Print now to avoid regret
Almost half (44%) of British adults have lost a digital photo they wish they had printed, with ‘losing/
breaking hardware’ and ‘accidentally deleting photos’ being the most common ways to lose images.
According to a YouGov survey commissioned by Jessops to mark the launch of its new online photo printing
service, 21% of British adults have never printed a photo. Nearly one in ten (8%) print a photo at least once
a month. Jessops’ new website makes printing photos easy, with the option to have prints delivered to a
home address or to the nearest Jessops store for collection within 25 minutes.
Reichelt online
catalogue growing fast
Three months since launching
in the UK, reichelt, a German
online retailer of industrial
and consumer electronics,
automation and computer
accessories, has added
nearly 1,700 products to its
online catalogue, including
printers and printer supplies
from Brother, Kyocera, HP,
Samsung, Lexmark, OKI,
Canon, Epson and Ricoh, as
well as a range of 3D printers.
Reichelt was established
in Germany in 1969 and has
become a market leader as
a result of its competitive
pricing and high stock
availability. It has more than
220 employees at its German
logistics centre in Sande
(Friesland) and currently
generates annual revenues of
around 125m Euro.
Reichelt hopes to emulate
the UK success of German
grocery retailers, such as Aldi
and Lidl, by offering lower
prices than competitors. CEO
Ulf Timmermann says it is
offering many of its products
for 20% less than UK rivals
such as Maplin, Mouser, RS
and CPC-Farnell.
As an added incentive to
business customers, it offers
discounts for bulk buying on
certain products and VAT-free
invoicing.
Reichelt’s growth
plans include a
€
9 million
investment in a third
warehouse, which will enable
it to increase the products it
holds in stock to more than
100,000 articles by next year.
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Nuance market leader
Nuance Communications has been named by IDC as market
leader in device and print management solutions for the second
year in a row (
Worldwide and U.S. Device and Print Management
Market Shares, 2015: Year of the
Evolving, Fragmented Market,
June 2016). The company’s print
management solutions Equitrac,
SafeCom and Output Manager
help organisations gain control of
their print environment through
a combination of security and
authentication, hardware fleet
optimisation, consumables
cost reduction and network
infrastructure.
MBE for Brother UK MD Phil Jones
Phil Jones, managing director of Brother UK, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday
Honours list, in recognition of his services to business.
Phil said: “To be recognised by Her Majesty the Queen is wonderful. I’m passionate about
business as a force for good in people’s lives and in our local communities. This is why I spend
time sharing any knowledge gained and encouraging other entrepreneurs and business people.”
Jones joined Brother UK in 1994 and was made managing director of the £100m-turnover
business in 2013. He is president of Forever Manchester, a charity supporting community projects
across Greater Manchester, a member of the Manchester Growth Company’s strategic advisory
board, a fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Companion of the Chartered Management
Institute.
Brother was named as one of
The Sunday Times 100 Best Places to Work
in 2014 and earlier
this year became the second company in the UK to achieve Investors in People Platinum status.
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OKI sponsors media
centre
OKI Systems UK is proud
sponsor of the new four-storey
media centre at Derbyshire
Cricket Club’s 3aaa County
Ground in Derby, one of the
venues for the Women’s
Cricket World Cup in 2017.
The OKI Business and Media Centre, due to be completed this
August, is the culmination of a major development at the club
which began with the 3aaa pavilion and Elite Performance Centre
last year. The centre incorporates two floors of office space and
will include an OKI customer demonstration suite.
Reichelt CEO Ulf Timmermann
