What's in your archive? Oh, hold on I know this one!

We all like nice surprises, they're unexpected and generally bring a smile to the face.

So we managed to put a look of surprise and relief all over a clients face yesterday. How did we do this? We found things he didn't even know he had.

A meeting with our client a few weeks ago established that he was 99.99999% sure that his archive was up to scratch and that he knew excatly what he had.

So imagine his surprise when after collecting all his boxes and creating an ongoing management index, we had 4 boxes that didn't appear on his list, anywhere. Good job we found them as they were purchase invoices and HR documents; not the sort of things you want to loose. He was understandably delighted and relieved that we had found them.

Your archive, although it represents what has past, is essential to your operational future. It needs to be looked after and preferably be held off site at a secure location.

http://www.thesafebox.co.uk/ can help and guide you through best practice and the legal requirements of what needs to be kept and for how long.