< PreviousOn the moveWill your office have that empty feeling come the New Year? If so, it could be because most of your co-workersdon’t trust the boss and want to move on. A new survey by staffbay.com finds that over 87% of people will belooking for a new job in 2014 – and more than half of them find their current boss untrustworthy. Tony Wilmot, co-founder of staffbay.com, says, “The figures should act as a wake-up call to employers out therewho might come back after Christmas to find a lot of empty desks. They should ask themselves – do they reallyknow their staff? Perhaps they don’t know their employees well enough, because most of them want to move on.”Don’t say you haven’t been warned. Elf and safetyAs part of their work with Yorkshire-based sustainability charity the United Bank of Carbon, leading ‘green’ academicsfrom the University of Leeds’ School of Earth and Environment calculated that Santa’s carbon footprint from travel overthe festive season to the UK alone could be as high as nine tonnes per stocking.According to the academics, previous estimates of the environmental damage inflicted by the big guy in red havegrossly underestimated the size of the sleigh needed and for the journey from the North Pole. Assuming Santa makesa single trip to deliver presents to all of the 7.7 million homes with just under two children per household, he wouldneed to travel roughly 1.5 million km. If Santa’s greenhouse gas emissions are the same as aircraft freight, thenbringing every child a stocking would emit 139 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.Do you want to tell them, or shall I?AND FINALLY…And finally…The world of FrazerHere’s Frazer’s monthly collection of the weirdand wonderful stories that came our way overthe last few weeks!50Business Link www.blmforum.netHide andseekTo the Lighthousecharity dinner inCleethorpes, and it allgot a bit too much forKeith Borst of BaldwinsCrane Hire. Keith had asuch a good evening outon the town in Meggies,that come breakfast timeat the hotel, he couldn’tlocate the spoon on thebreakfast table - much tothe amusement of thewaiting staff. Keith’s a realtrooper, by the way, andmanaged to make theGrimsby Town match laterthat day. Well done, Keith!One man went to moMovember has become the familiar excuse for men toavoid shaving for a month and thus get up five minuteslater but Frazer was surprised to learn that the point ofthe event was actually to make money for charity. In anycase it’s well done to Duncan Smith of Clough &Company in Keighley who had been observingMovember non-stop for forty years before announcinghe’d finally lose his moustache and beard if he raised£500. In fact he managed to raise nearly £1000, ensuringthe accountants raised more than £2600 for the cause.Duncan tells Frazer, “I was certainly apprehensive because I’d had the beard and moustache for such a long time but my colleagues had boughtme a razor and shaving foam and even my wife came into the office to see whether I’d go through with it so there was no backing out.”50:Layout 1 19/12/13 13:38 Page 1ADPAKNo.1 FOR SHRINK WRAPPINGAdpak Machinery Systems Ltd established in 1987 are recognized as one of the leaders in packaging technology.Adpakmarket a range of innovative shrink wrapping, palletisation and pallet stretchwrapping systems supplying both new and second hand machinery and providing a fullafter sales service.Our reputation for these systems is well respected within theindustry. The speciality of the company however, is inapplying the latest technology and innovations tounusual and sometimes difficult packaging problems.We can provide full project management for your installation.Tel: 01282 601444 Fax: 01282 6122013 Pendleside, Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, Lancashire BB9 6RYWWW.ADPAK.CO.UKVisitus at easyFairs Packaging EventStandH451:Layout 1 19/12/13 14:26 Page 152:Layout 1 19/12/13 13:39 Page 1Next >