Our Values

Sustainability            Community

We conduct our business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for the community around us. We believe it's possible to succeed, while having fun and doing good.

Our vision statement guides our principles and business practices:

To become the most successful and respected internet and LAN gaming centre in the UK. We will provide a safe, comfortable environment and reliable environmental technologies to give our customers a premium 'communitainment' experience. Our helpful, hard working team will happily enable a fun, effective and satisfying customer experience. All at affordable prices.

To reach our vision, we use our mission statements as a daily guide.

Our Mission consisted of three integrate part::

(1) Service Mission

To develop more netpama fans (enthusiastically satisfied customers) by providing a remarkable customer experience while promoting business practices that respect the Earth and the Environment.

(2) Economic Mission

To operate netpama on a sustainable financial basis to enable profitable growth, increased value for our shareholders and expanding opportunities for career development for our hard-working colleagues.

(3) Social Mission

To contribute positively to our communities and our environment by initiating innovative ways to improve the quality of life locally, nationally and internationally.

Sustainability

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netpama is committed to a role of environmental responsibility in all facets of our business.

We believe that we can and should contribute to a cleaner, greener and altogether more sustainable society. This does not mean just complying with the law, our mission is to operate in an ethical manner across the whole of our business and actively look for ways to improve our environmental performance. We have looked at each aspect of the business that affects the environment and have drawn up a list of our priorities and more importantly, what we’re doing about them.

Computing equipment

We don’t like slow computers, and more importantly we don’t like computers that are built without concern for the environment. This is why all of our machines are custom built in-house. This way we can choose award winning components that respect the earth.

We are doing our best to avoid environmentally sensitive materials as much as possible and use parts that are capable of being recycled at the highest level. We only buy respectable brands or from manufacturers that have company policies that respect the earth. For example, our hard drives are lead free, our motherboards are RoHS compliant, and we use aluminium cases instead of plastic for easier recycling. Our computing equipment has Eco Labels TCO ’99 or TCO ’03.

Energy

We try to reducing energy consumption, for example, we use LCD monitors because they only consume half the power compared to a traditional CRT monitor and of course LCD screens are flicker free. So are far more friendly to your eyes. All our machines are now equipped with silent high efficiency power supplies. Over the year we have tested, monitored and changed our power supplies. Without sacrificing internet and gaming performance we have managed to save 3.52 kw per hour which is equivalent to thirty-five 100 watt light bulb or enough energy to power 35 bedrooms!!!!

At netpama we don't believe it's cool to use a 1000w power supply with two power hungry graphic cards to play computer games! We have started to use silent heat pipe cooled graphic cards. This is passive cooling so a power hungry fan is not needed. We have been using the high performance, energy efficient AMD64 CPU since Nov 2004 and we are committed to changing the remaining 16 PC's fitted with power hungry Pentium 4's ASAP.

Where ever possible we use energy saving light bulbs in our centre.

Even our toilet is fitted automatic lighting!

*Responsible gamers go to netpama*

*The best gaming experience the responsible way*

CO2

we are doing our best to be energy efficient and that is one way to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. Forest restoration is another way and we contribute by buying, selling, and using paper with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. All the paper is from recycled sources or a product of managed forestry. Although we don't plant tree outside our shop at the moment, we do grow pot plants throughout our gaming centre and not just for decorative purposes! It's sometime the smaller things that make all the difference. Turning off lights, turning down heating systems or fixing leaky taps.

We are looking into off-setting by investing in renewable energy schemes and new technologies. It's not about appearing to do the right thing, it's about really doing the right thing.

Recycling

We run a recycling scheme at netpama as well as encourage our customers to recycle. We recycle both our ‘time code’ cards and our shop waste, which includes cans, plastic bottles, cartons, papers, card-board boxes, and aluminium containers. We aim to continually improve our performance and foster a culture of environmental responsibility among the netpama team.

Community

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Since we open way back in 2004, our commitment and involvement in the community has been recognized as an important part of the way we do business. It’s our way of saying thank you for allowing us to be your neighbour. Each day we strive to earn, build and maintain a positive relationship of trust. This creates a tradition of caring that has led us to be recognised by the council and awarded in 2006 a ?????

Netpama proudly supports community initiatives, including:

Anderstand.com

Anderstand is a talent based website that allows people to set up a professional quality multi-page website for free. They are based in Brighton and contribute an opportunity for talented individuals and organisations to showcase their work on the World Wide Web. netpama helped in the development of it’s website and supports and promotes the site to talented Brightonians.

CEDP

The Chinese Educational Development Project (CEDP) is a non-profit educational organization. It is setup to help the Chinese community in accessing existing educational, training, culture, employment opportunities, and to enhance culture exchange between China and the UK. netpama is proud to assist and provide free IT technologies to support their events and community.

Friends International

netpama contributes free Communitainment for this religious organisation building links between Christians and international students in the UK. They seek to help international students, what ever their faith or background, during their stay in the UK. netpama contribute a meeting area to host their event ‘Global Café’ every Wednesday from 4-6pm for new, needy and lonely international students in the UK. netpama and ‘Global Café’ is a great place for international Students to meet friendly local people.

IGUK

netpama is an active member of the IGUK (Interactive Gaming UK) Trade Association, a not-for-profit organisation committed to uniting gaming centres around the United Kingdom. We are working together to promote gaming in a positive way and addressing our social and legal responsibilities. netpama see other gaming centre not as competitors, but as partners that work together to promote gaming and Internet access to all, regardless of size, location and experience.

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RSPB

We support the RSPB to secure a healthy environment for birds and wildlife and help to create a better world for us all. The RSPB has over 120 nature reserves protecting and creating habitats for threatened species. They fight habitat loss, pollution and persecution and gives children an exciting first-hand wildlife experience now and the future.

Party Island we partner with Party Island UK's dance promotions in Brighton. They include 'Street dance for kids' and Ukandancesalsa classes. The partnership is about people who entertain and challenge, inform and educate. It's about people who learn and discover, observe and participate. All having fun and enriching the lives of the people who pass through our door.

Visitbrighton

netpama's role is to partner with Visit Brighton and market Brighton as a major world class destination both nationally and overseas, and to see that visitors have a quality unforgettable experience when they visit the city, and therefore want to return. We achieved this by maintaining the highest standards of service and professionalism to enhance the reputation of Brighton & Hove as a tourist destination. In addition we complete monthly annual statistics contributing to the city's Economic Impact of Tourism study.

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