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Questioning the Cost of Purchasing

Arena’s Neil Maude explains how to spot some commonly unrecognised and costly pitfalls in the way organisations source, purchase and pay for goods and services.

Arena Wins Top Spot On National Framework

Arena is celebrating this month, having achieved the kudos of being accredited as number 1 supplier to UK housing associations through a prestigious national framework after winning a place as the recommended supplier with the National Procurement for Housing Consortium (PfH), opening up new sales channels worth well over £1million.

Records management and the BSF storage conundrum

BSF buildings take learning to a new height but sometimes neglect critical support functions and the paperwork they curate. Arena's Lisa Butterworth explores the options for schools that need to manage the reduction of a large paper document archive.

Records Management in Schools #1: Developing a Records Management Policy

In a series of articles, Arena’s Neil Maude looks at the practical application of the rules surrounding records management in schools. In this first edition, Neil explains the requirements surrounding a records management policy and how you might approach its creation.

Top Customer Tools on the Arena website

If you are in a hurry and don’t have time to contact our call control team, or you want to request supplies and service from Arena outside of working hours then our website is the place to be.

Printer ink that is pricier than champagne?

For many households and businesses, inkjet cartridges are considered a necessary expense but research by consumer organisation Which? has found that they can be pricier than Dom Perignon champagne. Arena’s Group Sales Manager, Gary Putson, provides advice on steps you can take to get best value.

5 top tips for selecting a Managed Print Service provider

There are so many different packages currently on the market under the guise of ‘Managed Print Service’ (MPS) that making a purchase can be complex and fraught with risk. We’ve set out a simple checklist of key pointers to help you ensure that you are getting the genuine article.

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.