This article was originally emailed as our monthly eBulletin at 11:30 on 11/12/2019. You can register here to receive them monthly.
As we approach the end of the year, it is time, once again, for me to thank all our customers, suppliers, friends and colleagues for your continued support and interaction. In more than 40 years of business, this is without question the most unstable and bewildering time to be running an enterprise. By the time you read this, we shall be just before or just after a General Election in a political atmosphere where it is hard to find something we can believe from politicians of any party. So let’s all take a good break with our friends and family to enjoy some personal time recharging our batteries and restoring our wellbeing!
Whilst celebrating our own good fortune, it is also the time of year – more than any other – when we remember those who are not so lucky. This will be the third year that we have supported Hope for Food, the Bournemouth-based charity that provides food and support for the homeless, the vulnerable and families in crisis. It is a noble organisation, staffed entirely by volunteers. We are delighted to make our own small contribution to their efforts.
I am very pleased to announce that we were a category winner in the recently announced 2019 Big Green Awards. The decision recognised our efforts to reduce consumption and minimise future waste across a broad range of activities, including fuel and utilities, service delivery and product design. We look forward to sharing our knowledge and experience with customers looking to take advantage of the many ways to improve environmental impacts in the furniture procurement process.
We dropped our online RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) tool a while ago because it was a free resource and no longer worked properly with latest browsers. We have now completely updated the design and function and the new pre-release version is ready for testing. Would you help us? If you would be prepared to help us finalise the development by testing what we have done, simply click here.
A MOVIE PAINTS A MILLION WORDS
During December we are creating a variety of video content for use on our web site and in social media. In the New Year, we shall be announcing some exciting new elements to ergonomics.co.uk. These include a number of initiatives to create informative video answers to FAQs. Do you have a particular question that would benefit from a video answer? We already have our own list but, as always, we welcome your ideas. Just email me your suggestion(s)!
With a new year imminent, we have been advised about a number of product price rises early in 2020. Furthermore, some increases are significant, with
5%+ quite common. If you have project plans for next year or want to discuss future needs, we shall be pleased to explore how we can help. Just contact your Account Manager or the Customer Service team to start the conversation.
Please note that we close at 17:00 on Friday December 20th this year and reopen at 08:30 on Thursday January 2nd, 2020. Our last despatch day is therefore Friday December 20th. As always, our Customer Service team will be pleased to discuss any questions and help with product configuration for orders before we close. Don’t forget that the LiveChat facility (bottom right of the screen) is a great way to ask a simple question with a quick response.
Posted by Guy Osmond 
Osmond Ergonomics 