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Magnets For The Holidays

11/06/2021

Our best Magnetic Gifts for Father’s Day

Father’s Day is just around the corner and we here at FIRST4MAGNETS want to help you to find the perfect gift for the father figure in your life. Make a change from the regular gifts this year and pick an extraordinary gift from our range of magnetic products! Even if your father figure isn’t a magnet enthusiast, we are sure to have the ideal gift for them, before you browse our range of gifts just ask yourself a few questions about your father: Does my father do DIY? Does my... Read More

08/01/2021

National Static Electricity Day!

It has been experienced by a majority of us, whether you were rubbing a party balloon on your head and sticking it to the wall or shuffling your feet across the floor to give your friends or family an cheeky little shock. Static electricity has occasionally added a spark to everyone’s day. Every year national static electricity day is celebrated on the 9th January. This day is dedicated to the observance of static electricity and investigates how we may cause it. Static electricity is vastly different from the electrical current... Read More

06/01/2021

Commemorating Earth Rotation Day

The biggest magnet on the planet is the earth itself. Today marks the celebration of the earth and in particular it remembers when French Physicist, Leon Foucault, revealed the Earth rotates on its axis! To celebrate we have put together some interesting facts to celebrate the Earth. Why does the earth rotate? “The Earth keeps spinning because it was born spinning” – Kevin Luhman, an assistant professor of astronomy at Penn State Rotating is known as the fundamental behaviour of objects in the universe. To help explain this hear is... Read More

02/10/2020
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National Improve Your Office Day

Working in an out of date corporate environment with plain walls and dated equipment has been proven to put your employees in a bad or unproductive mood. So why not take some small steps to help improve or revamp your office or even your home office? Improve Your Office Day encourages you to tidy up, move around, or buy something new for your desk or surrounding area. How about buying a plant or some artwork, or jazz up your stationary collection, or better still upgrade your office with our magnetic... Read More

21/09/2020

National Recycling Week – How do magnets play their part?

National Recycle Week is back for its 17th year! The week of celebration was put together by WRAP under the Recycle Now brand. The theme of the week changes each year and this year’s theme is ‘Together- We Recycle’. This year’s theme wanted to represent COVID-19 and recognise the sacrifices that our recycling and waste key workers and communities have made to recycling and their continued support to making the world around us a better place, even during a difficult time. Did you know magnets have key roles in recycling... Read More

19/08/2020

Celebrate World Photography Day with magnets!

This history of World Photography Day World Photography Day is a day where we appreciate the art and origin of photography. This day was introduced by the French government on August 19th, 1839 as a gift free to the world. Nicéphore Niépce, was a French inventor, who is credited as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in that field. The process Niépce made took 8 hours for an image to develop. This then led to his associate Louis Daguerre inventing the photographic process daguerreotype, this process took less time... Read More

07/08/2020

Clink, Happy International Beer Day!

You’ll notice when you go into your local pub or any pub around the world there is guaranteed to be rows and rows of beer taps full of various types of beers. We all have our favourites, and today is the day for enjoying one and giving a toast to International Beer Day! International Beer Day was born in Santa Cruz, California, where the founders felt it was important to celebrate the craft of brewing and showing appreciation to those who craft and serve beer. So with all this excitement,... Read More

05/12/2019

The Christmas Gift Guide for the Organiser

Are you doing Secret Santa at work? Or have new In-laws that you simply don’t know what to buy them? We have you covered with our series of Christmas gift guide for every type of character! Here is our Christmas Gift Guide for the Organiser: Here’s to the organised one of the group. The person who puts themselves in charge of organising your Christmas do and other events. The one who will put the Christmas tree up in NOVEMBER!? But you can’t help but think you would be lost without... Read More

05/12/2019

The Christmas Gift Guide for the Creative one!

Are you doing Secret Santa at work? Or have new In-laws that you simply don’t know what to buy them? We have you covered with our series of Christmas gift guide for every type of character! Here is our Christmas Gift Guide for the Creative one! Here’s to the creative, fun loving soul who loves everything cute and is obsessed with stationery. The animal lover who is often doing mini art projects or taking pictures of their pet in Christmas outfits. The one who has started having a family. Sound... Read More

05/12/2019

The Christmas Gift Guide for the Young At Heart!

Are you doing Secret Santa at work? Or have new In-laws that you simply don’t know what to buy them? We have you covered with our series of Christmas gift guide for every type of character! Here is our Christmas Gift Guide for the Young at Heart: Here’s to the one who is young at heart. The person that everyone respects and always turns to for advice. Even though they may not work as much anymore, don’t let this fool you! As this person will not rest and is always... Read More