Archive & Storage

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A document's life has three shelves First it's active and lives at the desk. Then it's reference — finished, but still consulted — and belongs in open storage where it can be reached without lifting a lid. Finally it's a record: kept because Inland Revenue says so, opened almost never. This collection covers all three stages, which is why it's the largest page in the filing department — and why the right buy depends less on the box than on the age of the paper going into it. Open boxes while files are alive For the reference stage, open-top storage boxes keep files upright, visible and one motion from your hand. The FM range runs both A4 and foolscap — foolscap being the size to pick when folders carry tabs or fasteners that stand proud of the page — in white, kraft and six colours, so one colour per department or year reads from across the room. Slim material that won't stand on its own goes upright in magazine holders , from flat-packed cardboard to polypropylene and mesh. Lidded boxes when the file retires Records headed for the seven-year shelf go into archive boxes . Most use a one-piece hinged lid that stays attached when you go back into the box; Marbig's Enviro transfer boxes use a separate lift-off lid for records that travel between sites; Quickfold versions assemble without tape; and the Super Strong line carries the bottom of a heavy stack. Sizes run standard, medium, jumbo and super — and the discipline that makes it all work is writing a destruction year on every box the day you pack it. Hanging files move box and all A filing cabinet drawer doesn't have to be unloaded file by file. Rail-fitted boxes like the Marbig Ezystack take suspension files straight from the drawer, still on their hangers, still in sequence, with a clear lid that makes the contents legible on the shelf. It's the difference between archiving a drawer and burying one. Off the shelf entirely Wall pockets put forms, dockets and handouts at the point of use — corridors, clinics, works