BULLETIN Charity support 2023 has seen Agilico's employees actively participate in a number of initiatives to make a positive impact in the communities where it operates nationally. It has raised more than £20,000 this financial year. In the Northeast, the company has partnered with Changing Lives, a charity dedicated to helping those experiencing homelessness and provided ongoing support throughout the year. The partnership extends beyond monetary donations, Agilico has held a corporate golf day and provided Christmas presents for Eslington House. Staff based in the region have also supported both the Alan Shearer and Greggs Foundations. In Scotland, Capital Document Solutions and Highland Office Equipment, are proud supporters of Mission Christmas which aims to ensure that every child in the country wakes up to a present on Christmas Day, regardless of their circumstances. And three Agilico colleagues at HQ near Southampton took part in a Santa Fun Run for Naomi House Children's Hospice. The Agilico team also contributed to the University of Kent Christmas Food and Gifts Appeal, donating ten boxes filled with food, gifts and toiletries for students who are facing financial hardship over the festive season. www.agilico.co.uk 01732 759725 6 Contract win Woodbank Office Solutions has been awarded the managed print contract by Leeds-based Williams Tanker Services, part of the international TIP Group and one of the UK's largest tanker service companies. Woodbank was selected after presenting a comprehensive managed print solution which achieves significant benefits for Williams Tanker Services by optimising their print infrastructure and eliminates the need for maintaining and replacing many of the printers they owned outright. The contract will also see Woodbank’s solution for Williams Tanker Services improve its environmental impact, increase GDPR compliance, and reduce their historically high managed print running costs. "We are delighted to welcome Williams Tanker Services as a new customer," said Managing Director Janet Bowden. "Our goal is always to provide our clients with tailored print management solutions that enhance productivity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. We are proud to have partnered with Williams Tanker Services in optimising their print infrastructure and look forward to continuing to support them and their business in the future.” www.woodbankoffice.co.uk SCC earns place on cloud framework SCC has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Cloud Compute 2 framework, further extending its service offering to the public sector. Cloud Compute 2 [RM6292] provides public sector buyers a route to procure cloud services including Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service solutions. It is the second iteration of Cloud Compute, which launched in 2021 to complement the G-Cloud framework. Nigel Clark, Head of Public Sector said: “This is a new framework for SCC and provides another excellent route to market as we look to grow our hyperscale business and extend our well-established reach even further across the public sector.” www.scc.com A pivotal year 2023 was a pivotal year for Espria, its first full year under the new brand. The firm was recognised at the EnableX Partner Awards earning the Fastest Growing Pragma Partner £10m+ Turnover and was named Xerox Technology Partner of the Year. The company also retained its ISO certification; continuing to demonstrate its robust and defined procedures, delivering with quality and transparency in mind, as well as meeting the highest ESG standards. Espria took significant steps to make its supply chain more sustainable and achieve its target of 63% and replaced almost all employee laptops and monitors with British Standards Institute (BSI) certified refurbished devices. Chief Executive Officer Clinton Groome said: “As a leading independent managed service provider, Espria has a rich heritage for supporting business growth and change. For over 25 years, we have designed effective solutions to optimise efficiency, security and operational performance and we are excited to continue building on our successes in 2024.” www.espria.com XBM to purchase new HQ XBM has purchased a 16,000 square foot building in Morley, Leeds, where it plans to move its head office thanks to a £1.8 million loan from NatWest. The business has now acquired four buildings over the past decade thanks to financial aid and support from the bank. These include XBM’s current headquarters in Leeds in 2013, Newcastle in 2015, two Birmingham sites in 2018 and 2019, and Glasgow in 2023. The managed print and technology reseller company aims to turnover £30 million per year after the expansion of its Leeds HQ and warehouse site. Chairman Justin English said: “The purchase of XBM’s new Leeds HQ and our continued growth will create an additional 45 jobs and we are determined for our vision for the business to become a reality with the help of NatWest. We currently employ 65 staff across the four main sites and hope to almost double this figure in the next two years.” www.xbmltd.com Janet Bowden Nigel Clark
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