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Midwich staff go to great
lengths
Technology distributor Midwich has raised £2,500 for
its chosen charity of the year – The East Anglian Air
Ambulance.
Sixty-four staff volunteered for a 22 mile ‘Swim the Channel’
challenge. Using local council swimming pools in teams of up
to four, they swam the equivalent distance from Dover to Calais
over a number of weeks, to raise funds for the regional charity.
The event is the first of many as Midwich hopes to raise a
total of £15,000 across the year.
www.midwich.com
Manx Telecom opts for Viking
St John’s-based Viking Office Systems has upgraded the office management
function at Manx Telecom’s headquarters in Braddan, installing a total of
eighteen Kyocera print and copy devices.
Manx Telecom CEO Mike Dee said: “We are a large, multi-faceted company operating in
a highly competitive, customer-focused environment. Maintaining maximum administrative
efficiency is vital. We have worked with Viking Office Systems over a number of years
and have been impressed with their professionalism, service ethic and the quality of the
equipment they provide.”
Viking’s Managing Director, Stan Keig said the relationship with Kyocera marks an
exciting new chapter in the company’s 20-year history. “Kyocera has emerged as a
serious player in the industry offering cutting edge, environmentally friendly technology
coupled with exceptional build quality and functionality. As the Island’s appointed Kyocera
dealership we were delighted that Manx Telecom gave us the opportunity to take its office
management technology to the next level.”
www.viking.co.im
Kent-based Balreed has agreed a
three-year sponsorship deal with Kent
County Cricket Club. The commercial
partnership will raise the company’s
profile as the major sponsor of its
home county team and the team’s
Championship shirts will be branded
with the Balreed logo.
Managing Director Robin Stanton-
Gleaves said: “I’m very proud to be the
county’s major sponsor. I started the
business in Kent ten years ago and whilst we
now operate across the country, Maidstone
is still our national hub and over half of our
staff live or work in the Kent county area.”
Kent Cricket CEO, Jamie Clifford said:
“We look forward to working with Balreed
more closely and are extremely pleased to
have them on board.”
www.balreed.com
Altodigital appointed to procurement
framework
Altodigital has been awarded a place on the prestigious HealthTrust
Europe procurement framework, a group purchasing organisation for the
public and private sectors in the UK and Europe.
Run in conjunction with the London Procurement Partnership, the framework will
see Altodigital become a preferred supplier for managed document solutions (MDS)
including hybrid mail, external print and electronic document management, with
more than 40 NHS Trusts tendering through the scheme.
Featuring a portfolio of more than 400 contracts which can be awarded through
the framework, it is set to open up a huge new market to Altodigital and is the result
of an 18-month application process.
The majority (90%) of the framework’s assessment criteria was based on
Altodigital’s technical abilities, while the remaining 10% was assessed on pricing.
Altodigital will remain on the framework for the next ten years.
Gavan Duffy, Altodigital’s Public Sector Contract Manager, said: “It is huge
kudos for Altodigital to be chosen as a preferred MDS supplier for NHS trusts
across the country.”
www.altodigital.com
Balreed signs sponsorship deal
DSales takes dealers to Cape Town
DSales (UK) Ltd, the UK distributor for the Develop range
of multifunctional document imaging systems, recently
took a group of dealers on an all-expenses-paid prestige
trip to Cape Town, South Africa.
The trip was part of the DSales channel sales incentive
programme: 18 winners qualified from 14 dealerships based on
sales success between September 2012 and January 2013.
The winners hosted by DSales staff enjoyed a four day trip
staying at the luxurious Table Bay Hotel with rooms overlooking
Table Mountain, Robben Island and Cape Town’s beautiful V&A
Waterfront. Highlights of the trip included a cable car ride to
the summit of Table Mountain for a sundown reception, a rally
challenge through the Cape Town Wineland vineyards and cage
diving in the ocean to view great white sharks!
DSales Managing Director Jonathan Whitworth said: “We
want to reward our dealers, because our success is based on their
success. It really was a great trip with some terrific experiences
that I don’t think any of us will ever forget.”
www.dsales.co.uk
Kelley Chisman, Ellis Barnes, Emma Knowles and Karl Brett;
flanked by Commercial Director Alex Ward and Diss Swimming
Pool Manager Sally Garnham
Kent CC’s new Balreed championship shirt