Steve Priest

Steve Priest

Is the future paperless?

An early prediction of the paperless office came in a Business Week article in 1975, describing the office of the future. The idea was that with the introduction of PCs on every desk, paper would become redundant for routine tasks such as…

Data Breaches & Data Security

Over recent months there have been two high profile data breaches by the Ministry of Defence, highlighting the importance of compliant data protection procedures and the consequences when these are not followed.  The first instance relates to the locations of…

Top 10 Environmental Archiving Tips

Sustainability

With over 30 years of experience, here are Ardington Archive’s Top 10 Tips for considering the Environment when archiving documents: Only archive the necessary documents, not the packaging such as lever arch, hanging and box files. Before archiving information, take…

A Few Words about the humble Cardboard Box

For obvious reasons, few of us spend much time thinking about a cardboard box. However, since nearly every business will use a cardboard box on a daily basis, perhaps a few words on the subject might be in order. Early history…

Paper Deterioration in Document Storage

What Cause Paper to Deteriorate When in Storage? How long does paper last? This is a questions many people ask and ther are a few things you can consider to help protect your documents. Paper frequently deteriorates in document storage,…