The problem is rarely the idea. Most school business managers who want to move to a managed print service already know it makes sense. The problem is sitting in front of a finance committee without a structured argument, a credible cost baseline or answers to the questions that a well-run governing board is trained to…
Picture a safeguarding record, a SEN assessment or a staff appraisal sitting in the output tray of a shared staffroom printer. It was sent ten minutes ago. It has not been collected. Three members of staff, a supply teacher and a parent volunteer have walked past it. Under UK GDPR, that is a personal data…
Ask most school business managers what their school spends on printing and you will get a number that covers toner, paper and the occasional service call. Ask what printing actually costs the school and the room tends to go quiet. The gap between those two figures is where a significant amount of budget disappears every…
Most UK business owners know what a ream of paper costs. Very few know what a single printed page costs their organisation. Cost per page is the most important metric in print management and once you calculate it, you will almost certainly wish you had done it sooner. In our previous article, Why Most Organisations…
Most articles on reducing print costs offer a brief list of surface-level suggestions. Most businesses try one or two, see modest results, and conclude that print spend is simply an unavoidable overhead. It is not. UK businesses that take a structured approach to print cost reduction consistently achieve savings of 20 to 30 percent. This…
Ask most finance directors what they spend on printing and you will likely get an answer that covers ink, toner, and paper. Ask them what printing actually costs the organisation, and the room goes quiet. The gap between those two figures is where thousands of pounds disappear every year - untracked, unmanaged, and entirely avoidable.…
Managed Print Services (MPS) help businesses take control of their printing. Instead of juggling printers, supplies, contracts, invoices, service tickets and spiralling costs, you get a single streamlined solution. It’s printing—but smarter, faster, and cheaper. What Is a Managed Print Service? A Managed Print Service is a professional solution where an external provider takes responsibility…
We’re proud to share that Shine Printing Solutions is now Shine Business Solutions. This change has been a long time coming. Over the years, we’ve grown well beyond our original roots in managed print. Today, we help businesses streamline how they work—with smart document systems, secure locker solutions, and of course, industry-leading print services. Our…
