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Zerographic Announces Official Sponsorship of Olympic Champion Joe Clarke MBE

Staffordshire, 22.09.2023 – Zerographic, a leading provider of cutting-edge office solutions, is thrilled to announce its official sponsorship of Olympic Champion Joe Clarke MBE. This partnership will see Zerographic support Joe Clarke as he embarks on his journey to the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Joe Clarke, hailing from Stone, Staffordshire, began his remarkable career at the Stafford and Stone Canoe Club at the young age of 11. Over the years, he has achieved incredible success in the world of water sports, and his list of accomplishments is truly awe-inspiring:

• Olympic Champion for Rio 2016
• 2-time World Champion
• 7-time Senior UK Champion – a historic feat in the discipline
• Multiple World Cup Medallist
• Multiple World Cup Winner
• Currently ranked World No. 1 in Kayak Cross and No. 6 in Canoe Slalom

Joe Clarke’s outstanding achievements have made him a household name in the world of sports, and his dedication to excellence has earned him numerous accolades. As an official sponsor, Zerographic is honoured to stand beside him as he continues to reach for new heights in his career.

Currently, Joe is competing in the World Championships at Lee Valley, a highly prestigious event in the water sporting world. Under our sponsorship, Joe will showcase his exceptional talents to a global audience, and we couldn’t be more excited to be a part of this journey.

The World Championships at Lee Valley is set to captivate over 25,000 spectators throughout the week, who will gather to witness the finest water sports athletes in action. This event not only celebrates excellence in sports but also fosters a sense of unity and passion among fans and athletes alike.

“We are exceptionally fortunate to be represented by such an iconic figure in the sporting world,” said Kevin Corbett, Managing Director at Zerographic. “Joe Clarke’s dedication and remarkable achievements align perfectly with our commitment to excellence and innovation. This partnership marks an incredible opportunity for Zerographic, and we eagerly anticipate the exciting journey ahead.”

Zerographic is committed to supporting Joe Clarke on his path to the Paris 2024 Olympics and beyond, and we look forward to sharing in his future triumphs.

For media inquiries or further information, please contact:
Kate Varvedo, kate.varvedo@zerographic.com

ABOUT JOE CLARKE
Joe Clarke, a British athlete and Olympic Champion, was born on November 23, 1992, in Stone, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. His journey in the world of water sports began at a young age when he joined the Stafford and Stone Canoe Club at the age of 11. This early exposure to canoeing laid the foundation for what would become an illustrious sporting career.

Olympic Success: One of the defining moments of Joe Clarke’s career came at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he achieved the pinnacle of his sport. Competing in the discipline of canoe slalom, Joe secured a gold medal in the Men’s K-1 (kayak single) event. His flawless performance in Rio de Janeiro made him an Olympic Champion and earned him the prestigious title of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his outstanding contributions to British sport.

World Championships and National Titles: In addition to his Olympic triumph, Joe Clarke has consistently excelled on the international stage. He is a two-time World Champion, showcasing his remarkable skill and determination in the highly competitive world of canoeing. His achievements also include seven Senior UK Championship titles, making him the first British athlete to accomplish this feat in his discipline. These national and international victories underscore his status as a dominant force in canoeing.

About Zerographic
Since 1990, Zerographic has been at the forefront of providing cutting-edge document solutions and printing services to customers across the United Kingdom and Europe. As one of the largest and fastest-growing private companies in the UK, Zerographic has established itself as a trusted partner for businesses seeking top-quality solutions for their document management needs.

With a commitment to excellence and cutting-edge technology, we support organisations in achieving their operational goals.

Our Comprehensive Range of Services
Operating from our three strategically located regional offices, Zerographic offers a wide spectrum of services, including the latest Xerox digital presses and office desktop solutions. Our commitment to delivering exceptional products and services sets us apart in the industry.

Tailored Solutions for Every Customer
At Zerographic, we understand that each customer is unique. That’s why our dedicated team works closely with professional printers, multinational organizations, and educational institutions to identify the perfect premium products that suit their specific needs. We not only assist in product selection but also ensure efficient installation and seamless integration.

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Zerographic win Xerox XPPS Partner of the Year 2018

Zerographic are delighted to announce that they have been awarded Xerox XPPS Partner of the year for 2018. This coveted award is in recognition of a market leading performance delivery within the managed print services sector. It is an achievement that comes after a significant year of transformation and growth for the business as they built their customer solutions centric proposition, a bespoke service delivered through Zerographic Managed Print Services division and having achieved a record year of performance with over 30% growth.

Group Sales Director, Mike Holyoake, commented “We have worked extremely hard over the last two years to transform our business, becoming an invaluable business services partner to our growing client base which now totals over 3000 customers and 6000 machines under managed service contracts across the UK and Europe. We have gone wider and deeper with our clients in order to deliver incremental business gains and efficiencies, maximising the investments they make in our technology and services.

Zerographic have invested in dedicated experts in order to deliver a comprehensive managed print services proposition. The company is consistently looking for new ways to serve its customers, providing thought-leadership, business consultancy and solutions linked to IT security, workflow efficiencies and cost-saving initiatives.

Mike Holyoake
Kevin Corbett

Kevin Corbett, CEO, commented, “We are really pleased with this highly acclaimed award. It’s a great credit to the work we do with our customers here in the UK and Europe. Thanks to their support we continue to outperform the market, so we must continue to provide an exemplary service for our clients old and new.

Our business objectives for 2019 are to continue the investment in the growth of our MPS strategy through the development of our talent, broadening our knowledge base in order to continue providing highly relevant and market leading managed service propositions to our growing client base.

Pictured below – Carlo Longhi, Director & General Manager, Indirect Channels UK & Ireland at Xerox, Dave Dyas, President of DMO at Xerox, Peter Taylor, Head of European Services at Zerographic, Kevin Corbett, CEO of Zerographic, Mike Holyoake, Group Sales Director at Zerographic and Dan Walker, Journalist and BBC Television Presenter.

Xerox XPPS Partner of the Year 2018

Harveys

Harveys

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“This is a huge step-change for us. We are now able to offer our internal customers a best-of-breed service for their systems which, in turn, benefits our retail customers.”

Danny Flynn
Systems Manager, Harveys, UK

100%

Support

The Challenge

  • To provide a secure and resilient data centre environment in readiness for rapid business growth.
  • Support required 24×7, 365 days a year.
  • Infrastructure needed to allow the group to be a multi-channel reseller.

The Solution

  • A fully outsourced, hosted and managed service, including first line helpdesk support for their retail staff on the shop floor, all managed through the Xerox Service Desk.
  • Monitoring and management for Windows, Linux and Open VMS platforms.
  • SQL, MySQL and Progress database administration.
  • Backup, recovery and disaster recovery services.

The Results

  • Services provided to match unprecedented business growth.
  • Improved SLAs.
  • Transition completed in time for Christmas and New Year sales.
  • Xerox enabled best-of-breed applications to be selected to meet business requirements.

Morrisons

Morrisons

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“Xerox understands retail. They understand the importance of delivering quality work in-store and consistently meet our demands.”

Richard Lancaster
Marketing Director, Morrisons

Significant

Cost Savings

The Challenge

  • Produce and deliver high-quality marketing campaigns to hundreds of stores within days – as a matter of course.
  • Be more efficient and cost-effective by improving visibility of the marketing supply chain both for Morrisons and its marketing suppliers.
  • Meet high quality standards and sustainability objectives.

The Solution

  • On-site advisory service to maximise the value of point-of-sale print, labels, publications and back-office materials.
  • Xerox management of end-to-end print and fulfilment process, including stock management, colour and quality control and store-specific collation.
  • Web-based collaborative workflow tool to connect all campaign stakeholders.
  • Detailed management information.

The Results

  • High-quality campaigns delivered in days within budget.
  • Process improvements and greater efficiencies.
  • Significant cost savings over four years.
  • Improved sustainability with less waste and use of fully recyclable materials.
  • Ability to focus on strategic activity, leaving execution to Xerox.

British Telecom

British Telecom

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“Communication between us and Xerox is open and honest; we don’t pull any punches and Xerox has responded flexibly and innovatively. As a result, we’re looking forward to achieving some really tough targets.”

Alan Quearns
Services Manager, BT

£10.4M

Saved over four years

The Challenge

  • Meet tough new cost-cutting targets.
  • Contribute to BT’s green agenda by reducing carbon footprint.
  • Improve print service levels for users.

The Solution

  • Service improvement programme across the enterprise, focusing on office printing first, followed by reprographics.
  • Development and implementation of improved processes to achieve new service commitments.
  • A new communications programme to address common problems.

The Results

  • £10.4 million saved over four years for office printing.
  • 40% savings in reprographics.
  • More efficient ratio of users per printing device.
  • 50% reduction in carbon footprint*.
  • User satisfaction ratings that exceed target.

*Results provided by the Xerox Sustainability Calculator, based on lifecycle analysis, which includes full environmental burdens, through material acquisition, production and operation when calculating environmental impacts.

Newport City Council

Newport City Council

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“The cost savings of 25% are significant; more importantly, the solution allows our employees to do what they should be doing rather than spending time fixing print problems.”

Tracy McKim
IT Infrastructure Manager, Newport City Council

1M

Fewer wasted pages printed each year

The Challenge

  • Advance the council’s cost-cutting transformation programme by understanding office print costs, centralising responsibility for it and finding savings in print service delivery.
  • Support more flexible working across the council and make life as productive and easy for staff as possible.

The Solution

  • Following an in-depth council assessment of its environment, migration to a Xerox managed print service.
  • Consolidated billing and ability to onward charge council departments for their print use.
  • Proactive device support and automated consumables ordering.
  • Service portal for management visibility.
  • Removal of 250 desktop printers.
  • Rollout of new devices with features such as secure follow-you printing and scan-to-email.

The Results

  • 25% cost savings.
  • 17% fewer pages printed due to follow-you printing.
  • 50% less colour printing (previously 42% of print costs).
  • Network points eliminated and vital floor space freed through device rationalisation.
  • Flexible working and information security supported by follow-you printing.
  • 750 invoices reduced to 4 per year: saving tens of thousands of pounds in invoice processing.

London Borough of Islington Council

London Borough of Islington Council

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“Delivery of a distributed and managed print service enabled cost reduction with no loss of efficiency. It operates through a simple cost-per-page pricing structure and meets sustainability targets with fewer and more efficient devices.”

John Roberts
Head of Accommodation Facilities and Corporate Landlord, Islington London Borough Council

£1M

Saved over 4 years

The Challenge

  • Refresh the council’s print services to help them deliver better, more sustainable services to the public, despite cuts in government grants.
  • Support flexible working in a cost-effective and practical manner.
  • Reduce carbon footprint to meet emission targets.

The Solution

  • Fully managed service across 66 sites with simple price per page and detailed reporting to enable tighter cost control.
  • Energy-efficient devices to cut carbon footprint and deliver new print-related features to staff.
  • Environmentally and cost-friendly print policy to minimise waste of paper and other consumables.

The Results

  • Improved service and responsiveness to residents through elimination of unnecessary overheads.
  • £1m saved in office print costs, equating to 28% over four years.
  • 66% power saving with new colour devices; lower carbon footprint overall.
  • Secure printing of confidential documents, thanks to new follow-you printing feature.

Co-operative Banking

Co-operative Banking

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“We’ve moved from working on a ‘best endeavours’ basis to delivering a market-leading service – and we regularly exceed our own targets.”

Dick Parkhouse
Executive Director for Strategy and Change Co-operative Financial Services

86%

Reduction in turnaround time

The Challenge

  • Manage 10,000 items of correspondence a day (emails, letters, faxes) more effectively.
  • Improve customer service and therefore satisfaction and retention.
  • Become more cost-effective.
  • Support drive to become UK’s most admired financial
    services business.
  • Develop a partnership that complements the business’s ethical credentials.

The Solution

  • Fully automated e-mailroom, processing and cataloguing of all inbound insurance and retail banking correspondence.
  • Full Xerox enterprise content management service to automate downstream customer communication distribution and processing.

The Results

  • Same-day turnaround of insurance claim settlements compared with seven days under previous system.
  • Operational cost savings through reduction in manual processes, calls to service desk and filing space.
  • Significant reduction in volumes of paper used.
  • Improved regulatory compliance through better protection of customer documents.

Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“With the electronic records system, the patient history will always be available, so there won’t be a period of delay. So [we expect to] see an improved accuracy of diagnosis, improved treatment plans (…).”

Mark England, Director for Reengineering and Informatics, Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

The Challenge

  • Department of Health’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention program (QIPP) which aims to capture billions in savings through efficiency initiatives.
  • Paper medical records have the potential to be misfiled or even lost, leading to delays at the point of care.
  • Continuity of care can be a challenge because it’s difficult for paper records to follow a patient across a series of treatments ad care sites.

The Solution

  • Going Digital – An EMR was implemented and designed to provide clinicians, administrators and patients with reliable, flexible and secure access of patient information.
  • Single Electronic Records System – On its way to creating a unified EMR system and phasing out its paper files, Xerox decided to minimize the risk and implement the digital system in stages starting by rationalizing existing records-management processes. The joint project with Xerox will steadily transition the hospital from a paper-based environment to a fully digital platform for managing medical records.

The Results

• Operational costs are expected to decline 15.7% or £2.2 million over the life of the contract.

• Significant cost savings in staffing optimization, paper storage, transportation and management expenses.

• Reduced instances of missing clinical notes to less that 0.5%.

• Enabled repurposing of about 750 square meters of real estate for new clinical uses.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

XEROX COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…

“Our CEO and I used to receive complaints from medical staff about the records situation every single week. We've not had a single complaint since Xerox took over…”

Chief Information Officer
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

7,500

Missing patient records found

The Challenge

  • Eliminate inefficiencies in paper-based patient record system of more than one million files.
  • Avoid complaints and cancelled appointments due to unavailable files.
  • Improve unsafe working conditions for records management staff.
  • Cut record management costs to maximise tight operational budget.
  • Improve security and control of patient records.

The Solution

  • Ten-year records management outsourcing partnership.
  • Breakdown of the project into phases that deliver value at every stage.
  • Transformation of existing business processes before introducing technology.
  • Full involvement of medical and union stakeholders throughout.
  • Continually improving service aimed at electronic records rollout.

The Results

  • 7,500 missing records found, leading to improved patient safety.
  • Complaints eliminated as files available at point of need.
  • Records staff transferred to Xerox, equipped with new skills and now working in safe environment.
  • Expected savings of £2 million over ten years.
  • Secure information governance and auditing standards implemented.