Voted as one of the nation’s favourite Christmas or birthday presents of all time, Filofax have done pretty well for themselves! To think they started back in 1921 and where later a compulsory military item, and now they are a worldwide must have for every household and workplace! So we thought Filofax would be the perfect choice for your A5 Personal Organiser needs.

Take a look at the one we’ve selected to your right. This Kendal Brown A5 Organiser features a soft and durable oiled leather cover with contrast stitching. It has internal credit card pockets, inside back cover pocket and a handy pen loop but also comes complete with a diary, ruler/page marker, name and address pages, an A-Z index and a range of notes pages. What more could you possibly want. Personally, I think one of its best features is the 24% off, so now you can purchase this for just £54.93, that’s a saving of £17.41!

Filofax have been responsible for helping people organise their business and social lives for many years now. Their professional systems are a highly practical solution designed specifically to enable their users to organise in order of importance, their work whilst also enabling the user to prioritise their daily tasks to meet deadlines and keep social arrangements. If you’re going to buy a personal organiser, make the nations favourite, your favourite.

The Green Bit

The Filofax Group is an environmentally conscious organisation and acknowledge the impact that their operations have on the environment. Their objective is to minimise any negative impact on the local and global environment through establishing, operating and reviewing a continuous improvement approach to the management of their Environmental Policy. Their key objectives are;

• To comply with environmental legislation.
• To set environmental strategic key tasks for the organisation, plus review their Environmental Policy as part of the annual budgeting process.
• To continue with the ongoing education and training of employees on environmental issues.
• Establish a Company Energy Policy.
• Consider the effects that their operations may have on the local community by behaving in a considerate and socially responsible manner.
• Regularly review their product design, trading and commercial standard practices to minimise any negative environmental impact.
• Promote environmental awareness amongst their customers, suppliers, contractors, and partners.
• Source paper from mills that operate a policy of obtaining pulp from sustainable sources and are FSC or PEFC accredited wherever possible.
• Ensure effective and expedient incident control, investigation, and reporting.

Filofax will fully comply with the duties placed upon it within the requirements of statutory legislation, whilst at all times complying with, as a matter of best practice, the requirements and duties set out within approved guidance as issued by SEPA and other organisations. All employees and subcontractors are expected to co-operate and assist in the implementation of this policy whilst ensuring that their own activities, so far as is reasonably practicable, are carried out without risk to themselves, others, or the environment. The Chief Executive has overall responsibility for ensuring that the management of the company implements the environmental policy and also gives adequate consideration to environmental matters within the day to day running of the business.

Prices correct as of 18/03/10

Perpetual Planners are an ingenious invention which allow you to plan your strategies for this year or even forward plan for the coming year without it ever becoming out of date! This means you can use it year after year which is pretty economical too! Perfect for staff allocation, holiday rostering, school timetabling maintenance charts, order scheduling, job progress and more, the benefits of a perpetual planner are endless! They enable you to visualise the ‘big picture’ or overview the planning schedule so that current and projected stages are constantly displayed which is essential to every organised workplace. As they’re easily updated, they make the perfect solution for the organisation of the home too. A calendar on your computer desktop can easily be visualised, however, the total overview is missing. You will resort to scrolling or out of date print outs which does not supply the ‘big picture’, something that is vital when viewing the consequences to any alterations in plan.

One of the best brands for a perpetual planner and all your organisational needs for that matter, is Exacompta, part of the Clairefontain Group. Their Exacompta Perpetual Year Planner as featured on your right is a drywipe magnetic option which comes complete with all the accessories. This is a unique product exclusively manufactured using a metallic paper covering over a standard cardboard base. It is a lightweight and cost-effective alternative to steel-based planning boards whilst also being an easy and flexible way to organise private or professional activities or timetables. The board can be dated throughout the year with 12 magnetic strips (1-31 days of the month), plus the front and rear surfaces are varnished and can be written on with drywipe marker pens. On the back of the board is a surface which can be used as a drywipe board too which is very handy!

• Includes 120 magnetic symbols in 12 different colours
• Supplied with a full accessory kit containing;
  • 120 magnets
  • 12 magnetic strips
  • one black drywipe marker
  • one wall fixing set
  • one self-assembly filing box for accessory storage
• Size: 900x590mm

The Green Bit

By purchasing Exacompta products, consumers can do their bit to protect the environment for which they are becoming increasingly concerned. For many years Exacompta has incorporated environmental policies into the design of their products. Each stage of the finished product is taken into account, from selecting the pulp and the production process, right through to the final procedures. As far as the group is concerned, environmental protection is part of a policy which applies right across the board, just like achieving quality standards. Exacompta’s environmental strategy also focuses on forest management and reducing greenhouse gases and the environmental undertaking forms a basis for its industrial policy. The group is ISO 14001-certified for its production of different papers and the manufacture of stationery articles. The group owns and maintains hundreds of hectares of fir and spruce trees in the Vosges department. It uses these woodland areas to carry out tests to find the most environmentally-friendly management procedures possible.

Map Marketing Bring Us – Mark-It!

Our preferred brand of planners is by Mark-It from Map Marketing. They are a brand who have been in production for 25 and have built a strong client base through their quality and consistency. With a perpetual planner you can plan your strategies for this year or forward plan for the coming year without the planner ever becoming out of date! That means you can re-use it every year, that’ll save some pennies! They are ideal in staff rooms, holiday rostering, school timetabling, maintenance charts, order scheduling, job progress and more. They basically enable you to see the whole prospective year at just a glance which is pretty useful when constantly planning schedules. Displaying the current and projected stages is essential to every well organised workplace, and because they’re easily updated, they make the perfect solution for organising the home too!

So why not use the same calendar planner year after year? This Mark-It planner comes complete with a set of self-stick date strips, which you can re-position for the New Year within seconds (see illustration to your right). Alternatively, you could re-position each month as you complete it, and keep a rolling year ahead to view. Colour shadings help to visually separate one week from the next. It is beautifully laminated to last with a “write-on, wipe-off” surface and comes with a FREE Accessory Kit containing marker pen, fixing pins, and a range of coloured stickers. WxH: 900x600mm

For a wider selection of Perpetual Planners, see our full range on the site.

The Green Bit

At Map Marketing they recognise that their products and business operations have an influence on the environment and so they endeavour to take practical steps to minimise any negative impact. As a responsible company, they strive to comply with all environmental, legal and other requirements that apply to their activities, products and services. Map Marketing will ensure the availability of the necessary resources to implement, maintain and develop environmental management in order to deliver continuous improvement in their environmental performance.

To ensure this they will:

• Manage their operations and activities to comply with applicable environmental laws, regulations, licences and other commitments to which the company subscribes.
• Maintain and regularly monitor a database of all of the materials they use in relation to their environmental merits.
• Ensure that wherever possible the paper that is used in the production of their maps and jigsaws is FSC certified and that the map printers use only natural soy-based inks and Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) paper sourced from FSC & PEFC sources.
• Minimise the need for travel by using VoIP conference calls wherever possible in place of travelling to meetings.
• Operate the company’s London operation in a modern office building where energy and water use is kept to a minimum.
• Utilise power saving modules on all PCs and other equipment where appropriate.
• Require key suppliers to demonstrate their respect for the environment by following responsible working practices. They will be required to utilise raw materials from well-managed sources and to verify their claims on environmental issues when requested.
• Recycle all of their waste paper, cardboard & plastic.
• Dispose of all their IT equipment responsibly via local recycling schemes.
• Identify, reduce and dispose of all other waste arising from the companies operations in a manner that minimises harm to the environment and prevents pollution of land, air and water.
• Apply the principles of hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control, taking into account any environmental impacts when making new investments or disposing of old assets.
• Reduce the consumption of fuel, energy and water and use renewable and/or recyclable resources wherever practicable.
• Provide information, instruction and training for employees on relevant environmental issues.

The Directors of Map Marketing Limited take responsibility for the maintenance and revision of this policy, which will be reviewed on a regular 6 monthly basis, in order to set and review environmental objectives and targets for continuous improvement.

At Office 365 we speak fondly of Sasco and their planners and are loyal customers ourselves of their month and year planners. Sasco has been inextricably linked with the dated planner for many years, with good reason. Originally staring life as the Self Adhesive Sticker Company, Sasco created the market leading Sasco planner as a way of increasing demand for its small self adhesive stickers, and inadvertently changed the way UK business’ record and plan events, holidays, staff movements and training in the process…

With different planning designs to choose from, such as magnetic, card mounted or rolled laminated paper formats, together with a choice of wall mounting options, Sasco continues to lead the way and today offers the most comprehensive collection of dated planning products available.

Although out of stock for 2009, Office 365 will soon have the next series of 2010 Sasco Monthly Planning Board (Grid Magnetic Drywipe).

Sasco Planning Board Monthly

• Nobo Performance Planning Board
• Dry erase surface with printed planning matrix
• Integral magnetic eraser
• Magnetic pen clip
• Supplied complete with Nobo Prostyle dry erase marker and magnetic planning kit
• WxH: 900x600mm
• Monthly

If this one isn’t for you, take a look at our entire range of Month Planners on the site and if you should need any further help, feel free to call us on 0870 766 1624.

Map Marketing World Map 3D Effect Giant Unframed 315 miles to 1 inch Scale W1200xH1830mm

Buy from Office365 and save a whopping 31% on the RRP. Our price just £31.72! Features attractive and subtle relief shading on land masses and ocean depths, giving the display a stunning ’3-D’ effect!
Scale – 315 miles:1 inch – Dimensions; Width 1200 x Height 1830 mm. Alternatively, purchase the Framed World Map and save 35%! With over 25 year’s worth of mapping experience, Map Marketing take pride in providing first class products and are Office365′s selected choice for wall maps & charts and a multitude of other map-related products. Map Marketing World Political Map Framed and World Political Map Unframed are laminated Map’s that are virtually indestructible. They boast features such as;

• Countries clearly defined with political colouring
• Mountain ranges indicated by subtle hill shading
• Main cities marked
• contains handy information panel displaying country flags linked to population, currency, size of area, (sq km), official language and GNP per capita.

The specific Categories available for Maps at Office365 are; County Wall Map, Country Wall Maps and World Wall Maps .

Enjoy browsing the site and remember just to ask if you would like a larger quantity of these items. We’re happy to help and aim to please!

Prices Correct as of 24/02/09

We have had several customers enquiring about when the new 2009 diaries will be available.

We have 42 different diaries, planners and calendars scheduled to come into our warehouse before the end of the month, and more to follow in the next few months. If you do order an item which we are still awaiting stock on, you should recieve an email informing you of this. There is no extra charges for items on back order, and they will not hold up the rest of your order. The goods will be sent to you as soon as we get the stock!

Have a look at this Collins Pajco Appointment Diary – a taste of what we have to come!

Just a quick note – it is wise to get your 2009 diaries, planners and calendars now, even if you must wait a month or so for delivery – as come September/October, stock will be running low and everyone will be wanting the last one!

We have just received confirmation that the 2009 diaries, calendars and year planners, will be available from approximately June 2008.

As always, please remember not to leave your diary shopping to the last minute, this helps to avoid disappointment, as diaries are in high demand from October.

This year we have a whole new selection of Oxford Diaries, which will hopefully be really popular. These include the Pink & Black Diaries which have been released to support the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Campaign. For every Pink & Black Diary we sell, we will donate 10% from the sale to help support this worthy cause.

If like me you leave present buying to the last minute I have a few suggestions for you:

We have a nice range of Personal Organisers with some great new colours which every Mum would love.

There are some funky laptop bags that I would love to receive…

If you would like to put a smile on your Mums face every time she uses her computer purchase this photo pad

There are many more products in our range that I’m sure your Mum would like to receive; just have a look on our website.