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Best Practices for document archiving

Document archiving is crucial for businesses and individuals alike to efficiently manage, store, and retrieve important information. Here are some best practices for document archiving: Identify what needs to be archived: Not all documents need to be archived indefinitely. Identify which documents are critical for compliance, legal, historical, or reference purposes. Establish a clear archiving…

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The Document Archiving Process

Archiving your documents involves the systematic storage, retrieval, and management of documents for future reference. The process of document archiving can vary depending on the organization’s size, industry, and specific requirements. Outsourcing storage for archiving can be a great solution. Here we have set out a general outline of the document archiving process: Assessment and…

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Document Storage and Clearance Services

Recently, one of our clients got in touch because they needed to repurpose the offices that had been used to hold all of their historic documents and archived files and they needed help clearing all their old folders and documents to a new, secure location. The challenge Moving such a large amount of files/folders to…

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What Information Should Be Archived?

Archiving information is an important practice for preserving data and records for future reference, compliance, historical context, and more. The specific information that should be archived can vary widely depending on the organisation, industry, and legal requirements. However, here are some common types of information that are typically considered for archiving: 1. Legal and Regulatory…

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What happens when documents are archived?

There are many reasons why companies wish to have all their documents archived . This involves storing it in a way that makes it less accessible for regular use but preserves it for future reference or historical purposes. The specific process and implications of archiving can vary depending on each company’s policies. What does document…

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Best Way to Store Documents

What’s the best way to store documents? Your birth certificate. Your tax return forms. Your business financial records. The deed to your property. Even though you might not use them very often, these are all important documents that you wouldn’t want to lose—or even worse, to fall into the wrong hands. But ask yourself this:…

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Why Archiving Is So Important

Why Archiving Is So Important Four reasons why archiving is so important for businesses and individuals. 1. Regulatory Requirements These days, data protection is something most businesses are keenly aware of. In light of important recent updates to the Data Protection Act (GDPR, anyone?), businesses are now under increasing pressure to properly and securely manage…