Your business should consider shredding the following documents as a minimum:

Financial information:

• Budget documents
• Tax returns
• Copies of sales receipts
• Payroll information
• Bank and credit card statements

Company information:

• Company structure documents
• Pricing structures
• Supplier information
• Strategic information

Employee information:

• Employment records
• Appraisals and employee reviews
• Disciplinary reports
• Absence and sickness information
• Documents related to promotions
• CVs
• ID or access cards

Client or customer information:

• Contracts
• Client or customer contact details
• Printed correspondence (such as emails) containing information that can be used to identify people
• Photo identification documents
• Any documents containing personal information such as names, addresses, phone numbers or email addresses