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Seat height

The main criteria for office chairs is that they should be easily adjustable. A pneumatic adjustment lever or button is the most standard way of operating the gas cylinder to adjust the height of the seat through a distance of approx 480mm - 630mm which should accommodate most vw gifts. With the office chair passing through these heights this should allow for the user to have their


Whilst each environment and office space will be different, there are certain guidelines from The European Directive on Working with Computers and Safety Legislation which calls for an office working environment to be ergonomically modified to best serve each individual’s specific needs.

Office furniture in the UK is tested and certified to either British or European standards which satisfies the


By BT Office Furniture

Although computers are getting more advanced, especially when it comes to wireless technology and connectivity, it will be some time yet until we have a completely wireless office. Therefore most, if not every office desk is going to require at least some basic cable management.

There are several ways in which an existing desk can be upgraded/altered to accommodate new


Merlin Entertainments has been a long-term customer of BT Office Furniture and has moved and expanded rapidly over the past few years.

The main head office is situated in Poole, and occupies all four floors of Dolphin House near the Quay. Over the past few years the space has been constantly evolving to accommodate more staff and new departments, which has presented a number of space


In today's modern, open-plan office environment noise can be one of the biggest problems, leading to frustration and lack of efficiency on the part of the employees. This is particularly true in offices - for example call centres - where people spend a lot of time on the phone. The biggest cause of excessive noise in offices results from noise reflections from hard surfaces. There are many hard

Tambour cupboards are a recent addition to office furniture ranges. Their key feature is that they have roller-shutter type doors that roll into the side of the cupboard. This makes them much more reliable and user-friendly than the type that roll upwards into the top of the cupboard. Because the doors roll into the side of the cupboard they take up much less space that traditional filing

Height adjustable desks can be specified for a number of purposes:
  • For people with reduced mobility or other special need, for example to enable a wheelchair to be pushed under the desk. In some cases it can be a requirement of the Disability Discrimination Act to provide such facilities.
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  • For people such as architects, graphic designers etc who often work either standing up or sitting

This question is very difficult to answer as it depends on so many factors. The range of pricing in the office desking market varies from less than £100 for a rectangular 18mm thick melamine desktop supported on the most basic of square steel tube frames  to over £4,000 for a hand built wood veneer desk built in the traditional way by experienced craftsmen.




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There are two main types of screen available in the office furniture market, floor standing and desk mounted screens. The desk mounted screens is, rather obviously, fixed to the desk top by means or a metal clamping bracket. These are available in many different shapes and sizes to suit most desk styles and desk top thicknesses. The actual screen is usually around 43 cm high but can be taller or