Spicers appoint new development director

Spicers has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of business development director Adrian Reid. “Spicers has been through a significant period of transition in order to ensure it’s a fit-for-the-future organisation – and one which is ideally-placed to become the industry’s wholesaler of choice,” commented Adrian on his move. “I want to leverage my knowledge of, and relationships with, dealers to help Spicers’ new and existing customers to thrive and be more profitable – by empowering them to trade more easily, and more efficiently.”

Steve Morley, sales director at Spicers, added, “Adrian brings a wealth of relevant experience to our team, having held previous leadership posts as well as a proven reputation for winning new business and growing existing customer accounts. He is passionate about helping dealers thrive in a fast-paced, changing, landscape, delving into customers’ nuances, and providing quality customer service in order to drive sustainable growth – something which is central to Spicers’ commercial strategy for the next three years.” letting them do their stuff. The Banner sales leads will report into me directly, moving forward.”

Adrian Butler commented, “I have gained a wealth of experience working across the group in the last 12 months that hopefully can help me in my new role. I’m delighted to be appointed as the VOW MD”.

Premier starts the year with Irish acquisition

Premier has announced that Dublin-based GPMI is the latest company to be acquired by the group. Michael Beever, CEO of the Premier Paper Group says, “GPMI is an exciting addition to the group and opens up a new geographical market for Premier. These latest acquisitions are consistent with our strategy of achieving good organic growth, based on our traditional paper merchanting foundations, together with selected acquisitions in new but complementary markets.”

GPMI managing director Enda Brophy commented, “Being part of Premier will open up many opportunities for GPMI and will allow us to further develop our service offer and product choice to our customers.”

Xerox acquires Advanced UK

Xerox has acquired Advanced UK to further vertically integrate, continuing to strengthen its presence in the UK. “With its impressive capabilities and heritage in production print, Advanced UK already has a strong local client base,” said Kevin Paterson, head of Xerox business solutions and small and medium businesses at Xerox UK. “We look forward to bringing the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of services to an exciting new set of Xerox customers.”

“We are thrilled to join the Xerox team and expand our client offering through Xerox’s Print and IT Services,” said Joe Gallagher, Advanced UK’s sales director. “As a long-standing Xerox Platinum partner, we knew that Xerox was the perfect fit to take the business forward and drive differentiated growth opportunities.”