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Totalpost is enjoying the fruits of a
£100,000 investment in its franking
cartridge refilling business with a big
increase in the number of cartridges
recycled at its factory in Alston, Cumbria.
According to compliance manager Bruce
Lenton, Totalpost has already remanufactured
more than 25,000 franker ink cartridges this year.
“This is likely to be a record year for the
number of cartridges that we recycle which is
great news for Totalpost, for the environment and
for our value-focused customers,” he said.
“Over the years we have saved hundreds of
thousands of used cartridges from UK landfill
sites, acquiring them from other providers and
through the returns policy we operate on all of
the cartridges that we distribute. Cartridges pose
a real problem on landfill sites because they are
made up of so many different elements, including
plastic, hard plastic pcb circuit boards and copper
within the print heads.”
More than 95% of the cartridges recovered
by Totalpost are recycled. Used cartridges go
through a cleaning and testing process to ensure
they are fit for re-use and are then filled with
new ink and sold for less than a new cartridge.
www.totalpost.com
Recycling investment
pays off for Totalpost
HP opens Scottish recycling and renewal centre
HP has opened a vendor-neutral technology recycling and refurbishment centre in Erskine, Scotland. Owned
and operated by IT leasing subsidiary HP Financial Services, the new centre will enable HP’s commercial
customers to recycle old equipment at the end of a lease period or during an upgrade refresh cycle
and, where appropriate, acquire second-hand HP products. The 8,400 square metre facility significantly
expands HP’s global asset management and recycling capability, which includes reconditioning, testing and
certifying assets back to original manufacturing standards before resale.
www.hp.com/hpfinancialservices
Seeding labelling sales
To demonstrate the versatility and diverse applications
of its labelling technology, Brother has been sponsoring
the national plant conservation charity, Plant Heritage,
for the last six years. Brother labelling machines are used
extensively by the charity and National Plant Collection
holders to label plants and seed packs and to help with
fund-raising. For example, at this year’s Hampton Court
Palace Flower Show, more than 4,500 labels were punched
out using the Brother QL and PT9600 labelling machines
and sales of Brother-labelled seed packets at the Plant
Heritage Seed Shop raised a record £4,800 for the charity.
Joanna Jones, Plant Heritage Fundraising Officer, said:
“We are so very grateful for Brother’s financial support, and
for the many labelling machines they provide for our use at
shows and for the Collection Holders through the Brother
Bursary scheme. The partnership works brilliantly – here’s to
many more successful years working together”.
www.brother.co.uk/labelling
The asset finance (leasing and hire
purchase of business equipment)
market grew by 9% in the second
quarter of 2012, as over 50,000
businesses invested in new equipment
using leasing, according to the Finance
& Leasing Association.
However, business equipment finance
was down 7% compared to the same period
in 2011 and in June, lending was 10% lower
than a year ago.
IT equipment finance was up by 48%
in the second quarter of 2012. Plant and
machinery, and car and commercial vehicle
finance also showed growth.
More agreements were made through
commercial finance brokers and equipment
suppliers, with both channels up by 14% in
the quarter.
Julian Rose, Head of Asset Finance at
the Finance & Leasing Association, said:
“Awareness of the benefits of asset finance
is growing among small and medium-sized
businesses, and many businesses are finding
the finance they need through one of the
over 500 commercial finance brokers across
the country, who are listed in our new on-
line small business finance directory.
www.smallbusinessfinancedirectory.
co.uk
Olivetti looks for
leaders of tomorrow
Olivetti UK is helping ambitious
entrepreneurs to set up their own
business equipment dealerships with
a new programme that supports them
through every stage of owning and
running a business.
The Gateway Programme follows a similar
initiative launched by Olivetti 15 years ago,
which led to the establishment of a number of
new businesses some of which have gone on
to become members of Olivetti’s Elite League of
achievers.
Olivetti says it is relaunching the programme
now because the trend for large national
companies acquiring successful medium-sized
dealers has, for many end users, resulted in
the loss of the friendly, personal service they
previously enjoyed.
It hopes that the Olivetti Gateway
Programme will allow people with a proven
track-record in lease sales or office equipment/
IT service to build more customer-oriented
businesses in full confidence that they have the
support and product range to ensure customers
are well cared for.
Olivetti’s range includes colour and mono
MFPs, faxes, scanners, laptops and Android-
based tablets, as well as cash and EPOS systems.
To find out more, call 01908 547980 or
email d.woods@olivetti.com.
Brother goes wireless
Labeller manufacturers continue to bring new capabilities
to the labelling sector. Following Dymo’s launch of a colour
touchscreen model, Brother has just brought out the
industry’s first models with wireless and USB connectivity,
the Brother QL-710W and the networkable QL-720NW.
The latter features PT-Editor Lite LAN software which when
installed on a network drive allows all users with access to
it to print without the need for a full software and driver
installation. Brother has also brought out the iPrint&Label
app for printing labels from Apple and Android devices. With
print speeds of up to 93 labels per minute and a built-in
cutter, the new machines can print onto pre-sized labels for
visitor badges, barcodes, CDs etc. or continuous paper and
tape rolls up to 2.4in wide. Brother
increased its labeller sales by
70% between 2009/10 and
2010/11.
www.brother.co.uk/
labelling
Business equipment finance declines further in Q2