5th December 2024

Aston & James Wins Dealer of the Year at National Industry Awards

The BOSS Federation National Industry Awards Since 1905 BOSS has been the authoritative body for the UK business supplies industry, supporting the sector and...
13th November 2024

100 Coats for Those Who Are Homeless in Oxfordshire This Winter

Help us donate 100 coats for those who are homeless in Oxfordshire this winter! Many of us enjoy the luxury of heat and shelter...
10th October 2024

Family-Owned Workplace Supplies Business Aston & James named as a Finalist in National Industry Awards

The BOSS Federation national industry awards Since 1905 BOSS has been the authoritative body for the UK business supplies industry, supporting the sector and...
24th July 2024

5 Tips on How to Brighten Up and Modernise Your Workspace

Here’s how to brighten up and modernise your workspace Your workspace is more than just a place to work; it’s a reflection of your...
11th June 2024

You’re Invited to Our 34th Anniversary Showcase Event

Following our successful events at Aston & James during the past 2 years, we’re doing it again, but bigger! Why? because it’s our 34th...
15th May 2024

The Aston & James 34th Anniversary Showcase Event

We are hosting our Anniversary Showcase event on the 13th of June  In our 34th year of serving you, Aston & James is thrilled...
2nd May 2024

Aston & James and Oxfordshire Mind Join Forces for Workplace Well-being Roadshow

Aston & James, in collaboration with Oxfordshire Mind, is proud to announce the launching of their Workplace, Well-being and Wellness Roadshow during Mental Health...
19th March 2024

Hybrid Working: Seeking The Perfect Balance Between Office and Home

In the era of transformed work dynamics, employees are actively seeking the elusive equilibrium between the traditional office and the comforts of home. As...
3rd March 2024

BASE Bordon celebrates growth of their first customer, Pivale, on BASE’s 6th anniversary

Base Bordon Innovation Centre has recently celebrated its 6th Anniversary. Pivale, a customer of the innovation centre, has been based there since it opened...
28th February 2024

7 Ways to Transform your Office Space with Furniture

Your office is more than a space; it’s a canvas waiting to be adorned with a harmonious blend of functionality and style. Our latest...
12th February 2024

Embrace Sustainability for a Greener Workplace in 2024

A Guide to Making Greener Choices in 2024 As we’re in the new year, there’s no better time to embark on a journey towards...
15th January 2024

Elevating Your Workspace in 2024: The Future of Office Design

Office Design Trends for 2024 The landscape of office spaces has undergone a transformative shift driven by evolving workplace strategies. In 2024, the focus...
12th December 2023

Aston & James Wins at National Industry Awards

Industry Celebration of 2023 Aston & James are delighted to have won the New Dealer of the Year award at The Office Friendly Awards...
16th November 2023

100 Coats for Those Who Are Homeless in Oxfordshire This Winter

Help us donate #100 coats for those who are homeless in Oxfordshire this winter! Whilst many of us enjoy the luxury of heat and...
8th November 2023

Study Finds Solutions to Enhance Worker Productivity, Health, and Creativity

The study presents clear evidence of the positive effect of workplace initiatives on employee satisfaction across various characteristics. Compared to non-certified spaces, offices with...
23rd October 2023

Single-Use Plastic Ban in England

Embracing Sustainability: England’s single-use plastics ban A Step Towards a Greener Future In a historic move towards a greener future, England has implemented a...
12th October 2023

Do You Have Paperbased Records – Its Time to Protect Those Archives

A very important reason to archive your documents and archives is to avoid losing data.   All documents are vulnerable to being destroyed, deleted,...
4th October 2023

Top Reasons Aesthetic Office Design is Key in the Modern Workplace

In the contemporary business landscape, aesthetic office design has risen to prominence as a fundamental element shaping the modern workplace. It plays a pivotal...
14th September 2023

Unlocking the Advantages of a Standing Desk: Why Make the Switch?

What are the benefits of a standing desk? A standing desk not only allows you to stand while you’re working, but you also have...
30th August 2023

Maps, Plans & Posters | Oversized Scanning Solutions

Our services at Oxford Duplication Centre offer oversize scanning solutions for maps, plans and posters of any document type, from parchment, linen, cotton and...
9th August 2023

Remote Work vs In-Office: The Battle Goes On in Today’s Workplace

The modern workplace landscape has been forever altered by the rise of remote work. As technology advances and employee preferences shift, the debate between...
19th July 2023

What is a DSE Assessment?

Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments are essential for ensuring the health and well-being of employees who use computers and other display screen equipment at...
8th June 2023

Mastering Ergonomics: From Head to Toe – Tips for a Healthy Workspace

What is Ergonomic Office Furniture & Why is it Important?    Ergonomics: Adopting the Right Posture The modern workplace has undergone significant changes in...
25th May 2023

Understanding the Importance of Safety and Health at Work: A Comprehensive Guide

Employers have legal obligations and regulations to maintain safety & health at work and to implement a safe and healthy work environment. The following...
5th May 2023

Local Workplace Supplies Aston & James Named as a Finalist in Oxfordshire Business Awards

The Oxfordshire Business Awards Since its establishment in 1994, the Awards have recognised the achievements of numerous businesses in Oxfordshire, including recognition for business...
18th April 2023

You’re Invited to The Aston & James Adapting to the Changing Workplace Event

Following our successful event held last year, we continue to adapt our range and services to bring together the latest insights and innovations in...
6th April 2023

5 Simple Steps to Achieve a Sustainable Office Washroom by Reducing Plastic Waste

The issue of plastic waste has become a major environmental concern in recent years. According to research, over 8 million tonnes of plastic waste...
30th March 2023

Celebrating National Pencil Day – A Tribute to the Writing Tool that Changed History

National Pencil Day is a celebration of one of the most ubiquitous writing instruments in history. It is observed every year on March 30th...
21st March 2023

Top 10 reasons why you should consider sticking local to support businesses

Supporting locally-owned businesses can have numerous benefits for both individuals and the community as a whole. Here are ten top reasons why you should...
2nd March 2023

Fairtrade: Empowering Communities and Ethical Consumerism

What is Fairtrade? Fairtrade is a global movement that aims to promote better working conditions, fair prices, and sustainable practices for farmers and workers...
16th February 2023

Catering Supplies and Equipment Right on Your Doorstep

Welfare in the workplace  There isn’t a lot that an employer needs to legally provide. In fact, all that is necessary is drinking water....
7th February 2023

Tips to create a more eco-conscious workplace

Tips to create a more eco-conscious workplace With the environmental topic becoming more of a significant focus to implement in a business it can...
30th January 2023

Super-Deduction Tax Breaks on Office Furniture – What Is It and Who Qualifies?

As businesses migrate back into their offices, the UK government is working to make this shift more appealing.  New super-deduction tax relief was introduced...
19th January 2023

How to Ensure Your Hybrid Workers Are GDPR Compliant

As more employees opt for hybrid working arrangements, businesses are faced with new challenges There’s been a shift from working at home post-pandemic to...
12th January 2023

Office Design Trends for 2023

      No one could predict what the impact of the last three years would have on workplaces. From a 9 to 5...
28th November 2022

Aston & James Wins Campaign of the Year at National Industry Awards

The industry celebration of 2022 Aston & James are delighted to have won the Campaign of the Year award at The BOSS Awards 2022. ...
21st November 2022

Why Your Workspace Environment Is Key to Better Productivity

Imagine: Modern Workplaces If you think back to the days when you imagined what you thought your working life would look like, the chances...
10th November 2022

Sustainability In the Workplace: why it’s important

Green products are becoming a must! We only get one planet and taking proper care of it has become a top priority of today’s...
12th October 2022

Local Workplace Supplies Business Aston & James named as a Finalist in National Industry Awards

The BOSS Federation national industry awards Since 1905 BOSS has been the authoritative body for the UK business supplies industry, supporting the sector and...
6th September 2022

10 Office Recycling Ideas

Be a Go-Green Hero with these tips Going green around the workplace, protecting the planet, recycling, developing a (CSR) corporate social responsibility strategy –...
8th August 2022

Introducing Our Exhibition-Style Mobile Wellbeing Pop-up

Helping You Create Workplaces That Are Fit for Work, Fit for Purpose, Fit for Life Our office furniture showroom in Witney displays a range...
16th June 2022

How to Recognise Eco-Friendly Products

  How to Recognise Eco-Friendly Products How do you know if products are eco-friendly? Going green is a way of life nowadays that can...
7th June 2022

What Makes a Successful Hybrid Worker and How to Implement This

Hybrid working solutions The recent pandemic has increased employee demand for flexible working practices, although hybrid working isn’t feasible for all businesses, many management...
23rd May 2022

The New Plastic Packaging Tax Explained

  When does this take effect? Effective from the 1st of April 2022 HMRC introduced a new tax on plastic packaging (NPPT) that contains less than...
9th May 2022

The Keep It Local Week Campaign Is for Everyone

It’s ‘Keep It Local Week’ between 9-15th May 2022 We’re all familiar with the saying ‘Actions Speak Louder Than Words’, yet it’s so easy...
26th April 2022

Aston & James Showcase Event

We are hosting our Workplace Event on May the 12th where we'll be showcasing our products & services to support you wherever you work.
4th April 2022

How to Donate Your Unwanted Office Furniture & Supplies

Make a difference in your workplace Taking time to be more conscious of our environment is more prominent than ever nowadays. As you know,...
21st March 2022

What Is the Difference Between FSC and PEFC?

What does it mean if a product is PEFC or FSC certified? These two key certification schemes are most widely used when explaining sustainable...
8th March 2022

10 Top Reasons to Support Locally Owned Businesses

Topics such as climate change, Brexit, the global pandemic and even war now offer real challenges to businesses and heighten the need for us...
10th February 2022

Document and File Scanning – Oxford’s most professional Bureau

We are currently working on a large order with Blue Cross. Pets are at the heart of everything they do. Each year, thousands of cats,...
10th February 2022

Love Your Workspace With 14% Off

The importance of wellbeing is key now with more people working from home. Almost all of us have had to change the way we...
12th May 2021

Zoho Expense Aims to Help Mid-Market Businesses on Their Road to Recovery

London, UK – May 12, 2021 — Today, Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company announced a new version of its expense reporting software,...
11th March 2021

Co-working scheme piloted in Oxfordshire and Bucks in workplace shake-up

Businesses of all sizes are changing the way they use their workplaces as the coronavirus pandemic continues to drive an employee-led revolution that challenges...
19th August 2020

Cash In! Your old VHS tapes might actually be worth something

Don’t throw out your old VHS tapes until you read this. With decluttering all the rage, you may be unearthing old VHS movie collections...
7th August 2020

Why You Should Convert VHS to Digital to Preserve Family Media

Many reasons exist why people want to convert VHS to digital media, mainly because it is more easily accessible on today’s variety of devices.
7th August 2020

Positive Steps With Cheryl Lee-Foulsham of Oxford Duplication Centre

The past 4 months have been an incredible challenge, not to mention a worrying time for all businesses.
10th July 2020

Personal protection equipment at the core Aston & James workplace supplies

Aston & James has always worked to understand the needs of businesses to stay relevant and to ensure that the range of products we...
30th June 2020

A Call For Digital Transformation

Now more than ever we should be thinking carefully about how our records, media and analogue materials should be accessed in times of restricted...
5th May 2020

Helping you keep your Distance with Aston and James: Social Distancing Range Now Available

As much as we don’t like it and it feels very unnatural, it looks like social distancing will be sticking around for a while,...
4th May 2020

Still Operating: The Leading Digital Conversion Specialists in Oxfordshire and UK

Working with private family video tape orders to corporate and archival conversions of all formats of media from video, audio, image and text.
23rd March 2020

Here to help you whilst at work and at home – wherever possible

In light of the uncertainty with the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus), we want to reassure all our customers that we are taking all necessary...
19th March 2020

Working from Home? Our Top Tips for Employers

Did You Know? Did you know the number of people working at home reached an all-time high of 4.2 million in 2014? According to...
18th March 2020

Business as Usual

We are open for business whilst working in line with the Government and public health guidance on Covid-19.
13th March 2020

Photograph, Slides and Cine transfers to CD, DVD or digital files

Future Proof Your Family Memories.
28th February 2020

Future Proof Your Archives!

Working with private family video tape orders to corporate and archival conversions of all formats of media from video, audio, image and text. ...
18th February 2020

Future Proof Your Archives!

The centre for conversion - digitising - archiving of audio, video image text.
29th January 2020

Short Order Document and Book Scanning

Perfect for organising your office and paperwork into easy to access digital files.
24th January 2020

Microfilm, Microfiche and Aperture Card Scanning

Oxford Duplication Centre offer many archival solutions for converting to digital formats 16mm and 35mm microfilm, aperture cards and microfilm jackets.
21st January 2020

Can You Afford to Lose Your Archives?

Don't lose it, archive it before it's gone! Starting the New Year can include looking at ways to cost effectively support both office space...
13th December 2019

Microfilm Microfiche Aperture Card Scanning Services

Microfiche, Microfilm & Aperture Card scanning services at Oxford Duplication Centre
5th November 2019

Think Presents: Christmas Day Countdown in 50 Days!

I know it is only 1 day after Guy Fawkes but in 50 days Christmas will be here, so presents are a must to...
29th October 2019

Creating Family Memories

Helping preserve your precious family memories and collating them into one single platform to enjoy!
21st October 2019

Bookeye Bookscanning Services for Documents, Folders, Paperwork, Books and Magazines

Non-destructive diary, book and manuscript scanning.
3rd October 2019

Professional Broadcast Tape Conversions to Archive Quality Formats

Preservation archive transfer services for capturing content from professional broadcast tapes and converting to new digital formats can conver the following specifications:
6th August 2019

The Centre for Duplication – Conversion – Archival Services. from 1 Wedding Vhs Tape to 10,000+ Archives.

Welcome to Oxford Duplication, the centre for all duplication, conversion and digitisation of any analogue material to digital, ready for online presence or for...
12th June 2019

Book Scanning Service

We provide a leading Book Scanning Service in Oxfordshire and the UK. From a single book or a library our technicians can support...
30th May 2019

Old Cine Film 8mm, 9.5mm and 16mm Format Conversions for Families and Corporate in Oxfordshire UK

We have upgraded our cine film transfer services to offer an even higher and more archival service for our clients.
22nd February 2019

Scanning Large Format Documents to A0 in Oxford Oxfordshire UK

We can offer a full service scanning solution for architectural, engineering, construction, artwork drawings, maps and much more to all types of digital formats.
8th January 2019

Family and Corporate Digitisation Services

Working with family video tapes, legacy broadcast tapes, musicians and band cds to historical archives and documents. No order too small or too large.
5th December 2018

Christmas and the Perfect Present

Christmas is fast approaching and for some of us it's approaching far too fast.
29th October 2018

Christmas is Only Around the Corner – Perfect Present for Loved Ones

Preserve your recorded moments digitally. Send in your ageing tapes, film, pictures, and audio recordings. You’ll receive new DVDs or digital copies with your...
26th October 2018

Archiving Legacy Tapes Before They Deteriorate

Professional legacy videotape preservation in oxford oxfordshire uk
19th October 2018

U-Turn on Remote Working: Is Collaborative Working the New Norm?

One of the biggest trends we saw in 2018 was the drop off in remote working. Big tech companies have been recalling their remote...
15th October 2018

Christmas Lights Are Up in Kidlington!

Christmas does seem a while away but with only less than 11 weeks to go; and with Kidlington putting their lights up what seems...
15th July 2018

U-Matic Tape – Digital Archiving and Preservation of Broadcast Tapes

Oxford Duplication can prepare all your U-matic tape transfers to DVD Quicktime, MPEG4, FFV1 and 10 Bit uncompressed digital files.
19th June 2018

Do You Know Your Audio? with Oxford Duplication Centre

A little bit of historical knowledge, So what is recording?
8th June 2018

Digital Archiving of Video Tapes to FFV1

The most common challenge in digitising moving image is the file sizes that result from the actual digitisation. The file sizes can be...
29th March 2018

Do Not Throw Away Your VHS Tapes Until You Have Read This!

Cast your mind back to the dozens of VHS tapes lying in a box in your attic ranging from Disney classics to The Lion...
13th March 2018

Derek Parfit (1942-2017): Digitisation Project being prepared by Oxford Duplication Centre

We are very privileged to have been asked to undertake a vast and somewhat disorganized order consisting of many thousands of medium format film,...
5th March 2018

Magnetic Damage to Family Video Tapes

Magnetic tape damage is pretty common. Family tapes store video and audio information in the form of a magnetic strip. The VCR has special...
26th January 2018

ZIP Discs and Floppy Disc Conversion

Zip Disk & Floppy Disc Transfer to CD DVD USB or Cloud.
19th January 2018

Medium Format Film – Safety Film Conversion at Oxford Duplication Cenm

Safety Film vs Nitrate Film: Working with our client World History Archive, they commissioned us to prepare over a course of several years their...
8th November 2017

Bespoke Archive Digitisation Oxford

Working with clients to include libraries, museums, archivist collections, Royal Navy, Blenheim Palace, B4 Business, Colleges and University of Oxford we support companies with...
8th November 2017

Think Christmas! with Oxford Duplication Centre

I know we are only in November but it is 6 weeks until Xmas!
19th October 2017

We Have Been Preserving Historical Speeches from Sir Stirling Moss

We have been preserving historical speeches from Sir Stirling Moss! and many other important footage of historical and academic value.
18th October 2017

Understanding Digitisation and Why You Should Bite the Bullet and Digitise.

So what is this new term that is floating around and one that sits very comfortably with Oxford Digitisation Centre? In its simplest it...
12th October 2017

Let’s Talk Audio! and Freeing Your Collections and Archives to Digital

With changes in search engines, content has become very important in getting people to your website. This brought our client to us to digitise...
4th October 2017

Are You Up To Date? Solutions for Online Video Transcoding

Future proof your digital business with our transcoding solutions. Transcoding of digital video files is important to ensure obsolete or outdated videos on...