yourself up to succeed is to be prepared. Keep healthy snacks close on hand, i.e. your desk drawer, handbag, brief case, car, etc. This will help limit the temptation of taking a walk past the vending machine or the quick shop to buy. Some easy portable snacks suggestions include fruit, low fat cheese wedges, high fibre crackers, trailmix, raw nuts and dried fruit m

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Review Abundance Marlene van der Westhuizen At last, another cookbook from Marlene van der Westhuizen In Abundance Marlene, shares all new recipes and her love and passion for Cape Town and its food.

Writing from her home in Green Point, on the slopes of Table Mountain, Marlene celebrates the simple joys of city living with 89 new, delicious and easy-to-make recipes to cook for familiy and friends.

The photographs capture the romance of Marlene’s Cape Town – walks on the Sea Point promeneade and through the Green Point Park, and visits to all her favourite restaurants.

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Conversations with my sons and daughters Mamphela Ramphele In these conversations with people of a younger generation Mamphela Ramphele responds to the growing despair among young South Africans about the cracks that are appearing in our system of governance and threatening the idealism of the country that reinvented itself with the dawn of democracy in 1994.

She shows incisively how successive post-apartheid ANC governments have betrayed the nation for a culture of impunity among those close to the seat of power, where corruption goes unremarked and accountability has been swept aside. Enduring poverty, inequity and a failing public service, most notably in health and education, are the results.

At once challenging and encouraging, Ramphele urges young South Africans – our future leaders – to set aside their fears; to take control of their rights and responsibilities as citizens in upholding the values of the constitution; and to confront the growing inequality that is undermining good governance, social justice and stability.

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Fourteen-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer, Alicia Keys, will release her highly anticipated fifth studio album, Girl On Fire, in November. Keys showcases the powerful and infectious title track and first single from “Girl On Fire” with a special electrifying performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September. “’Girl On Fire’ is about finding your voice, about being unleashed and about trusting your instincts and trusting yourself,” says Keys. “I can’t wait to share it with the world.”

“Girl On Fire” features powerful anthems and intimate ballads, led by Keys’ signature soulful voice and personable and relatable lyrics. Keys also collaborated with acclaimed and emerging talents.

The songs on “Girl On Fire” are anchored by Keys’ powerful vocals and trademark piano, but are sonically broadened by heavy drums, electric sounds, reggae and future soul, which gives the album an evolved, modern-day feel while simultaneously sounding like a classic body of timeless music.

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McCree to release debut album With a sound described as modern, melodic and powerful, McCree looks set to shake up the local music scene with the release of their debut album ‘Of Hopes And Dreams’.

Produced by Brendyn ‘Rusti’ Russouw and McCree, the album features 13 tracks including the singles “Me In The Middle”, “Was It Me” and “And I Wish”.

The album also includes the band’s newest single, “When I Was 17” which looks set to be the breakthrough track McCree have been working towards.

Added as the final piece of the album, “When I Was 17” was recorded and produced by Theo Cous at Bellville Studios in Cape Town. The song was written by vocalist Mark McCree and describes his changing experiences by looking back at periods in his life.

“I write songs about my past, capturing feelings I can share with the listener and also myself whenever it plays,” said McCree. “We hope that somehow through this album we can live the life of our dreams.” m Vol 96 - Issue

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health hygiene

Watch that office keyboard!

It may come as surprise that an office keyboard can pose a greater risk to your health than licking a toilet seat.

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his is an unfortunate fact, as food and work stations are seldom included in health and hygiene protocols.

Rentokil Initial SA’s Service Support Manager, Beverly Wentzel, warns against the habit of eating at one’s desk. She says it is undeniably unhygienic, as the combination of food morsels, hair and skin build up in a keyboard, promote the development and spread of bacteria and viruses. Her advice:

“Research also shows that having a hygienic and odour-free office can easily improve the impression that a business makes on its customers and employees.”

Offices are busy places which, though they may be cleaned on a daily basis, may never be properly sanitised.

Sanitise The odds of contracting something if you lick the average reception- or office desk is 400 times higher than when you lick a typical toilet seat, providing the desk is not sanitised regularly.

This applies to any office consumable - telephones, switchboards, computer keyboards, printers, scanners and fax machines.

Neglecting a proper clean allows disease-causing pathogens like cold and flu viruses to last up to 72 hours on these surfaces.

“The benefits of cleaning properly are improved staff health, better attendance and happier customers,” says Wentzel.

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Home is where our heart is.

Every sheet of Typek starts its journey in a forest. And because Sappi forests create oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide, every sheet of Typek also helps provide cleaner air for us all. So why buy paper from elsewhere in the world, when our own environmentally friendly, FSC certiďŹ ed paper can make a world of difference right here at home.

health hygiene

Don’t eat at YOUR desk Employers should urge their staff not to eat at their desks and to be more cautious of the health risks involved.

Proper lunch breaks will motivate staff not to bring food to their work stations and as a result, the likeliness of pests such as rodents, fleas and cockroaches will be reduced and germs will be less likely to fester.

Be aware of pests The up-side of the potential health threat is how easily it can be avoided to create a hygienic work environment.

Tips should be readily available in all offices to avoid unpleasant surprise visits from pests such as mice or rats. Apart from not eating at your desk, food should not be hoarded at any work station, but rather be kept in a

dedicated kitchen area. Should you make crumbs, ensure the floor space around you is clear to allow cleaners to reach it. Bins should contain bin liners to avoid residue build-up that will provide a food source for pests such as cockroaches, wasps and rodents.

Surfaces should be kept dry and steer clear of over-watering your office plants, as fruit flies thrive in damp environments.

Hand hygiene Hands should always be washed after touching items exposed to a large amount of germs, such as ATMs and public transport.

At the office, hot-desking should be avoided, as sharing a phone is the quickest way of contracting and spreading germs.

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is hard for personnel to effectively clean phone headsets or under keyboard keys, other than doing the standard shortterm surface clean.

Thorough hand washing, using a proper sanitising soap and water and drying hands with a clean towel or with hot air, has long been recognised as vital to good hygiene.

Although this is agreed as the very best means of achieving hand hygiene in some circumstances this may not always be possible or practical.

Recently, the additional use of alcohol-based sanitisers has become prevalent in increasing the standard of hand hygiene.

Hygiene gel and hand wipes provide an excellent hygiene barrier for cases where office workers find it difficult or too time-consuming to visit the washroom. Employers could provide an attractive, compact dispenser for the gel, which can be installed anywhere. m Vol 96 - Issue

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Business integrity shop-sa introduces you to Cheryl Vosloo of Centurion Office National.

Q&A

Tell us about your childhood and some favourite memories of growing up?

I was born and raised in Pretoria. My favourite memories are of wonderful seaside holidays with my family.

At what stage of life do you find yourself at now?

Confident in what I do, this comes with time and experience.

What is your life’s motto or personal brand?

To live life to the full and to lead by example.

Use three words to describe yourself Honest, hard-working, persevering.

What is your business philosophy?

To be honest in all business dealings and to never get involved in anything that appears to be suspect.

Briefly describe the highlights of your working career.

The first was joining Centurion Office National and being given the opportunity to develop my skills in business. The main highlight of my working career was two years after opening Centurion Office National, we were honoured when we were awarded the Office National Dealer of Year award.

What do you do best?

I always go the extra mile in everything I do.

What has been your greatest lesson in life?

Learning to have patience with others.

If you could change one thing in your industry, what would it be?

To educate customers to understand that there is no such thing as “an average item”.

How do you handle stress?

I always try to put everything into perspective and not become emotional about the situation.

What makes you happy?

To see my loved ones or colleagues achieve something special.

What is the one thing you can’t do without?

Good food and a glass of red wine with great company.

What would be the most valuable question you could ask yourself?

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Have I achieved all goals I have set for myself, and if not why not?

A leader must be equipped with a set of competences necessary to perform his/her role. Which one would you say is the most important ability a leader should have?

The ability to listen to other people’s opinions.

What are the 3 most pivotal moments in your career that you either learned from and/or that got you where you are?

Learning to do accounting that I had no prior training in.

Resigning from a secure job to take on a new challenge in a different industry. Moving Centurion Office National to its own premises at a time when the economy was on a downward turn.

What is your favourite retail store?

Woolworths.

What was the last new thing you bought?

A painting for my bedroom.

What is your favourite song currently?

‘Right Here Right Now’ by Elvis Blue.

Do you have a hobby outside of work?

Ballroom Dancing.

What car do you drive and why?

Hyundai Tuscon. It makes me feel invincible.

What is your favourite perfume?

Elizabeth Arden – 5th Avenue.

Tell us something about yourself, we didn’t know.

I love watching all sport and my favourite cricketer is Jaques Kallis.

How are you ‘Proudly South African’?

I always support our sportsmen and women, even if they are losing, and I always look for local products when shopping.

What are your small indulgences in life?

I love dark chocolate.

Describe your dream life in six words.

Travelling the world on a cruise liner. m

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business associations Acknowledgment

Trade Association Membership

Pat Lacey is the Chief Executive Officer of the Printing Industries Federation South Africa NPC, which recently rebranded to Print SA. He can be reached on Tel: 011 287 1160. Fax: 011 287 1179 or E: placy@pifsa.org or find out more about the association on www.pifsa.org.

One of the most common questions asked of any trade or industry association, is: “Why should I belong to any association?”

In other words – what is the value to my company?

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ntrepreneurs in any sector of the economy have had to exhibit a selfconfidence and independence just to establish their business in the first place. Surely, nothing could be more daunting than that leap of faith?

What extra can an association bring to that business that same entrepreneurs cannot source or discover themselves?

This is a legitimate question and one which any association must be able to answer with bold certainty, or it has no right to exist. The specifics will differ in each instance but the categories of answers will largely be the same for each separate organisation: NETWORKING No individual, and likewise no company, can exist in a vacuum. It is imperative for entrepreneurs to interact with like individuals in the same field of business, to share experiences, discuss different approaches to similar problems and

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generally form an idea of how their company is performing, relative to others of similar size and stage of development.

SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE Within each sector of the economy is housed particular knowledge or intellectual property. While the refinement of this knowledge by individual enterprises is what gives that body a competitive advantage, there exists knowledge which is common property. However, this will be unique to that sector and the place where it is most logically kept, for access by all, is the trade/industry association.

It is also the responsibility of the association to ensure that this body of knowledge is continually refreshed, for the benefit of its members only. The cost of each member warehousing and updating this knowledge would be prohibitive.

COMPLIANCE There are approximately 100 different pieces of legislation covering the running of any one business – in some sectors, such as the recognised professions, there will be more. Furthermore, politicians feel that, if they are not legislating, they are not working. The result is that we can be assured of a continuous flow of government intervention in business

affairs, with more and more regulations with which to comply.

It is impossible for every entrepreneur to read through government gazettes each week and assess or interpret how they will be affected by new legislation.

Instead, it is comforting to know that their trade/industry association has the skill and capacity to perform this task and, importantly, warn members of their new responsibility.

REPRESENTIVITY Neither government nor any of the organisations which it spawns, such as the SETAs, bargaining councils, etc want to deal with individual businesses.

They prefer to deal with representative organisations, which are able to express a view on behalf of the sector. Unless an entrepreneur is a part of that organisation, his/her view will not be heard and the effect on that business will be ignored – perhaps to the detriment of the entire sector.

So, while there is no legal, moral or other reason for any individual business to join an association, there is also no sensible reason why that business should not join an association. If those services are not being provided, insist that they be so provided. m Vol 96 - Issue

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Product sourcing at Paperworld China

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he recent Paperworld China 2012 served as an international sourcing platform showcasing China’s stationery and office supplies industry and represented a wide range of products that encompassed office supplies, office technology, paper and printing products, writing instruments, school supplies, artist supplies and gifts.

Held at the mammoth Shanghai Expo Center, this year’s event attracted over 19 000 professional trade visitors. Along with independent labels and products, international brands such as CARL, Dokumental, Eagle, Lihit Lab, Polar Bear, Print-Rite, Stick ‘N and Simbalion were also present.

Of particular interest was the Extraordinary Stationery arena which covered upcoming trends within the stationery, products and artist supplies sector; and the Sustainable Sourcing Summit 2012 which ran in tandem with Paperworld. Co-organised by the Rainforest Alliance, speakers from the Alliance, FSC China, Staples and Mattel shared their views on ‘The changing landscape of responsible paper and packaging sourcing.

The show organised by Messe Frankfurt, one of the world’s largest trade fair organisers present in more than 150 countries, continues its strategy of offering to small and mediumsize companies in particular, a global marketing tool. China is part of their international strategy and Messe Frankfurt, represented there since 1994, operates subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and stages over 25 fairs in China.

The November issue of My Office will publish a follow-up research report commissioned by Messe Frankfurt on the demand and sourcing practice of corporate users. m

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shop-sa networking opportunities A quick review and preview of member networking events.

Local Events Gauteng Trade show Well done to BIC for winning the best table and thank you to all our exhibitors for your support.

ACT African filing Bantex Beswick Office Products Bic South Africa BSC Stationery Sales Colop Contifile CTP Stationery Manufactures Freedom Stationery Hortors Stationery Interstat Agencies Justick International KMP Print Technik Kolok Unlimited SA Krost Office Products Ledger Systems Pensan South Africa Stationery Pentel South Africa Permoseal Pilot Pen South Africa Powerhouse Dictation Systems RBE Stationery Manufacturing Redfern Labels Rexel Office Products

Rubber Stamp and Engraving Sheet Plastic Marketing Sonex Staedtler SA Statesman Stationery Talc Paper Tidyfiles Topmark Tower Trefoil Manufacturing

shop-sa Networking Opportunities AGM Gauteng Date:25 October 2012 Venue: Killarney Golf Club

Gauteng Year end function Date 29 November 2012 Venue: Barnyard Cresta

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Western Cape Golf Day Date: 05 October 2012 Venue: Metropolitan Golf Club Cost: R1750 per 4 ball and R500 for tee box/green sponsorship

Western Cape BESWICK BOWLS END OF YEAR FUNCTION Date: 16 November 2012 Edgemead Bowling Club

To book any of the events contact Wendy or Bill at the shop-sa on 011 880-1147 or wendy@shop-sa.co.za or bill@shop-sa.co.za Please visit www.shop-sa. co.za for an updated online Events Calendar.

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Canon introduces new design-focused printers Canon announced the launch of three new premium PIXMA printers that produce photo-lab quality prints at home and boast advanced design features, the PIXMA iP7240, PIXMA MG5440 and PIXMA MG6340.

Joining Canon’s All-in-One Photo printer range are the MG5440 and MG6340, two high-performance PIXMA devices, which feature fast, print speeds, the option of cost-saving high capacity XL inks, and enhanced connectivity for printing around the home.

The new PIXMA iP7240 was also launched a document and photo printer replacing the iP4940, with faster print speeds and Wi-Fi connectivity.

The iP7240 also supports tablet and smartphone printing.

Luxury Sheaffer back with the BIC family Luxury pen maker, Sheaffer, recently announced, its iconic pens will be distributed again locally by BIC South Africa.

At the launch held BIC reminded its customers of Sheaffer’s unique selling points by means of a beautiful exhibition of its luxury fountain and ballpoint pens. BIC also assured customers of their commitment to build the Sheaffer brand.

Next year, Sheaffer will officially turn 100 and at the launch, managing director of BIC SA, Brett Griffiths, said that trade and consumers could expect great things from now on, especially in terms of product innovation and brand support.

Sheaffer pens are used worldwide by people who appreciate elegance and class. Having been started in 1912, the Sheaffer brand has grown to be a household name and is loved by many people around the world.

Carbon neutral IT firm urges others to follow suit Local company and green IT computing specialists, sustainableIT have announced their carbon neutral status. The company is believed to be the first local IT organisation to achieve carbon neutrality within its business operations and encourages other IT companies to follow suit.

Teresa Legg, director of sustainableIT, says that offsetting their emissions to achieve a carbon neutral status marks a logical progression in terms of the way the business is managed and operated. “sustainableIT is a blip on the radar screen in terms of overall emissions but everybody can do their bit,” explains Legg.

Leading technology companies, like Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft, use massive amounts of energy, electricity and power. Greenpeace estimates that some individual data centers consume as much electricity as 180,000 households per annum. In terms of emissions, the IT industry is estimated to contribute between two and three percent to global emissions and continues to increase as more mobile devices get online. Facebook recently disclosed their carbon footprint, and many other companies have been working to become more efficient and reduce emissions, which not only cuts down on environmental costs but also reduces overheads.

Faber-Castell makes alternative plan in Brazil Already a benchmark in socio-environmental responsibility, Faber-Castell was once again recently given recognition for its actions in the field of sustainability, one of the core values of the brand. The company was awarded the top position in the Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX), a ranking of the largest Brazilian industrial users of renewable energy.

Compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (Bnef), a British research company which publishes the Corporate Renewable Energy Index in other countries, the Brazilian ranking is one of a kind: based on a survey of the 200 largest listed companies by market capitalisation in the country, it takes into account the total electric power consumption of those companies and the volume generated by alternative renewable sources of electric power, among which small-scale hydro-electric power stations, solar energy plants, wind power plants, and biomass, such as sugar cane and wood from reforestation.

Faber-Castell stood out among the 19 Brazilian companies included in the ranking due to the fact that alternative renewable sources provided 100% of the company’s power requirements in 2011. This is the result of the many years of work towards sustainable development by Faber-Castell.

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association news Municipal invoices still not consumer friendly Local and international research has shown that customers of many municipal entities, in both the developed and developing countries, struggle to understand their municipal invoices. A lack of understanding of invoices has a negative effect on customer awareness, participation and the regulation of water services. It also leads to distrust in the correctness of an invoice, which, in turn, could affect consumers’ willingness to pay. A study by the Water Research Commission (WRC) found that municipal invoices in South Africa have much to improve on before they will function as a tool to serve consumers and use our water resources effectively.

In particular, South African invoices are not standardised at all. Most invoices do not meet regulatory requirements.

Most invoices are barely legible as they are not in plain and understandable language as required by the Consumer Protection Act (68 of 2008) and far from being user-friendly.

Most municipalities’ invoices are not customer-orientated.

While South African has 11 official languages but invoices are still presented in English only. Most invoices do not communicate water conservation and effective water use.

South African invoices do very little to reduce our water and energy footprint and lag far behind international best practice in this regard. Municipalities miss the opportunity to brand

water conservation through their invoices. They could also be a tool to set consumption targets or give incentives for conservation. Very few municipal invoices show comparative or historical consumption information, which has proved to positively influence consumer behaviour.

dti issues BEE warning The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) would like to warn the public, supply chain practitioners, investors, accounting officers/authorities, consultants, verification agencies, established and emerging business as well as business organisations that individuals are issuing bogus Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE)

certificates.

Some of these individuals claim to be working for the dti, while others claim to be working for verification agencies.

Members of the public should note that the dti, as the custodian of the B-BBEE policy, does not issue any B-BBEE certificates.

If an entity is found in possession of a fraudulent B-BBEE Certificate, the entity’s details will be dealt with in accordance with the provision of the law, which may include, but is not limited to, inclusion by the National Treasury on the central database of restricted suppliers that are prohibited from conducting business with the public sector.

Other legal remedies will be taken against that entity.

Basson set to drive growth Bytes Technology Group (Bytes), a wholly -owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altron Group, announced the appointment of Johan Basson as the new Chief Executive Officer of Bytes Document Solutions (BDS).

Basson joined BDS in 2001, where he excelled in various key financial positions including that of financial director, a position he held prior to his appointment as CEO. With more than 20 years of financial and operational management experience, Basson’s proven business acumen and in-depth knowledge of the document solutions industry will stand him in good stead as he takes over the reins as leader of BDS. In his new position, Basson will be expected to actively drive the transition of BDS from a product to a services-led business. Commenting on his appointment, Basson said, “Throughout Africa, our customers expect delivery of the best products, solutions and services to help them improve their document workflows and business processes. They also expect this to happen at a faster pace and at a lower cost than before. At BDS we plan to rise to this challenge and deliver on our promises.”

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association news PayU launches EasyMerchant South Africa’s leading online and mobile payment service provider, PayU, is inviting small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) into the e-commerce fold.

This comes at the hand of the launch of an innovative product that enables SMEs to accept credit card payments by using PayU’s merchant account and processing network. This product, known as EasyMerchant, is specifically targeted at SMEs and aims to take the hassle out of the complexities businesses might associate with online payments.

Highlighting the benefits of EasyMerchant, CEO of PayU Mark Chirnside comments, “Start-ups and SMEs need a quick and simple way to take their business online. PayU’s EasyMerchant enables an online business to get up and running, quickly. With an EasyMerchant account we make e-business simpler, increase sales, cut paperwork and reduce the risk, we authorise credit card purchases, process them and deposit the proceeds into your account. It’s simple!”

READING FOR ENJOYMENT In support of International Literacy Week and the Readathon 2012 initiative, READ held a reading ‘flash mob’ – reading for enjoyment – at the Johannesburg City Library. It tied in with National Literacy Day. Hlubi Mboya and Thato Tholo also joined the flash mob.

Individuals silently read in different locations around the entrance to the Johannesburg City Library, followed by the unveiling of posters calling on all to support Literacy Day and the Readathon. Lizelle Langford of READ Educational Trust welcomed all and during the rest of the day, Hlubi, Thato and Raiz Adries (a learner) spoke on the importance of reading and there was an outstanding poetry performance by Ntsiki Mazwai. It was a fantastic and successful event, where fun was had by all involved.

READ’s Literacy Week is all part of the Readathon programme, a concept that has been going strong in South Africa for 23 years.

Its aim is to bring the skill and love of reading to the public and to encourage schools to entrench reading as a daily practice.

CC Group’s Back to School promotion drives sales growth The ICC Group’s recent Back To School Competition proved to be a great success with bigger and better in-store Back to School displays and higher sales volumes than ever seen before.

The winners were announced last week, with a tie between ICC Big Save Hammanskraal and Overland Cash & Carry in Klerksdorp for their impressive displays’ as large numbers of feet visited stores and huge increases in sales were experienced.

The competition was launched last year to member stores to inspire their creativity to go the extra mile through an all-encompassing staff incentive programme. The programme incentivised each and every level of staff member responsible for the set up and displays of in-store promotions to create the best Back to School Display in the country with stunning prizes up for grabs.

The stores were evaluated based on two criteria namely growth in their own sales volumes from the previous year and the overall look of the display through the promotional period.

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BOSCH RESPONDS TO GROWTH IN SOLAR MARKET In response to the growing demand for solar energy, Robert Bosch South Africa has installed a sample system located at their sales office in Midrand.

In support of sustainable energy growth the Bosch Solar Energy division installed a 2.5 kwh mono crystalline and 2.5 kwh thin film system.

“It will in future be extended with a further 2,5 kwh poly crystalline system.

The power produced by the system is fed into and used by the office blocks on site,” says Andreas Wagner, head of Bosch South Africa’s solar division.

The ground based installation is used to showcase what the future PV plants in the IPP/ Rebate programme will look like. The system produces around 14000 kwh/year. If calculated on standard 20 year power producing period, the solar plant currently produces power for less

R/ kwh than Eskom current rates.

“With this installation we are showing on a small scale what solar energy can do for South Africa” Steffen Hoffmann, managing director of Robert Bosch Pty Ltd, said.

Due to the modularity of the system,

Hawkins offers uninterrupted power supply Now you can rest assured, you will never miss your favourite TV show or have to explain to the customer that your cash register is not working or that the office computer is down due to an unexpected power failure.

The Hawkins CPI12100C is an uninterruptible 230VAC power source for use either at home, the office or at the shop.

It is an all-in-one inverter, battery charger and automatic transfer switch, which means you can connect the equipment to it that you want to power permanently in the event of a mains failure.

The Hawkins CPI12100 is maintenance and noise free and will operate most electrical and electronic appliances such as; lights, fans, TVs, decoders, personal computers, cellular and laptop chargers, etc. except for high power appliances including; kettles, toasters, hairdryers, heaters, stoves or geysers.

The CPI12100C will charge and maintain the battery while mains is connected and will automatically transfer to battery power when the mains power unexpectedly fails while continuing to power the equipment connected to it without interruption.

Typically by using a 105Ah battery, the Hawkins CPI12100C Inverter/Charger combo will power a TV, a computer with 19” LCD screen and 6 CFL lights continuously for approximately 2 hours.

First social media credit offering in SA launched GetBucks, a local virtual financial services provider offering online credit, has partnered with ZunguZ, the popular Facebook money transfer service and made loans accessible through the popular social networking platform, thereby launching the world’s first social media credit facility.

Consumers can use the credit granted to purchase items such as airtime or iTunes vouchers within the new ZunguZ marketplace, withdraw the cash, or send the money to a relative or friend on Facebook within the borders of South Africa.

Rob Sussman, CEO at ZunguZ, said, “Bringing Getbucks on-demand loans via the ZunguZ transparent and non-evasive delivery mechanism, has resulted in these services being introduced into new markets and a further foothold for these services in social commerce.”

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it can cover the needs of residential users trying to get away from the monthly bills and commercial users looking for a greener alternative, which is also cost effective. The system can be set up at ground level or mounted on a roof.

XPERIA SOLA – NOW AVAILABLE AT MTN Sony Mobile Communications is pleased to announce the availability of Xperia sola at MTN stores nationwide.

Complete with Sony technology, outstanding multi-media functionalities which includes Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine, xLOUD as well as 3D surround sound audio technology and innovative floating touch navigation, the NFC enabled Xperia sola comes equipped with Xperia SmartTags, allowing consumers to change their smartphone’s settings and applications to fit their lifestyle in an instant.

Xperia sola is NFC enabled and comes with two NFC Xperia SmartTags in the box as standard to simplify consumers’ everyday smartphone experiences. By touching an NFC Android smartphone on a SmartTag, a pre-configured profile in the smartphone will launch. The two SmartTags included with Xperia sola can be personalised with up to 10 programs.

Out of the box, one is ready for the living room to turn on Wi-Fi and launch Google news and weather apps, and the other one for the bedroom, which turns on the alarm and switches to silent mode. Xperia sola supports NFC pairing, allowing consumers to enjoy great connectivity with other NFC smartphones, applications and services by tapping their smartphones together.

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Introducing the Waytag!

The recent AIGS Progress Africa Conference, which focused strongly on the theme of mobility and its impact on both business and technology, introduced the Waytag to fellow Progress software developers and business leaders. This free permanent “address” moves with users wherever they are and represents a new era of location-aware marketing and development.

“Mobility may be the most important trend affecting businesses today,” says Richard Firth, of Waytag. “But companies are effectively operating in that space, globally or locally. We wanted to create a tool that would allow companies to speak to individuals on the move and optimise their customer service according to their location.”

Waytags move with users wherever they are. This allows a user to create a Waytag (e.g. BobMobi) and then update their location to wherever they are.

Firth emphasises that the application has strong security measures in place. “You create it, you name it, you update it, you can delete it and you can choose who to share your Waytag with,” he says. “You are always 100% in control of the information associated with your Waytag.”

New video surveillance cameras for indoor applications With over two million serious crimes reported in South Africa each year, the video surveillance industry is challenged to maintain its emphasis on technology to keep pace with demands from business and public-sector customers.

In line with this, value added distributor Duxbury Networking has introduced two new small-format indoor network video cameras targeted at surveillance applications.

The Axis M1013 and M1014 are fixed lens cameras with adjustable focus. Both are configurable to accommodate video streaming conforming to the latest H.264 video codec standard offering major improvements in image quality.

According to Armand Steffens, business development manager at Duxbury Networking, key features of the cameras include compatibility with the Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) video format in which each video frame or interlaced field of a digital video sequence is separately compressed as a JPEG image, significantly increasing picture detail and contrast.

“Together with their inherent high resolution imaging, the cameras are compatible with technologies such as motion detection, behaviour detection and thermal / infrared imaging as well as video content analytics which are becoming increasingly accepted and integrated into today’s intelligent, IP-based video systems,” says Steffens.

Bostik does it again!

Bostik has come up with a brilliant and creative value-added idea! Every single 100g pack of Prestik will contain, at no added cost, a set of extra-special funky stickers - just for fun .... yet another use for the wonder product with 101 uses!

Open your Prestik Wallet and you’ll see that all the Prestik strips are wrapped in a “wax-like” paper that ensures your Prestik pulls off easily. Now, that “wax-like” paper is filled with smiley faced “reward” stickers – a free value-added extra for you to use and share with your friends and family anytime! Ingenious really...

So rush out and buy any 100g pack of Prestik and enjoy using your fun stickers at no extra cost! Available from September onwards in stationery and retail outlets nationwide....

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Croxley Cup Winners over the years

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS

ON AND OFF !

The historical Croxley Cup shop-sa golfing event has been held annually since 1950. Shop-sa revisits past winners who have had reason to hold the cup high.

Keep an eye out for updates on the 2012 Cape Town golfing event winner in the next issue of My Office.

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1069 dormant items have been removed, while 3744 items have been updated.

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product showcase BOSTIK PREMIUM TAPES A NEW high quality tape range which offers reliability, functionality and value for money. These versatile tapes are perfect for repairs, art and crafts or any general purpose project at home, in the office or at school. The range includes dispensers equipped with a durable metal blade, ensuring a precision cut every time. Helping you express your creativity easily and conveniently.

Invisible Tape

• Invisible on paper • Perfect for copies and faxes • Write on tape

Twin Pack Invisible Tape Dispensers • Compact and convenient • Write on tape

Also available in this range is an easy tear Double Sided Tape and Crystal Clear Tape Dispenser.

Tel: 021 555 7400 Fax: 021 552 1870 Email: marketing@bostik.co.za

GBC C12 CombBind GBC’s C12 comb binding machine features low punch force technology, to reduce punching effort by up to 50% for increased productivity. GBC’s C12 is an ideal shared binding solution for the small office with moderate volume needs. It combines a punch capacity of 12 (80gsm) sheets with a binding capability of up to 195 sheets. This binder binds A3 portrait and A4 sizes and comes with a full-width handle to make paper punching smooth and effortless as well as a 2 year warranty.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

GBC C340 CombBind The GBC340 comb binding machine features low punch force technology, to reduce punching effort by 50% for increased productivity. It is ideal for offices with frequent binding needs. The binder punches a capacity of 25 sheets (80gsm) with a binding capability of 450 sheets. The C340 binds A3 portrait as well as A4 sizes. It includes an auto centering paper separator and a full width handle to make paper punching smooth and easy. It also comes with a 2-year warranty.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

GBC C20 CombBind GBC’s C20 comb binding machine features low punch force technology, to reduce punching effort by up to 50% for increased productivity. It is a simple and intuitive office binding machine and is ideal for everyday regular office use. The C20 combines a punch capacity of 20 (80gsm) sheets with a binding capability of 330 sheets. It binds A3 portrait and A4 sizes and comes with a full width handle to make paper punching smooth and effortless as well as 2 year warranty.

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product showcase Multi-Functional Binding systems DSB CW4500 Multifunction Binder In an era of economic recession, the best commodities to customers are products with multifunction capabilities such as the DSB Multi-functional Binding series.

This multi-functional series has dual punching capabilities with manual or electrical operation mode. Various types of punching patterns are available such as comb + wire, comb + coil, wire 3:1 + 2:1, comb + round holes (3 holes or 4 holes).

This 2 in 1 punching system design is best for professional and commercial users due to their various punching pattern requirements. Users can just purchase one machine with the benefit of two types of punching and binding patterns. Models available are CW 4500 (Electrical) Comb + Wire and the WR 2500 (Electrical) wire 3:1 + 2:1

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MACBAG SOFT BAGS Spoilt for choose…you can choose from a flat 33cm bag that holds a standard 30cm ruler or a smaller barrel bag.

They are both made from top quality nylon and are lined for better rigidity. The bright colours and modern graphics have great impact with four different designs to choose from. The soft touch pullers, makes for easy opening and closing.

Tel: 011 473 9800 • Fax: 011 474 3542 Website: www.bantex.co.za

NEW ULTI-MATE PENCIL CASES * New to the Bantex school range and the ultimate, in pencil cases.

This sleek contemporary design has a sliding inner tray to keep all your things neat and tidy and is long enough to hold a 30cm ruler. The case is able to lock with a soft touch rubber locking mechanism, making it easy for you to open and close. They come in five vibrant colours, blue, green, red, pink and purple for you to choose from. *Contents not included

Tel: 011 473 9800 • Fax: 011 474 3542 Website: www.bantex.co.za

NEW VIBRANT MESH BAGS * These new Bantex striped mesh bags are made with a semi transparent fabric, making them ideal for exam time. The fun bright stripes perfectly compliment the vibrantly coloured mesh for a funky, statement bag. Easy to open pullers makes these bags a winner. They come in two different sizes, DL and A5. *Contents not included

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47670 - 1TB - External Hard Drive 3.5” USB 3.0 Cambridge Model - AC Powered The Verbatim Store ‘n’ Save USB 3.0 desktop hard drive features high performance storage using a USB 3.0 “SuperSpeed” interface. USB 3.0 offers up to 10 times faster data transfer rates than USB 2.0 (based on USB bus speed) providing ultra fast data transfer speed.

Features: • USB 3.0 SuperSpeed data transfer.

• Sleek black design that can be laid flat or on its side.

• Store thousands of digital photos, videos, MP3s.

• Nero BackItUp and Burn Essentials’ software

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3 Colourful designs Durable 600D material Padded back and straps for comfort Durable zips Large compartment with book divider Mesh money/cell phone pocket and stationery organiser Large front pocket – holds a lunch box Size: 44CMX35CMX16CM

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6 Colourful designs 3 different sizes Strong metal clip Durable 600D material Durable zips

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Philips LFH955 Conference Recorder The simplest way to make your meeting a success!

Designed to capture your meetings, the Philips LFH955 Conference Recorder provides excellent sound quality combined with easy-to-use technology. The extendibility of components lets the system grow with the needs of your business. With four 360-degree sound pick-up microphones for optimal recording and high recording quality in DSS, MP3 and PCM format, the Philips LFH955 is the perfect solution for all your meetings.

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ADDING MACHINE, POINT OF SALE AND MACHINE ROLLS BSC Stationery - Treeline PaperGeni Rotunda SSC - Croxley

backpacks Rexel Office Products - Kensington Stationery & Paper World S.A Topmark - School Bags, Laptop Bags, Pencil Cases, Sports Bags, Luggage

ADHESIVES, GLUES AND SPRAYS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Correction Fluid, Glue sticks & Super Glue BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex, BIC, Bostik, Ponal, Pritt, Pentel, Faber Castell, Staedtler Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Freedom Stationery - Marlin SSC - Penguin office paste, wood glue, padding compound, UHU glue sticks, super glue, clear glue, Leeho glue sticks.

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BATTERIES BSC Stationery - Eveready Nikki Distributors - Duracell Batteries Nikki Distributors - Energizer Batteries Stationery & Paper World S.A

ADHESIVE NOTES 3M SA PTY Ltd - Post-it ® BSC Stationery - Stick ‘n Notes SSC - Sellonotes Stationery & Paper World S.A - Eagle, Highland ART, CRAFT, GRAPHIC AND DRAWING MATERIALS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Pentel, Pilot, Henkel, Bostik, Staedtler, Faber Castell CTP Stationery - A4 coloured poster boards Faber Castell - Comprehensive range Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Uni, Artline Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd. - Oil pastels and watercolour paint SSC - Croxley, Pelikan, Penguin drawing inks, Stabilo Carbothello, Rotring Technical Stationery & Paper World S.A

B BAGS AND CASES Bantex - Moulded pencil cases BSC Stationery - Treeline, Penflex, Gotcha, Staedtler, Bantex Flip File - Business cases.

Freedom Stationery - Space Case and Marlin Kolok Unlimited - Kenton laptop bags and

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BIN RANGE Bantex - Waste paper bins Krost Office Products SSC - Stephens.

BINDING ACCESSORIES AZ Trading - Plastic Comb, Wire, Thermal & Covers Beswick Office Products - Fellowes BSC Stationery - Treeline, Rexel, Bantex CTP Donau - Donau files and slide binders, A4 poster board Martin Yale Africa - Comb, Wire Parrot Products - Parrot Comb Binding Machines Rexel Office Products - Rexel and GBC SSC - Esselte Stationery & Paper World S.A W Vos & Co - Renz covers & combs, ringwire BINDING MACHINES AZ Trading - DSB, Neorel Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Martin Yale Africa - Martin Yale Parrot Products - Parrot Comb Binding Machines Rexel Office Products - GBC and Rexel ranges Stationery & Paper World S.A W Vos & Company - Renz.

BOARDS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - BIC Velleda School Whiteboards BSC Stationery - Bestboards, Pentel, Pilot, Artline, Penflex CTP Stationery - Flip Chart Pads Hortors Stationery - Legal Notices i.e. Basic

Conditions & OSH Act and Leave and Absence Chart Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Artline Flipchart Markers, Artline, Maxi whiteboard markers Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Parrot Products - Full range of boards and accessories. Custom boards printed to your specification.

Rexel Office Products - NOBO whiteboards, pinboards, easels and accessories SSC - Croxley, Legamaster, Edding Stationery & Paper World S.A BOOK COVERS Bantex - Book Covers CTP Stationery - Poly Prop Donau heavy duty covers Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly paper Freedom Stationery Gordon’s Productions - contact paper woodgrain, marble, pattern designs. Magic cover back to school clear and coloured self adhesive paper. (4M rolls, A4 and lever arch).

Plastic coated brownkraft rolls and pre-cut polythene covers.

Grafton Paper Products Palm Stationery Manufacturers - brown paper rolls, poly rolls, gift-wrap SSC - Tenza, Clearseal, Croxley BOOKS AND PADS Bantex - Hard and soft cover noted range BSC Stationery - Treeline CTP Stationery - Impala and premier books and pads Freedom Stationery - Manufacturers Hortors Stationery - Legal registers Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery - Powerstar SSC - Croxley, Lion Brand, Tudor, Sparrow Stationery & Paper World S.A BOXES AND CARTONS Beswick Office Products - Bankers Box to Boxes and Cartons CTP Stationery - Archiving Systems Tidy Files - Acid free archiving products

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C CALCULATORS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Kaiser, Sharp Freedom Stationery Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of HP and Canon calculators Nikki Distributors - Truly calculators Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Power Stationery - Powerstar Rexel Office Products - IBICO SSC - Texas Instruments, Texet Stationery & Paper World S.A - Sharp, Catiga, Casio, Citizen CALENDARS CTP Stationery - Diaries assorted sizes SSC - Sasco year planners.

CALLIGRAPHY Max Frank - Artline SSC - Rotring, Manuscript, Sheaffer CARBON PAPER AND FILMS SSC - Pelikan Ultrafilm, Interplastic, Plenticopy.

Stationery & Paper World S.A CASH BOXES SSC - Helix Stationery & Paper World S.A CD’S, DVD’S AND DISKETTES Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of Sony audio and video access, Verbatim, Memorex CDs, DVDs, HP media, Protech, Epson and Canon speciality media CLIP BOARDS Bantex - PVC and moulded plastic CTP Stationery - DONAU brand Parrot Products - Masonite and whiteboard SSC - Croxley, Esselte Stationery & Paper World S.A CLIPS, FASTENERS AND PINS Bantex - Paper clips Freedom Stationery - Marlin Grip Binders SSC - Croxley, Lion Brand, Esselte, Helix Essentials, Stephens, Penguin Stationery & Paper World S.A

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Tidy Files - Filing solution COLOURING BOOKS Empire Toy & Stationery - Empire books Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave COMPUTER ACCESSORIES Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of Manhattan True Touch Mice (wireless, infrared, USB, scrolling etc.), keyboards (wireless, infrared, multimedia, roll-up etc.), monitors, hubs, printer cables, USB cables, keypads, web cams and graphics tablets, as well as the NU range of internal and external drives.

Krost Office Products Pyrotec - Tower Inkjet-laser labels, business cards and photo paper Rexel Office Products - Kensington Computer Accessories Stationery & Paper World S.A COMPUTER CLEANING Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Pyrotec - Tower computer cleaning range Kolok Unlimited - Computacare COMPUTER CONSUMABLES CTP Stationery - Full range of DONAU files Impression Management - see printer consumables KMP - for computer consumables Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of HP, Epson, Lexmark, Canon, Oki, Tally, Seikosha, Panasonic, Brother, Olivetti, Minolta, Kyocera, Penguin consumables Redfern Print Services - Redfern inkjet/laser/ copier labels and a full range of stationery labels Stationery & Paper World S.A COMPUTER HARDWARE Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of Lexmark, Oki, HP, Canon and Epson hardware range (printers, scanners, digital cameras and projectors) Stationery & Paper World S.A CORPORATE STATIONERY & GIFTING Star Stationers and Printers Stationery & Paper World S.A CRAYONS AND CHALKS

BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Henkel, Faber Castell, Staedtler Faber Castell - Wave crayons and pastels Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Chalks and Crayons SSC - Croxley, Jovi, Stabilo, Penguin Stationery & Paper World S.A

D DESK SETS AND ACCESSORIES BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Desk Set Solo Delux Bantex - Comprehensive range - moulded plastic BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Ledger Systems - Falcon Products Rexel Office Products - Rexel Eco Range SSC Stationery - Rolodex.

DIARIES, PLANNERS AND ORGANISERS CTP Stationery - CTP Brand Hortors Stationery - Legal diaries Rexel Office Products - NOBO planners, refills and T-card kits South African Diaries - For all your diary needs DICTATION - TRANSCRIPTION Powerhouse Dictation for Philips - Dictation, transcription, meeting recording, mini-tapes, foot pedals, accessories

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DRAUGHTING AND DRAWING OFFICE SUPPLIES CTP Stationery - A4 Poster Boards SSC - Croxley, NT Cutters, Pelikan and Penguin Drawing ink, Maped, Rotring Technical, Helix

E EMBOSSERS AND ENGRAVING Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Ideal & Trodat Embossers (pocket, desk and electronic), Trotec Stationery & Paper World S.A

ENVELOPES AND MAILING BSC Stationery - Leo Envelopes, Jiffy

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F FAX ROLL MANUFACTURERS Rotunda SSC - Croxley Files and filing African Filing Systems - Top retrieval filing and arching products Bantex & Viking - All filing and storage BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex Mobifile CTP Stationery - Full range of quality DONAU brand File-A-Punch cc Flip File - Executive display files, expanding files, Document folders, dividers Freedom Stationery - Edo / Unifile Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Lever arch, Ringbinder files, Manilla flat folders Grafton/Star Kolok Unlimited - Avery Eurofolios and Euroboxes Palm Stationery Manufacturers - leaver arch, ring binder files, manilla flat folders.

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FURNITURE - OFFICE & SCHOLASTIC Krost Office Products - accessories New Era Office cc - Specialising in all office furniture desks, chairs, credenzas, boardroom tables, etc Reboni Furniture Group - Manufacturing and distribution of educational and office furniture Stationery & Paper World S.A - All Office

G GUILLOTINES AND TRIMMERS AZ Trading - DSB, Kobra Beswick Office Products - Fellowes, Vivid Martin Yale Africa - Martin Yale Rexel Office Products - SmartCut and ClassicCut SSC - Dahle W Vos & Co - Ideal

I INDEX TABBING AND DIVIDERS 3M SA - Post-it flags, Flag pen and highlighter Bantex - P.P and Manilla board BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex, Flip File CTP Stationery - DONAU Brand board and P.P Flip File - Index Tabs, Flip tabs Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Grip Binders Rexel Office Products - Rexel, Mylar and Prima board SSC - Croxley, Esselte Stationery & Paper World S.A - All Office INKS KMP - for computer consumables.

Max Frank - Shachihata, Artline Rexel Office Products - Numbering machine ink Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Trodat, Noris fastdry, security, numbering, franking. Laundry.

SSC - Pelikan, Penguin stamp pads and inks, Rotring, Sheaffer

L LABELS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Tower, Midmadex Freedom Stationery - Marlin Nor Paper Pyrotec - Tower stationery, inkjet-laser labels Redfern Print Services - Redfern Inkjet/laser/ copier labels and a full range of stationery labels Stationery & Paper World S.A - All Office Tidy Files - Filing solutions LABELLING MACHINES Kemtek Imaging Systems - Distributor of Brother P-Touch Labelling System Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of OEM, Avery and Penguin inkjet and laser labels SSC - Dymo, Herma

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See page 58 for contact details LAMINATING MACHINES AZ Trading - DSB, Speedlam, Lamiace Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok Unlimited - Galaxy Martin Yale Africa - Fujipla Parrot Products - Parrot A4 and A3 Laminators Rexel Office Products - GBC and Rexel ranges W Vos & Co - PEAK & Renz.

LAMINATING POUCHES AND MATERIALS AZ Trading - A0 to ID card size Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok Unlimited - Penguin Martin Yale Africa Parrot Products Rexel Office Products - Rexel and GBC. Stationery & Paper World S.A - All Office LEGAL STATIONERY Hortors Stationery - All legal registers, forms, diaries etc LETTER OPENERS SSC - Maped, Croxley LETTER TRAYS Bantex & Viking Krost Office Products SSC - Croxley, Twinlock, Maped, Disa, Stephens.

LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS, SHEETS, INDEXES SSC - Croxley, Twinlock.

M MAILING TUBES CTP Stationery SSC - Croxley MARKERS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Permanent Markers, Highlighters, whiteboard BSC Stationery Sales - Treeline, Collosso, Penflex, Artline, Maxi, Pentel, Pilot, Bic Faber Castell - Permanent and non permanent Freedom Stationery - Marlin Interstat Agencies - Edding Max Frank - Artline , Maxi, Uni Parrot Products - White board, permanent and OHP markers. Wide range of highlighters Penflex - White board, flipchart, permanent

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markers, highlighters Pentel (Pty) Ltd. - Maxiflo, white board marker and paint marker Power Stationery - Powerstar Rexel Office Products - NOBO white board markers SSC - Croxley, MonAmi, Carioca, Pelikan, Penguin, Stabilo Boss, Stabilo Swing, Sharpie Stationery & Paper World S.A MATHEMATICAL GEOMETRY SETS & ACCESSORIES Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers SSC - Croxley, Helix Oxford, Maped, Rotring MINUTE AND GUARD BOOKS Hortors Stationery - Company registers, minute books and other legal registers Ledger Systems - Falcon products SSC - Croxley

P PAPER AND BOARD Antalis South Africa - Office paper solutions Bantex - Cube refills BSC Stationery - Apex Paper - Typek,Rotatrim CTP Stationery - DONAU A4 poster boards Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly paper Freedom Stationery Grafton/Star Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of HP, Epson, Canon, Lexmark, Penguin and Avery Nor Paper Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Cubes and board Rexel Office Products - Prima SSC - Croxley TRIBE - TRIBE Inkjet Paper and Film

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NUMBERING MACHINES Rexel Office Products Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Reiner Dater/ Numberer (manual/electronic), Trodat

PENCILS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - BIC Evolution Graphite, BIC Matic Clutch ,Velocity Clutch, Atlantis Clutch, BU4 Clutch BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Faber Castell, Pilot, Pentel, Uni, Staedtler, Henkel Freedom Stationery - Marlin / Edo Max Frank - Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Hotshot, Mechanical Pencil, Techniclick Pencil.

Power Stationery - Powerstar Rexel Office Products - Rexel HB & Derwent SSC - Croxley, Stabilo, Rotring, Sheaffer Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd - Tradition, Wopex, Technical, Clutch Pencils and lead

O OFFICE ERGONOMICS Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Back/Wrist/ Foot support; Notebook riser stand Rexel Office Products - Kensington copyholders, risers, footrests, wrist support and Rexel range of electric staplers and punches which reduces chances of RSI (repititive strain injury) OVERHEAD PROJECTION AND ACCESSORIES 3M SA (Pty) Ltd. - Overhead film, transparency, multimedia Kolok Unlimited - Penguin OHP Film Max Frank - Artline Parrot Products - Data Projectors, OHPs, screens and rear projection film Penflex - Penflex Overhead projector pens Rexel Office Products - NOBO SSC - Stabilo, Penguin.

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PENCIL SHARPENERS Freedom Stationery Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery - Powerstar SSC - Croxley, Carl, Dahle, Maped, Helix PENS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Criterium 0.5mm leads BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Faber Castell, Pilot, Pentel, Uni, Staedtler, Henkel, Lexi, Penflex Faber Castell Freedom Stationery - Marlin and Edo Max Frank - Artline, Maxi, Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Penflex - Penflex ballpoints and rollerballs Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Superb Ballpoint, Energel Pen Power Stationery - Powerstar SSC - Sheaffer, Pelikan, Stabilo, Rotring, Penguin, Parker, Waterman, Papermate Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd - Ball point, Fineliner, Gel and Pigment liner pens

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PEN CARBON BOOKS BSC Stationery - Treeline, RBE Freedom Stationery - Marlin Power Stationery - Powerstar SSC - Croxley

RUBBER STAMPS Aquarius Media Supply - MaxStamp range and accessories Max Frank - Schachihata X Stampers Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co. - Trodat

PRINTER CONSUMABLES Impression Management - Manufacturers and distributors of 100% brand new generic and compatible inkjet, laser toner cartridges including Prinart, Q-ink, Sanchi, Oliser. Also manufacturers of inkjet refilling machines, bulk inks and recycler supplies KMP - For computer consumables.

Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of HP, Epson, Lexmark, Canon, Oki, Panasonic, Brother, Olivetti, Kyocera, Seikosha, Tally, and Minolta consumables; Fujitsu, Citoh and Penguin Nor Paper PaperGeni Royce Imaging Industries - Remanufacturers and suppliers of inkjet and laser cartridges Technical Systems Engineering - Suppliers of quality compatible cartridges and bulk inks for Epson, Canon, Lexmark, HP and Samsung Stationery & Paper World S.A

RUBBER STAMP MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - AZ Liquid polymer, TROTEC laser engraver, flash system Stationery & Paper World S.A

PERSONAL STATIONERY Bantex - Telephone Management, Conference and Filing CTP Stationery - Home office and personal filing system, diaries Grafton/Star SSC - Croxley, Basildon Bond, Tudor and Lion brand

PUNCHES AND PERFORATORS Bantex - Plastic and Metal Beswick Office Products - Kangaro BSC Stationery - Treeline, STD, Bantex, Rexel Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Parrot Products - Parrot range of punches Rexel Office Products - Rexel SSC - Uno, Rapid, Maped, Lion Brand Stationery & Paper World S.A

PLANNING BOARDS AND ACCESSORIES Parrot Products - Range of year planners, term planners, maps and in/out boards. custom printed boards designed to specification.

Rexel Office Products - NOBO planners SSC - Croxley, Sasco

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PRINTING Star Stationers and Printers Stationery & Paper World S.A Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of Epson, Lexmark, Canon, HP and Oki printers

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REFILLS Luks Group - For Montblanc, Waterman, Cross etc RUBBER BANDS SSC - Croxley Stationery & Paper World S.A

RULERS Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Penflex - PENFLEX rulers SSC - Croxley, Disa, Rotring, Helix Shatterproof

S SCHOLASTIC SUPPLIES Bantex and Faber Castell BSC Stationery Sales - Treeline CTP Stationery Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly Flip File - Flip File display books A5, A4, A2, A3 Freedom Stationery - Marlin and Edo Gordon’s Productions - contact paper woodgrain, marble, pattern designs. Magic cover back to school clear and coloured self adhesive paper. (4M rolls, A4 and lever arch).

Plastic coated brownkraft rolls and pre-cut polythene covers.

Grafton Paper Products Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers Max Frank - Artline, Maxi, Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Parrot Products - chalk boards/slates Power Stationery - Powerstar Pyrotec - Tower Adhesive Book Cover 45cm x 2m SSC - Croxley, Pelikan, Penguin, Stabilo, UHU, Maped, Helix, Lion Brand Stationery & Paper World S.A SCISSORS AND CUTTERS Freedom Stationery - Marlin

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See page 62 for contact details Palm Stationery Manufacturers SSC - Maped, Sister, Croxley, Disa SCRAPBOOKING Rexel Office Products - Trimmers and guillotines Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Making memories, Clearsnap, Marvy, Ranger, Bazzill, Carl SSC - Herma, Maped, UHU, Stabilo, Dahle Trimmers SHREDDERS AND ACCESSORIES AZ Trading - DSB, Kobra, Roto, Repairs to all makes Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok Unlimited - GEHA shredders Martin Yale Africa - Intimus, Martin Yale, PaperMonster Nikki Distributors - Nikki shredders Parrot Products - Parrot range of value shredders Rexel Office Products - Rexel range W Vos & Co - Ideal.

SLATES Freedom Stationery - Marlin Parrot Products - Whiteboard and chalk board

SPECIALISED STATIONERY AND BOOKBINDING Ledger Systems - Law reports and periodicals SPIKE FILES Grip Binders SSC - Croxley, Maped STAMPS, STAMP PADS AND INKS Aquarius Media Supply - MaxStamp, selfinking and pre-inked stamps, ink pads and accessories.

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Trodat, preinked stamps, stamp and fingerprint pads SSC - Penguin metal and plastic stamp pads STAPLING MACHINES AND STAPLES Bantex Beswick Office Products - Kangaro BSC Stationery - Treeline, STD, Bantex, Rexel Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Interstat Agencies - Genmes Parrot Products - Parrot range of staplers

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Rexel Office Products - Rexel range SSC - Maped, Rapid, Lion Brand, Helix Essentials Stationery & Paper World S.A STATIONERY SUNDRIES - SCHOLASTIC BSC Stationery - Treeline, Pritt, Henkel, Staedtler, Pentel, Pilot, BIC, Bantex, Faber Castell, Artline, Penflex CTP Stationery - DONAU Scissors and cutting knives Freedom Stationery - Marlin, Edo and Unifile Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave SSC - Helix Essentials, Maped, Croxley.

STENCILS Freedom Stationery SSC - Rotring, Helix.

STORAGE SYSTEMS CTP Stationery - Archiving Systems Suspension Files Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of Sony and Verbatim memory sticks, memory, flash and secure digital cards, lockable CD storage units SSC - Croxley Tidy Files - Filing solutions

T TAPES 3M SA (Pty) Ltd. - Brand Scotch® MagicTM BSC Stationery - Sellotape, Brother Freedom Stationery Palm Stationery Manufacturers SSC - Sellotape, Dymo Labelling Tape Stationery & Paper World S.A – Eurocell, HSTM,3M TELECOMMUNICATIONS NIKKI Distributors - Siemens office phones TELEPHONE MESSAGE BOOKS AND PADS SSC - Croxley TELEX ROLLS AND TELETEX PAPER Rotunda THERMAL ROLLS Rotunda

TONERS AND CARTRIDGES KMP - Computer consumables Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of HP, OEM, Lexmark and Epson toners, Samsung, Oki and Epson thermal and compatible ribbons and toners/ RISO, HP and Epson inkjet cartridges, Canon bubble jet ink cartridge, laser and fax cartridges, Panasonic, Kyocera and Penguin PaperGeni Stationery & Paper World S.A TOP RETRIEVAL FILING Optiplan a div of Waltons - Paper based top retrieval filing systems Tidy Files - Complete onsite and offsite filing solutions TOYS, HOBBIES AND GAMES Freedom Stationery Pyrotec - Toby Tower Stickers and Activities TRANSFER LETTERING AND SIGNS Parrot Products - Vinyl lettering TRANSPARENCIES Kolok Unlimited - Distributors of OHP media, OEM, Penguin and HP Transparencies Rexel Office Products - NOBO range SSC - Stabilo Stationery & Paper World S.A

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TREASURY TAGS/INDIAN LACE FILES SSC - Croxley TWINE AND STRING SSC - Croxley

V VISITORS BOOKS/REGISTERS Ledger Systems - Falcon Products - visitors books, hotel guest register, restaurant reservation registers

W WRITING INSTRUMENTS Luks Group - Ferrari, LAMY, Montegrappa,Space Pen

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buyer’s guide 3M

Interstat Agencies - Port Elizabeth 011 844 9202

PvtBag X926, Rivonia, 2128

(

041 453 2558

Box 27693, Greenacres, 6057

(

011 474 1427/8

Box 202, Crown Mines, 2025

7

011 806 2388

Customer Serv: 0800 118 311

7

041 453 8504

pe@interstat.co.za

7

011 474 5563

www.pentel.co.za

African Filing Systems

Powerhouse Dictation

Kemtek Imaging Systems

(

011 896 5279

www.africanfiling.co.za

(

011 624 8000

Box 86173, City Deep, 2049

(

011 887 1056

info@speech.co.za

7

086 540 6892

info@africanfiling.co.za

7

0866 101 185

labelling@kemtek.co.za

7

086 555 3833

www.speech.co.za

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Kemtek Imaging Systems - Cape

Power Stationery

(

011 688 6000

Box 6893, Johannesburg, 2000

(

021 521 9600

Box 181, Cape Town, 8000

(

032 533 4003

Box 1305, Verulam, 4340

7

011 688 6162

marketing.office@antalis.co.za

7

021 551 5032

brenth@kemtek.co.za

7

032 533 3254

powersta@netactive.co.za

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Cape Town (

021 959 9600

7

021 959 9640

Box 19231, Tygerberg, 7505

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Durban (

031 714 4000

7

031 700 9253

Box 284, Umhlanga, 4320

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Pretoria (

012 379 0060

7

012 379 0052

Box 4013, Pretoria, 0001

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Bloemfontein (

051 447 8681

7

051 447 6765

Box 1795, Bloemfontein, 9300

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Port Elizabeth (

041 486 2020

7

041 486 2219

Box 9088, Estadeal, 6012

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Pietermaritzburg (

033 386 2078

7

033 386 2078

Box 1425, Pietermaritzburg, 3200

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Botswana (

00267 391 2139

7

00267 397 5459

Box 1705, Gaborone

Aquarius Rubber Stamps

Kemtek Imaging Systems - KZN

Pyrotec

(

031 700 9363

Box 15685, Westmead, 3608

(

021 787 9600

PvtBag X1, Capricorn Square, 7948

7

031 700 9369

Sandim@kemtek.co.za

7

021 787 9791

tower@pyrotec.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - PE

Reboni Furniture Group

(

041 582 5222

Box 15685, Westmead, 3608

(

086 173 2664

www.reboni.co.za

7

041 582 5224

clinth@kemtek.co.za

7

086 627 7737

sales@reboni.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - PTA

Redfern Print Services - Cape Town

(

012 804 1410

PO Box 816, Silverton, 0127

(

021 552 9680

Box 403, Milnerton, 7435

7

012 804 4286

johlettat@kemtek.co.za

7

021 552 9681

sales@redfern.co.za

(

021 709 0190

Box 183, Steenberg, 7947

(

031 205 9598

dbnoffice@redfern.co.za

7

021 709 0199

kmppty@iafrica.com

7

031 205 7092

www.redfern.co.za

Redfern Print Services - Durban

KMP

Kolok Unlimited - Head Office

Redfern Print Services - Johannesburg

(

011 248 0300

Box 4151, Johannesburg, 2000

(

011 837 4119

Box 1445, Crown Mines, 2025

7

011 248 0381

infojhb@koloksa.co.za

7

011 837 8917

jhboffice@redfern.co.za

Kolok Unlimited - Cape Town

Rexel Office Products

(

021 597 2700

Box 6385, Roggebaai, 8012

(

011 226 3300

www.rexelsa.co.za

7

021 297 2799

infoctn@koloksa.co.za

7

011 837 2781

admin@rexelsa.co.za

Rotunda

Kolok Unlimited - Durban (

031 570 4900

Box 4206, Riverhorse Valley East, 4017

(

021 552 5135

Box 189, Maitland, 7404

7

031 569 6880

infodbn@koloksa.co.za

7

021 551 3070

rotunda@iafrca.com

Royce Imaging Industries

Kolok Unlimited Polokwane

(

011 453 7012

www.orderstamps.co.za

(

015 298 8795

Box 862, Ladanna, 0704

(

011 792 9530

www.royceimaging.co.za

7

011 454 4995

aquarius@imaginet.co.za

7

015 298 8315

infopol@koloksa.co.za

7

011 792 9480

sales@royceimaging.co.za

AZ Trading

Kolok Unlimited - Port Elizabeth

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Head Office

(

086 111 4407

www.aztradingcc.co.za

(

041 406 9900

Box 3163, North End, 6056

(

011 262 1400

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

011 792 9732

sales@aztradingcc.co.za

7

041 406 9920

infope@koloksa.co.za

7

011 262 1414

tgrodat@rse.co.za

Bantex

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Cape Town

Kolok Unlimited - Namibia

(

011 473 9800

Box 43201, Industria, 2042

(

00264 (61)370500

Box 40797, Ausspannplatz, Namibia

(

021 448 7008

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

011 474 3101

slavepak@bantex.co.za

7

00264 (61)370525

valne@kolok.com.na

7

021 448 7014

cpt@trodat.co.za

Beswick Office Products

Kolok Unlimited - Nelspruit

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Durban

(

011 433 2686

Box 82319, Southdale, 2135

(

013 758 2233

Box 4338, White River, 1240

(

083 377 4109

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

011 680 2166

info@beswick.co.za

7

013 758 2235

infonel@koloksa.co.za

7

031 266 1082

dbn@rse.co.za

BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Kolok Unlimited - Bloemfontein

South African Diaries

(

011 474 0181

PO BOX 43144, Industria, 2042

(

051 433 1876

PvtBag X01, Brandhof, Bloemfontein

(

021 442 2340

Box 4862, Cape Town, 8000

7

011 474 6068

16 Maraisburg Road, Industria, 2042

7

051 433 2451

infobfn@koloksa.co.za

7

021 442 2341

phoneyman@sadiaries.co.za

BSC Stationery Sales

SSC - Silveray Statmark Company - Johannesburg

Kolok Unlimited - Botswana

(

011 420 3250

Box 278, Brakpan, 1540

(

00267 393 2669

PvtBag B0226, Bontleng, Gaborone

(

011 677 0000

Box 40754, Cleveland, 2022

7

011 420 3322

sales@treeline.co.za

7

00267 317 0762

clemencem@vbn.co.bw

7

011 677 0018

infojhb@silveray.co.za

CTP Stationery

SSC - Silveray Statmark Company - Cape Town

Krost Office Products

(

011 226 5600

Box 43501, Industria, 2042

(

011 626 2067

Box 75401, Gardenview, 2047

(

021 442 1300

7

011 474 9242

sales@versafile.co.za

7

011 626 2912

sales@krost.co.za

7

021 447 4369

Empire Toy & Stationery (

011 614 2243

Box 261524, Excom, 2023

(

031 465 3992

P O Box 41259, Rossburgh, 4072

(

031 462 2081

7

011 614 3075

empire@netactive.co.za

7

031 465 1669

info@kznenvelopes.co.za

7

031 462 0185

011 473 9800

Box 43201, Industria, 2042

(

011 433 1808

Box 82586, Southdale, 2135

(

051 447 4313

7

011 474 3101

slavepak@bantex.co.za

7

011 433 8863

info@ledgersystems.co.za

7

051 447 6588

(

082 820 9379

Private Bag 6001 Hilton 3245

(

011 262 0396

marc@luksgroup.co.za

(

043 722 3781

7

033 383 0080

ak@hiltoncollege.com

7

086 570 7715

www.luksgroup.co.za

7

043 743 7359

infoel@silveray.co.za

SSC - Silveray Statmark Company - Port Elizabeth

Martin Yale

(

021 638 3105

Box 2190, Clareinch, 7740

(

011 838 7281

phillip@martinyaleafrica.com

(

041 391 8600

7

021 633 6942

ashly@flipfile.co.za

7

086 690 0165

www.martinyale.co.za

7

041 374 4112

Freedom Stationery - Johannesburg

infobfn@silveray.co.za

SSC - Silveray Statmark Company - East London

Luks Group (Pty) Ltd

Flip File

infodbn@silveray.co.za

SSC - Silveray Statmark Company - Bloemfontein

Ledger Systems

(

File-A-Punch cc

infoct@silveray.co.za

SSC - Silveray Statmark Company - Durban

KZN ENVELOPES

Faber Castell

infope@silveray.co.za

Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd

Max Frank

(

011 314 0953/4

Box 6459, Halfway House, 1685

(

011 921 1811

Box 200, Isando, 1600

(

011 579 1600

www.staedtler.co.za

7

011 314 0957

gpsales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 921 1569

sarah.schoeman@tigerbrands.com

7

011 608 3497

admin@staedtler.co.za

Freedom Stationery - Cape Town

Stationery & Paper World S.A

Merpak Envelopes

(

021 557 9152/3

36-38 Silverstone Rd Killarney Gardens

(

011 719 7700

sales@merpak.co.za

(

011 070 9279

www.stationeryandpaper.co.za

7

021 557 9155

cptsales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 885 3174

www.merpak.co.za

7

086 246 8310

sales@stationeryandpaper.co.za

Freedom Stationery KZN (Head Office)

Star Stationers and Printers

New Era Office cc

(

032 459 2820

Box 478, Mandini, 4490

(

011 334 2013

Box 10383, Lenasia, 1821

(

031 569 1061

luke@starstat.co.za

7

032 459 3255

sales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 334 7358

kuban@neweraoffice.co.za

7

031 569 1094

www.starstat.co.za

Freedom Stationery - East London

Technical Systems Engineering

Nikki - Cape Town

(

043 731 2422

Box 14111 West Bank 5218

(

0860 006731

cpt@nikki.co.za

(

011 708 2304

Box 1532, Northriding, 2162

7

043 731 2421

elsales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

7

011 708 1799

sales@tse.co.za

Global Envelopes

Tidy Files

Nikki - Durban

011 943 4210

(

031 465 5544

envelopes@absamail.co.za

(

0860 006731

dbn@nikki.co.za

(

7

031 465 5634

www.envelopes.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Topmark

Gordon’s Productions

Nikki - Johannesburg

(

011 837 8045 011 837 7442

www.tidyfiles.co.za info@topmarksa.com

(

031 705 8713

Suite 69, PvtBag X4, Kloof, 3640

(

0860 006731

jhb@nikki.co.za

7

7

031 705 8714

jacquie@gordons.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) - Cape Town (

021 787 9600

(

011 262 0777

Box 550, Bergvlei, 2012

(

0860 006731

pta@nikki.co.za

7

021 787 9791

7

011 262 0780

sales@graftonpaper.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) - Johannesburg

Grafton/Star Paper Products

Grip Binders (

011 421 1300

Nikki - Pretoria

Nor Paper orders@tigerpaper.co.za

(

011 011 3900

7

011 011 4099

sales@nor.co.za

PvtBag X1, Capricorn Square, 7948

(

011 611 1820

59 Lepus Rd, Crown Mines, 2025

7

011 611 1834

tower@pyrotec.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) Durban (

031 701 0192

Box 594, Pinetown, 3600

(

011 620 4800

Box 1020, Johannesburg, 2000

(

011 620 4000

Pencil Park, Croxley Close, Herriotdale

7

031 701 1285

tower@pyrotec.co.za

7

086 612 4663

orders@hortors.co.za

7

086 681 8256

rcurrin@gp.waltons.co.za

Tribe

Hortors Stationery

Optiplan a division of Waltons

(

011 314 4746 (Jhb)

Box 6280, Halfway House, 1685

(

036 634 1535

Box 389, Ladysmith, 3370

(

031 507 7051

viran@palmstat.co.za

7

021 386 4261 (Cpt)

tribe@global.co.za

7

036 634 1890

impalastat@mweb.co.za

7

031 507 7053

www.palmstat.co.za

Versafile

Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers

Palm Stationery

(

011 226 5600

Box 43501, Industria, 2042

(

Johannesburg

011 791 2820

(

011 011 3900

info@papergeni.co.za

7

011 474 9242

sales@versafile.co.za

7

Durban

031 777 1222

7

011 011 4099

www.papergeni.co.za

W. Vos & Company

Impression Management

PaperGeni

Interstat Agencies - Durban

Parrot Products

(

031 569 6550

Box 201707, Durban North, 4016

(

011 607 7600

debbie@parrot.co.za

7

031 569 6559

interstat@mweb.co.za

7

011 615 2502

www.parrotproducts.biz

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Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd

(

Penflex

(

021 551 9555

Box 36696, Chempet, 7442

(

021 521 2400

Box 36964, Chempet, 7442

7

021 557 5456

Capetown@interstat.co.za

7

021 521 2402/3

info@penflex.co.za

(

011 493 7139

www.wvos.co.za

7

011 493 8807

info@wvos.co.za

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