Snowman Rally

Highland Office Equipment are pleased to sponsor this year's Snowman Rally, organised by Highland Car Club

Facility Management Contract Award

Highland Office Equipment has been selected by local company One Stop Print to supply and service the new digital bizhub multifunctional machines being installed at HIE. One Stop Print have been nominated by HIE to facilitate all HIE print and copy requirements. The renowned reputation for service and quality held by Highland Office Equipment made the choice easy for Les Kidger MD of One Stop Print . See what the press had to say... An Inverness company has landed the contract for the supply of internal printing and reprographic services for Highlands and Islands Enterprise. One Stop Print and Copy won the two-year award, the first of its kind issued by HIE, in the face of national competition. The deal is understood to be worth a six-figure sum. Managing director Les Kidger said three new jobs would be created at One Stop, taking staff numbers to 10, to cope with this contract and other new work. He added: "We will also be investing over £50,000 in the latest digital equipment to service HIE and other new clients. It's a real boost to land the HIE contact after an intensive tendering process and we will be installing new machines at HIE's headquarters at Cowan House as part of the contract- offering them a more stramlined, versatile and cost-effective print-needs solution. The award embraces commissioning of machinery and technology to providing trained staff and the management of service requirements. We will have a staff member based in Cowan House to run a production suite we will be installing." Mr Kidger said One Stop was started in 1996 and moved to custom built new premises in Harbour Road in May 2003, where it houses its full design, print and copy operation under one roof. "We've been undertaking one-off orders from HIE for three years which I think enabled us to understand their needs," he added. Design manager Mandy Campbell said One Stop had clients the length of the country, from Caithness to London. The Press and Journal, July 2006

Highland cashing in on north office boom

New office developments springing up around the Highland capital are helping to propel an Inverness supply company to new heights. Highland Office Equipment (HOE), based in the city's Harbour Road, has seen sales of its photocopiers, printers, fax machines, furniture and other equipment soar amid increased activity within the office sector. Director Roy McLennan said the business was on course for another strong increase in annual turnover - which came in at £4 million last time - in the trading year to the end of May. He added that HOE had seen annual turnover growth of about 12% in recent years. The expansion is also being driven by new technology and a trend for companies to ditch their old black-and-white photocopiers in favour of colour. Extra business for the 32-year-old firm has seen its workforce grow to 34 recently. Chairman Willie Main said: "A huge slice of the new sales is repeat business from companies that are upgrading or expanding and it's nice to see so many of our long-estabished customers growing and developing. The key trend we're seeing is that black-and-white copiers are going the way of black-and-white televisions." With a client base stretching from Moray to the Western Isles, communication is all-important and the firm's service engineers are all being issued with handheld computers to help them to speed up response times. Mr McLennan said: "The customer logs a call via the (HOE) website and gives details of the problem. Within a minute our nearest engineer will have the details and nature of the problem, plus a service history of the digital photocopier machine involved. We'll automatically e-mail the customer confirming their call has been logged and an engineer has been dispatched." HOE's increased sales have earned it an accolade from equipment maker Konica, which has just rated the company as its top distributor of new machines in Scotland. Keith Findlay, The Press and Journal, May 2006