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Eighteen-year-old Connor Jeffery is the latest member of the Octagon Technology team, having worked for the company since March 2015. Connor is no longer an apprentice to us but a vital member of our client support team. Before joining Octagon Technology, Connor attended The Priory Academy LSST, where he was in the 6th form. He…

FIVE different generations are employed in today’s workplace – bringing together a powerful mix of expertise – but also raising important management issues. Established and emerging digital technologies have supercharged the world of work and created slicker ways of operating. These changes have brought with them risks and rewards and firms are being urged to…

We never know exactly when an injury or illness may happen to us or the people around us. So is it important to know how to cope with a medical Emergency? All employers have a legal duty to arrange for the immediate care of employees if they become ill or suffer an injury when at…

As life passes by, years seems to be shorter, and days disappears at in the blink of an eye; we use our own cameras or hire a professional photographer to capture these precious moments, which are next framed and hung on our walls or sit above our fire places. But, of course not all photos…

Business data goes hand-in-hand with its operations and every company’s worst nightmare is losing valuable information, which may threaten its hard-earned competitive position, ruin the company’s reputation, or lead to expensive litigation. Still it is a commonly overlooked element within businesses. Studies show that a significant number of small and medium sized businesses let their…

 External Power Bank Packs My external power bank packs – 25Ah unit – iPod Touch (to show the sizes) – 50Ah unit For a while now I have used a series of large external power bank packs when I am camping and backpacking to charge my various devices. These large batteries are a great way to…

I wrote this blog post last week with the intention of putting it up before my holiday. However, things are not always as we plan so after returning from my holiday I decided to upload this post today. Connor and I went on a First Aid at Work Training by Hargreaves First Aid Training Centre…

We are pleased to inform about this excellent conference for HR Executives, Directors and Mangers who are responsible for the Health and Wellbeing of their employees. We met Alan Searle, Applied Psychologist at The Business Network Lincoln yesterday. Alan is responsible for planning and organising this great event. We chat about this conference during the…

In 2013, there were 1.400.000.000 smartphones in use every day in the world. Every day all these devices are plugged into the wall sockets to be charged, contributing to the total consumption of 6.600.000 mW/ph of energy in the year globally. It is estimated that the number of smartphones, tablets and other devices will increase to 9.3…

After many weeks, if not months of planning and organising, the 20th anniversary party day has finally come. The morning began with the staff full English breakfast at one of our favourites local cafes. Our delicious cake by Angels Desserts arrived just before 2:00pm and after that it was the party time. We celebrated the 20th anniversary hosting over…

Happy 20th Birthday Octagon Technology! We now have over 80 people coming to our party, so it promises to be a great event, with the chance to network with many people, enjoy our delicious cakes by Angels Desserts and a little bit of magic by Bryan Hyller who is a professional magician and will make…