Despite not living up to growth of recent months, an index for January 2012 so far ‘clocked’ the industry index at 54.46, over the average since the index begun in 2004, which is 53.36.

Its no surprise to see the industry strong around this time of year, as people make a fresh start to the year, with new resolutions, many people rightly so decide make a fresh start with their office furniture, throwing away that old chair which was giving them back pains, and getting rid of the cluttered, old office desk, in favour of a more contemporary, spacious replacement.

So, if you, like many people are coming into the new year with an aching back and cluttered desk, make the change today, check out out office furniture collection, and transform your workspace.

Over the past 100 posts we covered a whole range of topics about the extremely broad, and often surprisingly entertaining world of office furniture, including furniture piece reviews, office furniture that can fight off health problems, 18 different ways in which you can use your office furniture and even a desk that may well save your life in the event of an earthquake – quite a repertoire that for something as “boring” as office furniture!

So, we firstly want to thank the people who have taken the time to read the last 99 posts, and helped us reach the big 100, and those who chose to transform their office by purchasing from our product range.

Second of all, whilst you’re sat reading this post right now, take a second to think, are you comfortable right now? is your office furniture suitable for what you’re doing, is it fit for purpose and comfortable? If not, then you, like many others, need to dip into our office furniture product range and bring in comfort and practicality.

Finally, we hope you have enjoyed these 100 posts about office desks,office chairs, and everything else, have found them funny, entertaining or useful, and that you will continue to be just as excited about office furniture as we are for many years to come!

These statistics do raise a rather startling point  when it comes to suitability and even the safety of peoples office desks and their overall working environment and position. When taken into account that the average (people who lunch at their desks, don’t tend to leave it will be there for much longer) office worker spends almost as long at their office desk than they do in bed on a week night, the issue of furniture cleanliness and quality has to be brought into the equation.

Let’s face it, you wouldn’t put up with your bed being uncomfortable, broken, or filthy would you? Yet thousands of people all over seem to choose to simply put up with the same situation at the second most visited item of furniture, the office desk, which could be having massive detrimental effects on your health and productivity.

Many people sit at office desks which are cluttered, uncomfortable, germ ridden and ultimately unfit for purpose every day, and believe it or not, but only can this effect your mood, lowering morale, but you’re risking mental illness from the discomfort, disease from the germs built up on an unclean desk, and even physical conditions from being forced to sit an awkward angles, or ‘hunch’ your back due to disproportionate heights between your body and the desk.

If any of this is relatable to you, or anyone that you know, its time to speak up for the good of your health – plus, who doesn’t like a nice new stylish work space? – and push on to ensure that your office chairs, office desks, and the office as a whole are a safe, suitable place for anyone to work in.

Here at Top Office Furniture we pride ourselves on having provided many people with the top quality office furniture to turn transform their work environments with our fantastic collection of office furniture, and we highly recommend you check it out, then the same might happen for you!

The office is a great example of how much things have changed over the years, a comparison of an office environment 25 years ago with one in the modern day would highlight huge differences. For example, the technology used within an office has been revolutionised greatly, gone are the days of type writers, or even hand writing, and almost every work area in an office will now be fully equipped with a PC, Laptop, or even a Tablet PC.

Along with PC’s on the desk, the notepad is replaced by a monitor, and the stationary pot replaced by a keyboard and mouse, as everything becomes much more streamlined, efficient, and up to date.

So, as the technology and the way in which you do things changes and becomes more up to date, why is it that you’re still sat at that rickety old office desk which is clearly not built for purpose? They may not be technology as such, but office furniture evolves with the times too, and is as big a part of any office as all the electrical items around!

Its highly important that you ensure your office furniture is fit for the technology which goes on it, otherwise your work space could become highly inefficient, and even possibly hazardous to you or an employee’s health, something which no one wants.

So, if you’re looking around and seeing keyboards crammed in small spaces, paperwork piles blocking the movement of your mouse, and wires tangled all over, its time for a change, and the Top Office Furniture office desks section has the exact solution.

Featuring desks with fantastic features such as sliding keyboard stands, and grommet holes for keeping wires tidy, these desks make the perfect addition to your office furniture collection and go hand in hand with the technology which sits upon it!

These statistics show a very positive 3.6% increase in turnover, as more and more people realise that its time to throw out the old uncomfortable office chairs and impractical office desks, and transform the look and feel of the office environment with brand new office furniture to suit their exact needs.

Long may this continue!

The set up of a majority of modern day offices varies greatly to what we have seen over the years, with several different popular phases having swept the world often influencing these mass changes, but there has always been an ongoing debate as to which office set up can offer the most benefits when weighed up compared to the negatives they can bring.

For example, many years ago, the average office you would see, would be a room full of ‘cubicles’, temporary movable walls put in place so as to place each worker inside their own little mini office style box. This was seen as a great way to provide office workers with a greater degree of privacy, and a personalised space, however the fact that these cubicle walls were often dull, and cut off a worker from socialising with any other employee’s, negative effects such as depression, anti social work places, and dehumanisation of the workplace begun to arise, and these lay outs are rarely used in the UK anymore (although still present).

After the age of the cubicle, came the almost complete opposite, in ‘hot desking’ or ‘hoteling’ whereby an office is completely open, with all desks placed side by side in several rows, and instead of a worker having their own desk, they simply sit wherever is free when they arrive on the day. This is still a very popular method in places such as call centres as it saves a lot of office space, however, as could have been expected, it brought the exact opposite situation as cubicles, people were working around each other in a more sociable environment, however the lack of having a personal desk was often damaging to morale of workers, who often ended up feeling unimportant, and disposable to the company.

So, what could the possible solution be? Well its one which many people are increasingly taking, and one which provides a mix of both the aforementioned layouts. Don’t isolate workers, let them have a free, fun working environment, however, always ensure they have their own personal space, office desks play a crucial part, not only of practicality, but also giving morale to a worker, if they have their own space they can personalise and make a home away from home, then their mood and attitude toward work will be much better!

Give each worker their own desk, and arrange them in a unique, practical way, make it so everyone is close enough to socialise, but don’t put them right on top of each other in a line, spread things out a little, let the creativity flow and bounce around a fantastically laid out room, with personal desks, which you can find plenty of in our office furniture collection!

However, one set of people not to forget this Christmas is your employee’s, the people you see every day (much more than Aunt Sandra and Uncle Derek), the people who work for you, and ultimately, help you make your living! Now we aren’t suggesting you go out and buy 10 PS3 consoles for your staff or anything, however, it is important to consider a small gift, it can do great work for team morale and spirit.

One of the most common, and effective, Christmas presents for members of staff is to provide them with something practical, but also very useful, in the form of new office chairs. A huge amount of the world workforce actually spend their days in uncomfortable chairs that they are unhappy with and cause them pain, so for many, being handed a big, plush, comfortable leather chair will make them extra happy, and maybe slightly less reluctant to return to work after the holiday break!

Here at Top Office Furniture we have a fantastic, large range of office chairs in our collection, perfect for all budgets, comforts and workplaces, which would make ideal presents for any loyal staff members – plus, its all done online, so you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your own home to purchase!

So, what are you waiting for? Show your generous side this festive season, and treat those workers with a lovely comfortable chair – it will make them work faster too!

If you haven’t already noticed, we like office furniture here at Top office, we think its pretty ‘cool’ and has a lot of great benefits.

It can boost morale, reduce stress, and help you to avoid bad posture, and in the long term, serious health effects – so with this fantastic repertoire of benefits and brilliance, surely it couldn’t go any further? Well it has!

Across that rather large pond we call the Atlantic Ocean, in the USA, a group of people have been busy developing a rather amazing piece of office furniture equipment which could actually save your life!

The piece in question is an office desk, built to keep you safe in the event of an earthquake – that’s right, the old duck and cover method could actually come good! Built from reinforced steel, the desk is fitted with a safety department which you can climb in to in the event of an earthquake to avoid being hit by any falling debris!

Complete with interior padding, food stores and a gas mask, the desk is designed to keep you safe from extremely heavy falling debris, asphyxiation from dust, and even keep you alive whilst the rescue teams search for you!

Sound like a load of rubbish? Wondering how an office desk could protect you in an earthquake? Well if the reports at to be believed, this office desk has lived up to some pretty rigorous testing, which includes surviving being on the 6th floor of a building during demolition, and also having a Chevrolet Suburban SUV dropped on it from a height – pretty impressive!

This office desk isn’t available for sale yet, will probably cost a lot of money to buy, and isn’t really necessary in Britain, thankfully due to our relative lack of seismic activity, however, in places such as Japan, USA, and others around the world, office desks really could be saving the world!

If you’re looking for an office desk for a more conventional reason however (like the one in the above picture), that may not save the world, but will provide you with a stylish, sensible, practical place to work, then be sure to check out our range of office furniture, where there’s plenty to choose from!.

Nowadays however its all much more efficient, quicker, and streamlined, with emails going back and forth between computers within seconds, stationary pots replaced with printers, and keyboards placed in front of every worker.

So, with these changes, have come changes in requirements for the standard office, and whilst paperwork is far from dead in the office, writing space is no longer the main priorty when it comes to work areas, its all change.

Nowadays some of peoples main concerns when choosing office desks are where will the monitors fit? does it have good space for my keyboard, where can I place my PC tower, and is there space for the printer?

Luckily, along with technology and peoples requirements, office furniture has also changed to perfectly suit all of these needs, which is exactly why here at Top Office Furniture we have a great collection of items perfect for any technologically savvy office.

Spacious desks perfect for any computer set up, be it one, two or even three monitors, keyboard space and grommet holes for cables ensure that even the most ‘wired in’ worker can still enjoy a practical workspace with plenty of room.

So, if your office furniture isn’t up to the task of being home to the modern day offices gadgets and gizmo’s, then be sure to check out our fantastic range, with everything from tech friendly office desks to bespoke printer tables, we have it all, to keep you going throughout the technological age.

The industry as a whole has come out of the recession extremely well, and has continued to grow solidly since Mid-2010, and we can hardly say we are surprised here at Top office, with all of the fantastic benefits that new office furniture can provide.

From giving your office a fantastic, stylish new look so that you can impress potential new clients, right up to keeping employees comfortable and ensuring that they are productive as possible are just two of many ways in which a great new set of quality office furniture can actually help boost your business in these tough economic times – a worthwhile investment!

With an entire brand new range added to our office furniture collection recently, there has never been a better time to check it out and treat your office to a stylish new look – so what are you waiting for? Take a look!