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How Important are Volunteering Days?

Our friends at Hive Cleaning have created an amazing project with over 6 acres of meadowland in Devon which they have appropriately named ‘Hive Wood’.

Their aim over the next 15 years, through this project is to help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, enhance the biodiversity for flora and fauna and return the wood back to traditional broadleaf forest.

Louis Beaumont, Hive Cleaning’s Manging Director, brought together an energetic team consisting of their family members, staff and clients as well as our Manging Director, Marc who was only too happy to get stuck in with the team helping to plant trees to support this fantastic project.

Our friends at Hive Cleaning are a B Corp certified, ethical office cleaning company who are committed to making a positive impact on the environment and were delighted to support them in this worthy initiative.

At Futures Supplies we believe that volunteering is good for both physical and mental wellbeing. It’s good for the planet too especially when it involves supporting our client and planting trees!!

https://www.hivecleaning.com/

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Futures Supplies Santa Selfies

Watch out for your Santa Selfie here……………………………

Our very own Santa Daniel is busy out and about throughout November and December delivering Christmas cheer to our wonderful customers to thank you all for your valued business and loyalty over the past year.

CHEAM PRIORY XMAS 14      CRESSWELL XMAS 14

SERNA XMAS 2014

PTC XMAS 14

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Have a Fabulous Fireworks Night Everyone…..

fireworks 2Here’s some interesting facts we thought you might like – Enjoy your evening and stay safe!

The earliest documentation of fireworks dates back to 7th century China. They were invented more than 2000 years ago in China and still remain the largest manufacturer and exporter of fireworks in the world – 90% of all fireworks originate from here!!

The first recorded fireworks in England were at the wedding of King Henry VII in 1486 and they were used to accompany many festivities, scare off evil spirits and promote prosperity.

The largest chocolate firework was measuring 3m high and 1.5m in diameter and containing 60kg of Swiss Cailler chocolates. The firework was released in Zurich on New Year’s Eve 2002.

The biggest occasion for fireworks in the UK is Guy Fawkes Night in celebration of the failing of the Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605, an attempt to kill King James I at the Houses of Parliament.

fireworksThe word for firework in Japanese, ‘hanabi’, which actually means “fire-flower”.

A rocket can reach speeds of 150mph, however the shell can reach as high as 200 metres. A sparkler burns at a temperature over 15 times the boiling point of water. Three sparklers burning together generate the same heat as a blowtorch. When your sparkler goes out, put it in a bucket of water!!

 

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Futures Supplies Supports a Special Friend

Team FranciscoFrancisco Duarte of Principle Cleaning was not only a well- respected client but had, over many years, become a very special friend whose honesty, integrity and presence are greatly missed, so the team at Futures Supplies was delighted to be able to offer its support to ‘Team Francisco’ at the recent Race for Life London event at Regents Park, to help raise valuable funding for Cancer Research UK.Amy Race for Life

A BIG congratulations goes out to all the ‘Team Francisco’ runners, including our Sales Manager Amy, from all the team at Dan & MarcoFutures Supplies on such an amazing achievement.

We were delighted to be there to cheer you all across the finishing line and it was a privilege to spend the day remembering, with you, how special Francisco was to us all.