Commercial makes a stand
Cheltenham-based office services
firm Commercial Group has made a
commitment to combat climate change
ahead of the UN Climate Change
Conference in Paris this December.
As part of The Road to Paris 2015,
convened by CDP and We Mean Business, over 110 states, regions
and companies have signed up to a range of environmental
measures such as a 100% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
or the procurement of all power from renewable sources.
Commercial, the first Carbon Neutral company in its sector,
has joined major corporations like H&M, Ikea, Marks & Spencer,
Mars and SAP in making a commitment to use 100% renewable
electricity.
In 2012, Commercial installed a solar array on its warehouse
roof, which generates sufficient energy to power the company’s
office and warehouse. Additional electricity is purchased from
100% renewable sources, such as the Westmill community-
owned solar farm near Shrivenham, Wiltshire.
Running for kids
DCI/Jet Tec general manager
Tammy Studholme recently
took part in the Virgin Money
London Marathon, completing
the 26.2 mile course in 5 hours
and 38 minutes. She hopes to
raise more than £10,000 for
the NSPCC via
.
com/dci. To join Tammy as part
of Team NSPCC for the Virgin
Money London Marathon in
2016, visit
londonmarathon
UK bosses waste time on DIY IT
UK bosses are wasting more than three weeks every year by attempting
to manage IT themselves rather than outsourcing the task to experts.
A study by Altodigital found that 45% of SME owner-managers
practice DIY IT, with 17% using Google to find solutions to IT problems
and 16% consulting friends and family.
On average, owner-managers spend four hours a week sorting
out server problems (37%), slow internet connections (24%), broken
emails (22%) and printing or scanning faults (17%).
Reasons given for not outsourcing include cost concerns (43%),
managers’ faith in their own abilities (29%) and fear that their lack of
IT knowledge will be shown up by a professional (11%).
Xerox wins £40
million NHS print
contract
Xerox has won a £40
million, three-year contract
to manage the production
and printing of millions
of secure and non-secure
business forms for the NHS in
England and Wales, including
prescription pads, dental
forms and operational forms.
The contract was awarded by
NHS Business Services Authority
(NHSBSA) through the Crown
Commercial Service (CCS).
As part of the project,
Xerox and partner Adare
have established a secure
printing site for the production
of an estimated 800 million
prescription forms each year.
NHSBSA head of service
Brendan Brown said: “When
dealing with secure documents
it’s important to closely
monitor their progress from
conception to delivery. As a
result we needed a service that
ensures zero disruption to the
provision of clinically critical
NHS forms, coupled with careful
consideration of security and
time efficiency. Xerox provides
exactly the expertise we need.”
As well as optimising
how forms are printed and
handled, Xerox plans to identify
improvements to the NHS
document supply chain, for
example by removing duplicate
business processes. In the case
of non-secure services, this
could include migration to digital
processes in support of the NHS
workflow automation strategy.
Darren Cassidy, managing
director of Xerox UK, said: “This
contract is about understanding
the specific needs of the health
service and working together
with the NHSBSA to manage
productivity and security
concerns. While initial roll-out
looks solely at printing paper
documents more efficiently, we
look forward to identifying new
ways to transform the NHSBSA’s
document supply chain.”
Neopost adds hybrid
mail option to cloud
communications platform
Neopost has added a hybrid mail option to its NeoPreference
cloud-based multi-channel communications solution for small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
NeoPreference provides businesses with a fully integrated platform
for managing customer communications, including document
creation, archiving and distribution via each contact’s preferred
channel, including physical mail, email, secure email or weblink.
By automating processes that would once have been done
by hand, it enables SMEs to improve efficiency, meet customer
expectations and project a more professional image.
Hybrid Mail, included in the new version of NeoPreference, gives
SMEs the option to route documents electronically to Neopost’s
UK-based fulfilment centre for printing, insertion, franking and
delivery to the customer.
Outsourcing the production of physical mail enables SMEs to meet
the needs of customers who like to receive printed communications
without having to spend valuable time on manual processes.
Erwan Kernevez, Neopost UK digital solutions director, said:
“SMEs no longer have to worry about the hassle or cost of ordering
envelopes or wasting time at the Post Office. They can now manage
their entire multi-channel communication process from a single
interface, saving valuable time and resources that can be used on
other business-growing activities.”
Pricing for the NeoPreference Software-as-a-Service solution
starts at £23 per month for up to 50 transactions, rising to £189
per month for up to 500 transactions.
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Darren Cassidy,
managing director, Xerox UK
