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Award win for ZenOffice
ZenOffice has won the Business of the
Year (£10m+) at The One Oldham Business
Awards 2016.
ZenOffice Managing Director Bruce Davie said:
“This recognition is testament to how our business
is viewed by the outside world. We aren’t just a
good business, we are a great business and we
are all very proud of our achievements. We have
come a long way in recent years and we wouldn’t
win these awards if it weren’t for the support and
dedication of all our employees.”
Earlier this year, the company was named Xerox
Gold Partner of the Year.
Apogee takes to the
streets
Apogee’s involvement in this year’s
Prudential RideLondon festival of
cycling is not limited to the provision
of a fully managed print and document
infrastructure; it is also entering a team in
one of the main events.
Taking place on July 30-31, the two-day event
includes a family fun ride through central London;
professional class races for men and women; and
a 100-mile sportive for amateurs.
Apogee's 13-strong team of cyclists will be
taking part in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey
100, hoping to raise £8,500 for Global’s Make
Some Noise charity. The sportive starts in Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park and follows a 100-mile
route through the capital and into the Surrey
countryside.
To sponsor the Apogee team, please visit
/
apogee-ridelondon.
New EBM offices
opened by
Priti Patel
Sharples Group hosts
Warrington MP
Helen Jones MP, Labour member for
Warrington North, recently visited the
Sharples Group Kingsland Grange HQ to
hear more about the company’s ‘principle-
before-profit’ initiative from Managing
Director Mark Brocklehurst, Sales Director
David Griffiths and Financial Director Aimee
Timmins.
Also in attendance were charity
representatives Adrian Derbyshire, a former
international wheelchair athlete for Great
Britain, a hate crime ambassador and disability
spokesperson; and Dave McNicholl, the chief
executive of Warrington Youth Club.
Brocklehurst said: “Principle-before-profit
is about people, our staff and our customers in
all areas of the business. Getting your staff and
customers on-side is crucial for any business. And
the best way to do that is to keep them informed
and to share the benefits.”
During the visit Mrs Jones congratulated
Sharples Group for winning the Most Responsible
Business Practice Award in this year’s High Sheriff
of Cheshire Awards. She said this achievement
was proof that Sharples was both an ethical and
successful company.
Shaples Group, which celebrates its 40th
birthday next year, has 27 employees and a
turnover of £3.2 million.”
Grand Prix winners
Seeing Lewis Hamilton win the British Grand
Prix at Silverstone will have brought back
memories for the winners of OKI’s Race to
Monaco incentive. In May, partners from
Midwich, Northamber, DTP, Sharples Group,
Russell Hamilton, AMC Print and Abacus
Leewell won a trip of a lifetime to see the
Mercedes driver win the Monaco Grand Prix.
Andrew Hall, marketing manager for OKI
Systems UK, said: “We were delighted by the
response of those taking part in our Channel
Partner Programme and congratulate those who
won the Race to Monaco Incentive.”
RDT opens Nottingham
branch
As part of a strategic plan to expand its
reach down the spine of the UK, RDT Office
Solutions Group has opened a new office in
Nottingham’s historic Lace Market. The new
branch will be headed by Toni Gibiino.
CEO Derek Russell said that RDT is seeking
to recruit local talent to bring its ‘unique blend
of document and business process management’
services to businesses across the region.
On July 8, Essex Business Machines Ltd
(EBM) welcomed local businesses and
clients to the official opening of its new
offices and showroom in Witham, Essex.
Local MP Priti Patel cut the ribbon on the new
premises and unveiled a plaque commemorating
the occasion.
This is not the first time Ms Patel has cut the
ribbon for EBM. She performed the same duty
five years ago when EBM moved into its previous
premises. Since then, the company has grown by
150%.
Before the official opening ceremony, guests
enjoyed a series of talks by key partners including
Ricoh’s Nick Smith, who outlined the benefits
of a print audit; Tim Bland from Grenke Leasing
Ltd, who explained how leasing can avoid ‘copier
graveyard’ syndrome, where old and broken
devices take up ever more space and money;
Lexmark’s Steve Pearce, who showed how Google
Cloud integration can improve collaboration;
and Brett Lewis from Konica Minolta Business
Solutions Ltd, who demonstrated how MPS can
save paper, cut costs and reduce one’s carbon
footprint.
On the day, EBM MD Mick Bailey was
presented with a certificate from children’s
charity Brainwave, for which he has been an
ambassador since 2007. Brainwave delivers
home-based therapy and exercise programmes
to help children with disabilities achieve greater
independence.
