Print.IT Reseller - issue 70

PRINTITRESELLER.UK 43 VOX POP James Pittick, Director of B2B Indirect Sales, Canon UK “It’s great that the printer and reseller industry is getting its first, dedicated awards event in 2020 with the inaugural PrintIT Awards. Working in this field, we know how hard everyone in this community works, from vendors to resellers, to make a success of their business. It is fantastic that all this hard work will be recognised and celebrated. “At Canon, we’re excited to get involved and champion the great work our team and partners produce year on year to deliver the best results to our customers. Partners are at the very core of Canon’s strategy for 2020, and working in close partnership, we deliver the best solutions for businesses, these awards will help us recognise these ongoing relationships.” www.canon.co.uk Mark Smyth, COO, Apogee “We are currently considering an entry to the PrintIT Awards and will be attending the event. I am also supporting some of our partners with their award entries. It will be very exciting to see some of the entries and the innovations from resellers.” www.apogeecorp.com Stuart Bleese, Category Director – EOS and Technology, VOWWholesale “It’s great to finally have an awards ceremony that recognises the UK printer and consumables market and acknowledges the amazing work our resellers, distributors and OEMs do. We are especially proud to be sponsoring the OEM Marketing Team award, as we work closely with our OEMs and understand the hard work and dedication they put into these campaigns to make them a success.” www.vowwholesale.co.uk Neil Sawyer, Channel Director, HP “HP welcomes the launch of the inaugural PrintIT Awards and our team will be there in force on the night! The print industry witnesses some of the best examples of business innovation, as players in the sector tackle the various challenges or capitalise on the associated opportunities. Too often these acts of creativity, collaboration or customer service excellence go unheralded. The PrintIT Awards should help address this and reward the people making a genuine difference in the industry.” www.hp.com Martin Fairman, UK & Ireland Managing Director, Lexmark “It is fantastic that finally our industry is getting the recognition it deserves with the announcement of the PrintIT Awards in October. “I am extremely proud that the talents and entrepreneurialism of individuals in our industry is going to be recognised and rewarded. Lexmark have already booked our places, so I can’t wait to attend the event alongside our fellow vendors, partners and suppliers, in celebrating this amazing industry.” www.lexmark.co.uk Amanda Holmes, EMEA Marketing Director, Kodak Alaris “Kodak Alaris looks forward to participating in the first ever PrintIT Awards. As avid readers of Managed IT, Business Info, Technology Reseller and PrintIT Reseller , our employees, partners and customers recognise Kingswood Media as one of the UK’s premier publishing houses serving our industry. We value our relationship with Kingswood Media and are thrilled to be competing in the Scanner of the Year and Best Partner Programme categories. A win will serve as tremendous validation for Kodak Alaris from one of the most trusted sources and powerful influencers in the region.” www.alarisworld.com Phil Jones, Managing Director, Brother UK “I'm a really big supporter of the new awards. We've got so much best practice in the channel right now and to celebrate that, to surface some of the great product technologies, the resellers that are actually doing some of the best work in the channel, and some of the personalities that are making all of this happen; is really really good. “Everybody wants to be excellent. Everybody wants to be good at what they do. And when you have an awards ceremony there’s one thing it does – and that is to surface excellence across an entire industry. It will be a great networking event, it’s always good to know each other, and for an industry to meet. Attendees will not only professionally benefit by meeting some of the industry’s top people, but will also see some of the best practice that exists in the industry today.” www.brother.co.uk Mark Bailey, Managing Director, EBM “As a business we do find awards very valuable. Whilst awards are not business- critical it is a good way to establish yourselves as a reputable business by receiving recognition from a third-party.” www.ebmltd.co.uk Phil Jones James Pittick Mark Bailey Martin Fairman