There are plenty of different work related roles with require a decent hole punch. Sure, if you simply want to punch individual sheets of work and paper from time to time so that you can file them in your binder, then you may not need anything heavy duty, however there are many more demanding roles which require something a little more robust! For instance, if you use your hole punch daily, or even repeatedly throughout the day, then you’ll need something hard wearing to withstand the constant use. If you require a punch that is capable of making holes through larger quantities of paper at once, then you’ll certainly benefit from a heavy duty hole punch.

Try punching through a stack of 50 sheets with a standard hole punch. I’ve seen people (including myself) literally pushing down on these punches with all of their body weight, I’m talking feet off the ground! I’ve even seen people stamping on their hole punch in the vein hope that, that will make it work, but of course not. All that happens when you over work a standard hole punch, is holes are cut badly, ripped and torn, or that simply the first few sheets are punched and the remainder are just left in-printed. The other inevitable of course is worn out, blunt hole punch dies and broken contraptions altogether!

Heavy duty hole punches are the way forward, not only do they punch through larger quantities of paper, but they do it with ease and with no effort on your part. Their handles/levers can be compressed with such minimal effort; a small child could do it! And may we recommend the Rapid HDC150 heavy duty 2-hole hole punch. This product is in the mid range price bracket; it’s not budget, yet it’s not at the extreme end! Featuring:

• Strong ergonomic handle
• Paper centralising guide
• Built-in storage for replacement punching cutters and discs
• Neat transparent confetti drawer
• 5 year guarantee
• Capacity: 150 sheets of 80gsm paper!
• You save £60 on the RRP! Our price just £90.46!

It ticks all the boxes for anyone looking to punch through up to 150 sheets and even has quirky little extra’s. However if you’re looking for the absolute Don of all hole punches, and are willing to pay the hefty price tag, then the Rapesco 2160 Heavy Duty 2-Hole Punch is without a doubt, unbeatable. This machine can punch through 300 sheets of paper and comes with a 15 year guarantee! For those of you looking for something to meet the budget, then our 5 Star 2-Hole Heavy Duty Hole Punch will do just fine. However don’t take my work for it, take a look for yourself at our complete range of heavy duty hole punches available in many options including 4-hole, and from many leading brands.

If you’re looking for a hole punch that won’t let you down, that will stand the test of time and that will fulfil any given task to the highest most impeccable standards, then we’ve found just the model for you. After scouring through all the latest, oldest, most popular and world renowned heavy duty hole punches, we’ve found one that will truly knock your socks off! Feast your eyes on the Leitz 5182 Super Punch Heavy-Duty Long Handled Hole Punch featured below; this machine is highly likely to impress whoever lays their eyes on it and is guaranteed to impress all those who use it!

This stapler is designed for homes and offices who require a hole punch for frequent use as its extra heavy-duty design it to withstand frequent use, whilst consistently giving superior results! What’s more, the machine is designed with the user in mind; you can say goodbye to sore hands, arms and shoulders as the arm of the punch is designed to allow for minimal effort yet maximum results. This Leitz hole punch features;

• Very strong, long handle for good leverage and easy punching of thick catalogues or paper stacks
• Metal guide bar up to A3 format with good visibility of paper size
• Convenient pull-out confetti drawer for easy emptying
• 10 year guarantee
• Handle brake and security cover
• Capacity: 250 sheets of 80gsm paper

However all this perfection does not come without a price! This stapler is retailed at a hefty £319, and to be honest, it’s well worth the money! However here at Office 365 we’ve decided to offer our customers a more affordable price and have knocked off serious money from the RRP! You can buy this stapler from us for as little as £225.24, that’s an incredible saving of £114.12!!! Leitz are obviously completely satisfied with the quality of their product and offer a whopping 10 year guarantee, so if the stapler for any bizzar reason ever did let you down, you have that wonderful reassurance of the guarantee! Now there’s product confidence for you!

With a continuous programme of research and development, Leitz products are constantly being updated and renewed to ensure they continue to perform at their best for you.

Your desk – A monument of yourself, an illustration of your character and a shadow of your home. From my experience it is fair to say that your desk really does reflect who you are; warts and all and this goes for both the office desk and the home office desk! Now as well as having a fantastic range of desks to choose from, made by a quality array of different brands, we also have everything you could possibly need to accessorise it, organise it and  give it a touch of class. If you’re a desk hopper, there’s never time to allow it to get a mess, but if you’ve been lucky enough to have your own desk in the workplace, value it – and your reputation! Many people say that a messy desk is a messy mind, symbolising someone who is un-organised, incapable and out of their depth. Many employers frown upon their staff who cannot keep their space organised and will favour those who can, even in terms of promotion and pay rise. Why sacrifice such benefits and your good reputation when there are products at hand that can help you keep your desk in order?

At Office 365 you will find many desktop accessories which provide homes for all you’re little bits and pieces, making sure that your possessions are at hand when you need them, not under a heap! With desk blotters available in full and half demy options, book and magazine racks to free up space and keep your literature handy, clipboards, desk mats to protect your desks surface, desk tidies for all those bits and pieces, desk drawers, letter trays and filing units for the filing of frequently needed paperwork, hole punches, perforators, pins clips and fasteners, rubber stamps, scissors and letter openers, stamp pad ink, staplers and removers, staples, tape dispensers, telephone indexes and useful telephone arms which are great for freeing up some desk space, Office 365 certainly have everything you could need!

So now you know how to keep your desk tidy, the tools to do so, and where to get them from, you have no excuses. Turn it around now and let 2011 be the year you impress your boss, get yourself organised and further your career.

It’s not easy to keep your staff happy and working to the best of their ability. As an employer you must not only manage your staff and be an excellent communicator, but you must also be able to keep your team driven and feeling valued. One of the best ways to keep your office motivated is to take part in seasonal celebrations. Let’s face it; it’s not easy going into work over the Christmas season and as Christmas day draws nearer and nearer, we all tend to want to be with our families and friends celebrating. However if you bring a little Christmas into the office, your staff we feel as though they are celebrating the moment too. Have you ever worked in an office where the decorations where adequate for such an occasion? More often than not, offices are decorated with very little in the way of holiday decorations; however we can help you make a tree which will be sure to impress even the most demanding of Christmas enthusiasts.

You Will Need

• Christmas tree – artificial is best
• Paper clips
• Various other office supplies
• CD’s
• Shredded Paper

Firstly you will need to put together your tree using the instructions provided. Remember, the best time to add lights on any Christmas tree is now. It is pretty much impossible to add lights in an effective way when you have already loaded the tree with decorations.

Next you will need to decide on an object to go on top of the tree which is symbolic to your office, some kind of mascot maybe. This would have been hopeless in the case of one of my previous jobs; our office mascot was my 2 year old daughter! Take a look around the office, maybe there’s a teddy that you all believe brings you luck, a stapler which has been lost and found a ridiculous amount of times and has become some kind of a joke, or maybe there’s a giant rubber band ball which everyone has been adding too. Whatever seems appropriate for your office, use it. You may need to use paper clips to help secure your object to the top of the tree.

Your next stage would be to decorate your tree with a tinsel substitute, remember, this is an office Christmas tree. You could link paper clips to make shiny silver chains or join CD’s using rubber bands to make a giant shiny length of tinsel. Alternatively, cut sticky strips from Post-it Notes to make paper chains (this works best with various different coloured Post-it Notes). Drape your tinsel substitutes around the tree making sure to evenly cover the tree.

Using paper clips or tape, hang various office products from your tree as bauble substitutes. Use items such as staple removers, pens, staple strips, rubber stamps, glue sticks, you get the idea. You could even go all out there and throw on some shredded paper or hole punch confetti as artificial snow.

Last but not least stick some pressies under the tree. Maybe you could organise some kind of secret Santa where everyone picks a name out of a hat and buys a present (up to a certain value) for that person. Your tree is now complete – enjoy!

There are so many different ways to file your paper work nowadays and I’d say that I’ve tried quite a few. Firstly I tried letter trays, but the cheap plastic trays weren’t up to it and where soon cracked, snapped and broken. Next I tried filing drawers, again I went for the plastic option, however with my being such a hoarder, these drawers just weren’t deep enough and were filled within 2 months! I then moved onto an expanding box file which contained many different compartments for my many different bills! This was ok, but the latch broke and it became very full and difficult to work with. So I rearranged my office so that I had room for a whole bunch of ring binder folders, one for each bill, child or commitment. I have a good solid hole punch at my desk, some back up plastic pockets/sleeves and some very neat looking ring binders, perfect for storing all my paperwork, separately and in order. When the paper work starts to get tired and tatty, I just pop them inside a plastic pocket, place it inside the relevant binder and leave it safe in the knowledge that it’ll be safe for many more years to come. For that extra bit of reassurance, you can always keep some vinyl reinforcement washers just in case your punched holes get torn.

If you’re looking for a good number of folders so that you can separate your paperwork into categories, we have a set of binders which would be ideal for you. Our Emgee PVC Ring Binders featured to your right have clear front pockets so that you can add your own designs or large labels to distinguish them from each other. They also have spine labels so that when you have them neatly put away, you can see which ones which. This fantastic set of 10 binders comes in an assorted pack containing one each of white, black, blue, red, green, yellow, purple, grey, orange and pink, helping to separate or categorise.

• Emgee Clear Cover PVC Binders
• Quality PVC ring binders with a clear pocket on the front and back cover for personalisation
• Clear ticket holder on spine for easy identification of contents
• Two-ring binders with 25mm ring size
• Size: A4
• Packed 10
• Assorted
• This is an Environmentally Friendly Office Product – Up to 50% Recycled
• 25% off – Now just £30.08!

Emgee, the manufacturers of these binders specialise in files and binders including Box Files, File Accessories, Lever Arch Files, Plastic Pockets, Presentation Ring Binders and Standard Ring Binders which are all available here at Office 365. With a huge variety of sizes and capacities, you’re sure to find the right filing solution for you. Emgee are part of the G.H. Neville group who won Spicers Supplier of the Year Award for exceptional support to the wholesale channel and have over the years won various awards for their overall support of the wholesaler trade.

Did you know that there isn’t always a need for buying replacement cutters for your hole punch? Before suffering that extra expense why not try our method of sharpening your hole punch? Anyone who works in the office, is a student or enjoys scrap booking understands the value of a good hole punch. You will also understand how frustrating it can be when your hole punch fails you.  You’ll know when your cutter needs some attention when it begins to catch on the paper and leave ragged edges or when it tears the paper instead of punching through it. Worse still, your cutter will no longer even make a mark. However the answer is so simple, my 4 year old could do it!

What you will need;

• Hole punch
• Scrap paper
• Aluminium foil

Before you begin, clear your hole punch of paper scraps. These tiny pieces of paper or ‘confetti’ could be why your hole punch has stopped working, also these paper scraps will prevent your hole punch from cutting through the foil effectively. Next you will need to choose the right scrap paper to test your sharpened punches on. We recommend that you test your new sharpened hole punches on the paper which it is required to punch through in future.  For example, if you normally punch office card, don’t pick standard paper as your test and if you punch a variety of different types of paper, choose a scrap piece of each type to try your punch out on.

Tear off a piece of aluminium foil making sure that it is long enough to cover all the holes. This way it will sharpen all the punches at once. Place the foil under the cutters where your paper would normally go. Then proceed to punch holes in the foil, testing the punch on scrap paper as you go. If the punch is still dull however, continue to punch it through the foil several more times and test it again. Remember when finished to clear your hole punch of foil scraps/confetti before testing it on the paper, this will prevent the scraps from interfering with your test. Alternatively, if your hole punch is sticking, punch it through waxed paper instead of foil. If all else fails, maybe it really is time to buy a new cutter!

The hole punch is an extremely important and valuable office tool, which in short, is basically used to organise numerous sheets of paper. It can also be referred to as a perforator, holing pincer or paper puncher. Once the contraption has achieved these holes, organising your paperwork will be a much easier thing to do. The sheets can be arranged neatly inside a folder or a binder, so that finding them at a later date is easier and so that they have been preserved safely. If filing away paper work is a common activity on your daily work schedule, then it’s time for you to consider a high capacity hole punch, otherwise known as a heavy duty hole punch. The best example of a strong, efficient and long lasting hole punch would be from a brand called Rapesco.

Rapesco’s vision is to develop new standards of performance for all of their products, creating a portfolio that does more than simply function; it performs better, lasts longer and is design driven. Rapesco understand that every single component used in their products is as important as the next. This is why their engineers are so particular and scrutinise every part, right down to the tiniest spring. Rapesco’s 10-year guarantee says it all and gives that extra reassurance we all need when making a purchase. This is further strengthened when you consider that none of their competitors can compete with the guarantee. Rapesco’s standard 10-year warranty covers all manual punching machines against defective materials or workmanship. A perfect example of their excellence is the Rapesco 1100 Heavy Duty Punch featured to your right. It includes;

• Effortless operation
• Standard two-hole spacing
• Double-hardened cutters for extended usage
• Easy to use self-centring paper guide
• Clever storage for spare boards and cutters
• 10 year guarantee
• Rapesco Spare Punching Cutters 6mm (x2)
• For Hole Punches 2200 1100

At the moment, you can purchase this hole punch with a generous 26% off, plus, you even get two free spare punching cutters with every hole punch worth £23.48! All this for just £68.52 while stocks last!

Leitz Get Your Office Organised!

Today’s offices are extremely hectic (including my own) and most people cannot seem to find the time to file on a regular basis (and I know that feeling). As difficult as it can be, we suggest filing right away. In other words, as soon as a paper crosses your desk and is ready for the file, put it there. I really have learned the hard way over the years and am certainly ready for a change now. It’s so true that the longer a document sits around on a desk, a shelf or anywhere else but in the file, the more chance it has of being misplaced, covered up, hidden or otherwise lost. Furthermore, if you let paperwork pile up until you have a mountain of documents to put into the file, misfiles can occur more easily. It is also essential to consider that many files contain information that is not for everyone’s eyes, such as financial data, personnel details and customer confidential material. If they aren’t filed away quickly, the opportunity for the information to fall into the wrong hands is greater. Also, apart from the obvious increase in productivity, consider too, your work space! Rather than allowing papers to pile up so you have no room to move, file them straightaway. A clear desktop will make you feel so much better when you start your day.

One thing to help you on your way to faster filing is to keep a readily available adjustable hole punch on your desk. We recommend Leitz. With their distinctive designs and excellent handling, the new generation of Leitz Perforators combines high quality and functionality to ensure accurate punching everytime. Plus, all products are guaranteed for at least 3 years! May we recommend the Leitz Akto Adjustable Punch.

• Powerful four hole hole punch in diecast aluminium

• Turning scale bar for 13 formats

• Sizes: centimetres, inches, ring binder and organiser

• Metal guide bar for formats up to A3 and A2

• Lever can be locked for convenient storage

• 6mm and 8mm cutters available separately

• Capacity 30 sheets 80gsm paper

• Come with 4x 6mm cutters, takes up to 6 cutters at one time

• 10 Year Guarantee

• 231 x 238 x 335mm (WxHxD)

• Weight 2.3kg

Having a hole punch readily available can really help you on the way to having a clearer desk and clearer mind. All you need to remember is punch it when you’re done. Every time you have finished with a document – punch it – file it, simple.

We happily recommend the above Leitz hole punch due to it’s very reasonable price yet exquisite features. It’s not often you get quality like this for such a low price yet with a decade long guarantee! For a wider selection of adjustable hole punches, have a look at our site or call one of our chirpy team for advise from a real life person.

 Joining our Best Stapler is Office365’s Best Hole Punch…..

The Rapid HDC 150 Heavy Duty 2 Hole Punch

With its ergonomic soft rubber handle, longer leverage, and high precision cutters to ensure effortless operation and its capacity to punch 150 sheets of 80gsm paper – this punch has to be among the best. But what actually makes it THE best in our minds is its movable paper guide that enables the user to position the paper from either side. And there’s more, the paper centralising guide and built in storage for replacement punching cutters and discs and neat transparent confetti drawer is the cherry on top for us!

A powerful hole punch that is the ideal addition to any professional office where large documents are being prepared. Its punching cutters are made from the highest quality steel.

• Self-centering paper guide
• Power reduction
• Ergonomically designed easy grip rubber handle
• Large transparent confetti compartment
• Compartment for spare parts
• Massive one hundred and fifty sheet capacity
• Punching life 20,000 operations
• Hole diameter 5.5mm
• Hole distance 80mm
• Includes multi-language instruction booklet
• Manufacturers five year guarantee
• Spare Parts
• Available in Silver/Orange

Rapid is committed to supporting the environment, and as part of being a responsible business, sustainability is high on their agenda.

For an extensive range of Office365 hole punches and a variety of price bands to meet every need, just visit our site and if you still cannot find what you are looking for, just call or e-mail us and we will be more than happy to assist.

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