Print.IT Reseller - issue 84

BULLETIN New partnerships East Midlands-based Digital Office Services and South East-based managed print and maintenance specialist Temple Knight have both partnered with Konica Minolta. The collaborations will provide customers of both companies with new options to purchase Konica Minolta products and source locally based accredited expert servicing. Steve Critchley, Director at Digital Office Services said: “We are delighted to be joining forces with Konica Minolta to deliver even wider choice in the premier print and digital solutions on offer to our customers. This is all backed up by our expert team of trained and accredited service engineers, along with direct support from the manufacturer.” Simon Chapman, Managing Director at Temple Knight, added: “Obviously the pandemic restrictions have been a challenge, but 36 years of business experience have stood us in good stead. We provide remote support helping businesses operate safely. This year we are expecting double-digit growth and Konica Minolta will be a big part of this.” digital-os.co.uk • templeknight.co.uk Championing sustainability EBM Managed Services (EBM) has calculated and offset 23 tonnes of CO2, representing the firm’s total carbon emissions for 2020. This marks the third consecutive year that EBM has chosen to become carbon neutral. Founder Mick Bailey said: “We’ve always been passionate about local causes, so we’ve chosen to offset in a verified project, planting trees in East Anglia, the area EBM covers in our business.” Managing Director Mark Bailey, added: “It’s part of our approach to corporate social responsibility: first to reduce the amount of carbon we generate, and then to offset the remainder.” www.ebmltd.co.uk CCS acquires MPS business CCS has acquired the managed print services arm of Maintel Europe Ltd. The acquisition sees the entire MPS division, which consists of its staff, circa 2,000 MIF and circa 700 customers, being absorbed into CCS. The Maintel MPS division acquisition will bring further scale and geographical reach for CCS alongside opportunities for further growth. CEO Andy Moffitt, said: “This is a really exciting addition to the CCS family and our first as we emerge from the COVID crisis. We are also opening a new Blackburn office to support this new business and establish a hub in the North West.” www.coronacs.com ThreeFiveFour invests in Ricoh Creative print and direct mail specialist, ThreeFiveFour, has continued a four-year partnership with Ricoh, as the company looks to gear up for increased demand as England’s lockdown is lifted. The business has gone from strength to strength since brothers Ian and Adam Drew took control, increasing the annual turnover from two million to six million in seven years, by developing a new structure and in-house accounts team. To support future growth, the firm decided to continue its partnership with Ricoh, investing in the Ricoh Pro 8320 and Pro C9210, a move that will enable it to increase uptime and help it to meet an anticipated boom in orders when lockdown eases. www.threefivefour.co.uk Restore acquires Restore has entered into an agreement to acquire Rainbow HoldCo Limited, which trades as EDM Group Limited (EDM) for £61 million. EDM is a UK-based information management company offering solutions to large and medium-sized enterprises and public sector across four key solution areas: records information management; digitisation; digital mailrooms and digital solutions. The acquisition represents a strategically important acquisition for Restore. With 74% of EDM revenue derived from digital solutions, the addition of EDM doubles the size of Restore’s existing digital business. It creates a stronger UK business which will benefit from operating as a larger platform, with the ability to deliver both cost synergies and cross-selling opportunities through accessing the wider service offerings. The combination with EDM also unlocks the group’s product roadmap around digital mailroom, cloud and business process outsourcing, fast-tracking Restore’s delivery against its strategic growth objectives. 26% of EDM revenue is from physical records storage, adding approximately 1.9 million boxes across three sites, and thereby also increasing the group’s storage base by approximately 10%. Restore has a clearly articulated growth strategy, which remains unchanged notwithstanding the challenges presented by COVID over the last year. Following the initial impact of COVID-19 in the first half of 2020, the company has demonstrated a strong recovery and the acquisition of EDM is an important step as it looks to the future. Chief Executive Charles Bligh, said: “This acquisition is in line with the growth strategy of the business outlined over the last two years, which is to grow our records management business and to enhance the product portfolio and market share in Restore digital.” restoreplc.com 01732 759725 6 HEADL INE SPONSOR www.pr int i tawards .co.uk Mark Bailey