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Document management, print and ICT
managed services provider Annodata has
made changes to its senior management
team in support of its drive to become a
£100 million business in 2016.
Geoff Slaughter has joined the company as
Group Sales Director, having spent the last five
years building the Global Service Division of
Canon Europe.
Former Group Sales Director Rod Tonna-
Barthet is assuming the newly-created position of
CEO with responsibility for overall operations.
Annodata founders Andrew Harman and
Tim Harman will oversee corporate strategy
and identify acquisition targets and growth
opportunities.
Annodata recruits for growth
Blue Ribbon for Balreed
The top Blue Ribbon Award was one of four
awards won by Balreed at Konica Minolta’s
recent conference and awards ceremony.
Mark Lloyd, Konica Minolta Indirect Sales
Director, said: “The Blue Ribbon is awarded to
our top dealer in recognition of their outstanding
achievements and performance against targets. In
all these respects Balreed was our top performing
partner by a considerable margin and they
thoroughly deserve the Blue Ribbon.”
The awards were presented by Konica Minolta
Managing Director Neil Dingley and former England
and British Lions rugby player Martin Bayfield.
Field service: Balreed recently treated its service
engineers to a day of quad biking, archery,
shooting and 4×4 driving at Adventure Sports in
Warwickshire as a way of thanking them for the
high-level of support they provide to clients.
Hemel Holdings buys
Integra Office Solutions
The UK’s largest dealer buying group
Integra Office Solutions has been acquired
by Hemel Holdings Ltd.
Owner William Good has a track record of
investing in businesses and working with existing
management teams.
Under Hemel Holdings, Integra will remain
focused on the long-term success of its members
together with its employees and industry partners.
Managing Director Aidan McDonough said:
“This new partnership represents an excellent
opportunity for Integra to focus on the years
ahead.”
Facilitating electronic
trading
ECi Software Solutions has completed a
series of opXML links for Badger Office
Supplies Ltd, giving users of the Horizon,
Progress and Vision business management
systems a choice of trading partner.
The technology partnership with Badger
Office Supplies allows dealers to expand their
product offerings to suit their changing needs.
Utilising opXML for stock enquiries, purchase
orders, purchase order acknowledgements,
invoices and credits enables dealers to
streamline their order processing routines and
take additional costs out of their business.
New brand image
for Docucentric
Ahead of its 25th anniversary next year,
Welsh document solutions provider
Docucentric has moved into larger premises,
launched a new website, unveiled a new
corporate image, but promises to provide
the same high quality, personal service.
Managing Director Peter Ryan said: “As the
only Canon accredited partner in Wales and the
only authorised dealer of Toshiba in North Wales,
we pride ourselves on providing solutions for
businesses of all sizes, tailor-made to their bespoke
requirements. We are keen to reassure our long
standing clients that only our look has changed,
not the service that they return to Docucentric for
time and again.”
Docucentric’s new premises are in The Smart
Centre, New Vision Business Park, Glascoed Road,
St Asaph.
Principal
named an
MPS leader
for second
straight year
Photizo Group has
recognised Principal Ltd as a leader
in managed print services for the second
year running. The company was one of 13
independent channel partners selected to
participate in Photizo’s
2015 Leaders Index
for MPS Channel Partners
.
The Index brings together independent MPS
providers that represent the gold standard of
managed print and document services in North
America, Europe, Africa and Australia. Photizo
Group uses it as a lens through which to gauge
the current landscape of MPS.
Ken Stewart, Vice President of Services for
Photizo Group, said: “As the managed services
landscape reaches maturity in many markets,
we continue to see a demonstrated need for
measurable best practices and benchmarks built
on real-world results by recognized leaders in
managed print and document services,. These
MPS leaders not only demonstrate leadership
in MPS, but a genuine interest in the pursuit of
best practices that benefit the industry and the
customers it serves.”
Geoff Slaughter.
Group Sales Director, Annodata
