14 | Aycliffe Today Business
INKLAND BOUNCE
BACK WITH £2M
POTTS PRINT DEAL
“We have been dealt a serious
blow, but hopefully we can put
it behind us and look forward to
an exciting 2015.
”
Newton Aycliffe print supplies company Inkland has landed
a £2m deal with leading North-East firm Potts Print UK.
Inkland was reeling after the
announcement that one of its key clients,
HPM and Addo, had gone into administration
last year.
But the Aycliffe firm, which employs 10
people at its site on Aycliffe Business Park,
has secured a £2m equipment and supplies
deal with Cramlington-based Potts Print,
including £300,000-worth of computer-toplate equipment.
Inkland Managing Director Steve Wilson
said: “This deal is the shot in the arm we
needed after last year’s bad news.
“We were facing some tough decisions
over the coming months, but this deal will
now hopefully protect the future of Inkland
staff.
“We have received tremendous
support from our suppliers, but what has
overwhelmed me is the amazing response
from our customers.
“After the news broke last year I had call
after call from our customers offering their
support, willing to pay their accounts up to
date, or anything else that would help us
through.
“It has really restored my faith in the
people of the print industry, an industry
which has been through a tough time of late,
and one I have been a part of for 38 years.
“We have been dealt a serious blow, but
hopefully we can put it behind us and look
forward to an exciting 2015.
”
Potts Print Managing Director Shaun
Johnson said he was “over the moon” to seal
the four-year deal.
“We have a long relationship with Inkland
and they have been working on this deal for
Inkland Managing Director Steve Wilson (left)
with Potts Print MD Shaun Johnson.
months, he said.
”
“I was gutted when I heard of their bad
news. This should have been the icing on the
cake for all of their hard work.
“We are working on some exciting
new projects in the coming year, and I’m
delighted Inkland will be actively involved in
this development.
”
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