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Guidance on records management for schools

This month the IRMS published the fourth edition of its Records Management Toolkit for Schools.

York High School on Document Security

We recently spoke to York High School to find out about their new strategy for managing pupil records securely in line with BS10008. They told us that it has delivered a host of other unexpected benefits including liberated storage space and speedier retrieval of documents.

Shedding light on data protection – our top tips

Failing to comply with the Data Protection Act can land your organisation with a hefty £500,000 fine - could you prove that you are in line with best practice?

UK Paperless Office Dreams are Coming True

A recent by Kyocera Mita has revealed a massive 40% drop in the number of pages printed by UK office workers over the last 12 months. An average 10,000 daily sheets to 6,000 is not to be sniffed at so we've taken a look at the probable causes.

A Lesson in Document Management from Bradford Grammar School

Bradford Grammar faces the same pressures as any business in the current climate – to give the best service to pupils and parents, for the best price. The school is gaining a major competitive edge with its intelligent document management strategy.

Back to school - top tips for document management in education and beyond

Arena has a breadth of experience working with schools, colleges and universities. We are helping to solve a host of challenges currently faced by organisations operating in the education sector. Many of these are transferrable to other businesses and sectors so we’ve put together our 5 top tips to help you on your way along the path to better efficiency.

The positive impact of managed print services: 1 year on at Morrish Solicitors LLP

One year after installing a managed print service for Morrish Solicitors LLP we re-visited their head office in Leeds to review the impact of the new strategy. Jaime Lockwood, IT manager, spoke to us about the positive outcome in terms of cost, fleet maintenance and environmental impact.

Are we witnessing the demise of the printed book?

Amazon and Waterstones have both reported the first sales eclipse of printed books by their digital counterparts. With a keen interest in the rise of the less paper office – even indeed, the less paper lifestyle, this recent news story caught our eye. Read our take on this and send us your own comments.

Arena's mstore revolutionises accounts payable for 151 Products

“Storing our accounts payable documents electronically has eliminated human error, is saving time and has given us more control over our processes,” Ian George, finance director, 151 Products

Green fingered Arena volunteers help out at Cockburn School allotments

A group of volunteers from Arena attended a CSR day at Cockburn School allotment in July to help with preparation for the Leeds in Bloom Competition to be judged later in the month.

Top Tips: Getting Greener with Arena

Environmental awareness is moving up the business agenda and becoming a hot topic for many of our clients and prospects. Increasing numbers of you want to know what our environmental policy is, how we’re working towards reducing our impact on the environment and, most importantly, how we can help you to do the same.

Green Fingers and Chocolate Eggs for Middleton Primary School

Arena volunteers recently visited Middleton Primary School to tidy up a garden play area.

Arena email services down

Apologies if you are trying to contact Arena via email. We are having problems which we hope to fix soon.

Arena Group Carbon Zero and Positive Printing

As our customers are aware, Arena Group is committed to the environment and contributing to the community. With the help of our partners Toshiba, Arena is now able to offset the carbon footprint of your Toshiba MFP, along with the first million pages*.