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VOW boosts Q-Connect
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VOW has strengthened its Q-Connect own
brand product range to include printer
consumables.
Designed to help distributors and resellers
offer an even wider product range with a brand
already well recognised and trusted for high
quality, VOW is enhancing its own brand offering
with the transition of its Office Basics toner range
to Q Connect, with inkjet to follow later this year.
Head of Technology Gilly Blackburn said:
“VOW has used its 30 plus years experience in
the technology sector to deliver what we believe
is one of the most competitive own brand ink and
toner ranges available. Q-Connect comes with a
two-year warranty, dedicated sales and marketing
support and the backup of a new dedicated UK &
Ireland Q-Connect
website to be launched in 2013.
“Q-Connect ink and toners will undergo the
same stringent tests that all our own brand ink
and toners have always been subjected to, which
will ensure a high quality product that resellers
and their customers can rely on every time.”
VOW’s Q-Connect brand was established in
1998 and today VOW offers over 1,200 office
products lines in the Q brand range, with a
further 50 plus new lines in the toner and inkjet
categories to be launched this year.
www.voweurope.com
Apogee Corporation’s CEOs, Barry Ferdinand
and Jason Collins, who have been actively
fundraising for Capital FM’s Charity, Help
a Capital Child, recently visited Laburnum
Boat Club – one of the beneficiaries of the
£85K the firm has raised to date.
The Club provides opportunities for the personal
development of young people with special needs
through participation in a range of water-based
activities such as kayaking and narrowboating
plus climbing and plenty of other sports for young
disabled people.
Jo Graham from Help a Capital Child said:
“Thanks to the support of companies like Apogee,
Help a Capital Child has been able to continue to
fund sessional workers to support the twice weekly
Sports Club for young disabled people.”
www.apogeecorp.com
Help a Capital Child
Altodigital broadens
its reach
Altodigital is expanding its operations
into the North West with a new
regional base in the centre of Liverpool.
Altodigital Liverpool will be based at
Horton House, Exchange Flags.
The move forms part of its strategy to
broaden its reach across the UK. Headed up by
Sales Director Paul Rylands and Mark McManus;
the new office complements Altodigital’s eight
existing locations across the UK.
Growth is also on the cards, with plans to
recruit 12 new Liverpool-based staff within
three years. Rylands said: “We see a real gap
in the market in Liverpool when it comes
to offering sophisticated, flexible and cost
effective print and document management
solutions. However, we’re here to show
business owners that this process doesn’t need
to be expensive or complicated.
“It’s an exciting time for us and the region
is an optimistic, buoyant place in which to do
business.”
www.altodigital.com
Office Evolution award
winners
Trowbridge-based Office Evolution has
scooped two awards at the 2013 Wiltshire
Business of the Year Awards.
The Awards, now in their 19th year, are one
of the most prestigious events in the South West
and are a showcase to celebrate the success and
achievements of local Wiltshire businesses.
Office Evolution was announced the winner
of the 2013 Wiltshire Small Business of the Year
Award and also picked up the Services to the
Community Award at a Gala Dinner and Awards
Ceremony held at Center Parcs’ Longleat Forest
holiday venue, near Warminster on April 26.
www.officeevolution.co.uk
Vasanta Group enjoys sales growth
The Vasanta Group has reported strong sales growth in the first quarter of 2013. Sales in
the January to March period grew by over 7% (adjusted for the lower number of working
days in 2013 compared to 2012).
Sales & Marketing Director Steve Haworth said: “We are seeing strong growth in many areas with
particularly encouraging contributions from new and emerging categories in our market such as Facilities
Supplies and Technology products. We have also seen VOW make further significant market share gains
and our VOW partners have enjoyed continued growth.”
www.vasantagroup.com
Apogee’s Barry Ferdinand (second left) and Jason Collins (far right)