SMB-Business Address

Utilizing a business address can significantly enhance the professional image of your company.

A dedicated business address instills a sense of credibility and legitimacy, fostering trust with clients and partners. This professionalism can be crucial, especially when establishing first impressions in a competitive business environment. A well-chosen business address in a reputable location or business district can convey stability and success, positively influencing how your business is perceived.…

Receiving award

Winning Awards

A few months ago, we, SMB Records Management, received an award for our recycling efforts. We have worked hard on building services with new and existing customers since we started in 2019. This does not apply just to the secure storage service we provide, we have also pushed hard to grow the confidential shredding/recycling service.…

Waste-hierarchy tree

The Waste Hierarchy- Recycling / Reuse

The amount we consume on an individual and business scale is constantly increasing. Evolving technology, consumer demands and affluence are fuelling the growth of waste. It’s having a grave impact on our environment. This is currently being highlighted at COP26, with targets set for businesses to provide their evidence of sustainable targets by 2023. There are…

Shredding hard drive

IT Disposal

Weee Waste So who got a new computer or gadget for Christmas or in the sale? Do you know how to dispose of your old one safely ? In our lives today, it’s impossible not to rely on electronic items for both at work and at home. Your electronics have come to the end of…

Will storage

Wills and Probate

https://youtu.be/OzncpYaLpYw Wills are an important legal document that makes things easier for your loved ones. It helps them understand what you would want to leave your loved one once you have moved through to the gateway to rebirth. The document can be a little tricky to fill which is why it really does need professional…

CD Destruction

How To Destroy Your Old Media – The CD

CD Destruction. help our environment   As technology moves on, old media vessels slowly become defunct. Microfiche, Betamax, VHS tapes, and cassette tapes are now things of the past. Even though we still have some stored away, they are getting more difficult to view as the players die too. The Walkman, 8 track, tape recorder,…

File storage

Why Use A Document Management Company

There are still many companies that still rely on paper documents. It is a legal requirement for some of these documents to be kept for several years and then at the end of their life, they would need to be destroyed securely. Depending on how many files you generate you could find yourself holding on…

Climate control

Recycling – Helping our planet

Recycling – Helping our planet There is more to our forests and woodlands than just their beauty and, the sustainability of animals and insects they give refuge to either. Trees give us the oxygen we breathe, but they also store a considerable amount of carbon that is produced by us on planet Earth. Trees are…

Why outsource your shredding

Why outsource your shredding  If you are or have ever thought about outsourcing your shredding then well done to you! There are many benefits for you to do so and make the switch.   Resource time sorting No need to spend valuable resource time removing staples and paperclips. Simply throw everything into a securely locked…

Records management

What is Records Management?

I get asked, when at events, so what do you do then? This question can even be asked after my logo has been seen.I reply, records management services. Quite a few come back with so how do you store vinyls? (Old music media)The fact is the records I manage are paper files. Records of data…

Document storage

Why the buzz?

I stepped out into the garden and saw a bee hard at work. Our bird box has been taken over by nesting bumble bees.I started to think about how they fetched, stored, cleaned and moved things and how efficient they were at organising their hive. All the little store holes neatly built and then servicing…

Mental Heath

Moving on and up

I thought it was about time that I gave an update to my Blog “How life can get on top of you”. I am still hearing a lot about mental health and how it can steal someone away from you. In my last blog, I made some suggestion that might help others, that I found…

Stand out from the crowd

Stand out from the crowd.

Stand out from the crowd, don’t be the same as the rest. Be bold, work hard, show your passion in what you do, be you. Help others where you can so they can achieve results. Be honest and hardworking with individuals, doing so will make you approachable as someone to turn to and will earn…

Secure storage secure shredding

Helping the smaller businesses grow

For All Your Document SolutioIt seems to be the way of the world, when companies looking for a service partners, tend to look for the larger companies, instead of looking at the local businesses. I can understand this to a point if the service is one which needs to cover multiple regions. However, if it…

Why choose certified services

When choosing a supplier, you need a company you can rely on, and have confidence in, to handle your legal documents or securely shred your personal information, it’s important to locate one that is reliable and efficient, but that’s not all you need to consider. Whatever you are looking for, it’s important to know that the…

ID theft

Identity Theft – Time to get SMART

Online identity theft has is still on the increase and has become one of  fastest-growing crime in the Uk Reported Identity Fraud over the last five years: These figure are taken from then latest report form CIFAS and it continues to grow in 2020 Year Nos. of cases 2015 169,592 2016 172,918 2017 174,523 2018…

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Benefits of out sourcing your storage.

Benefits of using a records management company Moving your business records off-site to a professional archive storage facility is a cost-effective solution for addressing your document storage needs. Knowing exactly where your files are at all times, allows for peace of mind Eliminating the hassle of locating and retrieving documents saves time and resource. The…

Document storage

Is your data stored in to many places

    Customer data integration poses a huge challenge for a company’s warehousing system. With the numerous channels available for a client’s information to course through, the probability rate at which the failure of operations stands is higher than that of it succeeding. Even a minor error in the customer data collection can cause operations…

New report on paper and waste shows

  Recent study’s show UK businesses are throwing away mountains of waste including 167.8 million pieces of paper EVERY DAY – of which almost 23.5 million aren’t recycled. New research into business environmental habits found that 14% of the UK’s 5.7 million companies, employing 31.4 million staff, fail to provide any recycling facilities. Yet, the study…

Appriciate your customer

Are you feeling the love?

In the last 12 months of really putting in some effort to launch my business, I have come across individuals that put themselves out in help you succeed. They seem to feel my passion for success. My neighbour is one of these individuals that has a positive outlook and has helped me from the start, giving me even…

Paper shredding

EU GDPR – looking after your records

Since Matt Hancock published the Data Protection Bill back in September 2017 which had been fully incorporated into the UK Law and will now be known as the Data Protection Act 2018, which will be coming into effect on May 25th, 2018, this topic has been discussed and written about in great length. There have been more…

Shreded paper

The Benefits To Secure Shredding And Recycling

Secure Shedding Whether you are a business or residential you should really think about destroying any confidential documents securely. This helps cut down on your personal information falling into the wrong hand’s. Identity theft is an ever-increasing crime for both hard copy documents and cyber crime. One waste sack in the house would take about…

Records Management Problems

Records Management Problems

Records Management Problems Records Management Problems can be challenging and often don’t get much thought. What exactly are the problems with In-House Records Management? Many companies think using a records management company is “wasted revenue”. Some even think it’s “dead money” or feel it is an “exuberant thing to have”. But opinions quickly change when…

Secure Data Recycling

Secure Data Recycling Advice

Advice on Secure Data Recycling Secure Data Recycling is no joke! Get it wrong and you can have a really bad day! Allow us to explain all the pro’s and cons to keep you safe. Services like hard drive shredding ensure both the hardware and the private data is destroyed. Because having any data stolen…