Papershrink in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph for document scanning.

I thought I would share with you the piece that the Peterborough ET has written on Papershrink, its a good news story,  there are some still about thank goodness.

Please read on...

PAPERSHRINK is expanding. The Peterborough document scanning business has reported a busy last six months and it envisages that growth in 2010 will be even quicker.
Sales are up by 15 per cent year on year, and over the next 12 months the company could double its capacity.
"Several initiatives that we put into place at the back end of 2008 - targeting different markets and partnerships - are beginning to come to fruition," said managing director Elisabeth Belisle.
"For example, the company has become an accredited partner with giant accountancy software provider IRIS, and has also entered into a joint venture with a medical records specialist.
"We have also employed four more staff in recent months, to add to the existing 12.
"In addition, we continue to take on apprentices via the Peterborough College of Adult Education. We currently have three apprentices who are on day release, and study for the IT NVQ Level II."
In broad terms, Papershrink Ltd converts paperwork into electronic files. There are two key aspects to the business.
Firstly, converting archives - these are large scanning projects which have included household name clients such as Electrolux and Ikea. These are usually space-driven decisions.
Secondly, there is ongoing scanning work, which are access-driven decisions.
One example where both facets have been featured is Peterborough company Dresser Rand (formerly Peter Brotherhood). Papershrink scanned all the company's technical manuals, dating back over several decades, and is now scanning the technical manuals as they are published.
A firm of data shredders disposes of the paper which, in turn, is recycled into other products. This is in keeping with its ISO environmental certificate.
There is also a storage facility which helps companies to spread the cost of archiving.
Papershrink moved to its current site, in Maxwell Road, Woodston, almost a year ago after outgrowing its premises at nearby Workspace House where it had been based for five years.
Elisabeth was looking to start up in business in 2000/2001, and was considering document scanning. It was an area she "knew something about" during her time working for the Environment Agency.
She said: "With space so expensive in the UK, there was a need for such a business. There was definitely a future in it."
Elisabeth started out on her own, in the conservatory of her home. She had a small scanner and was prominently optimised online under "document scanning". It wasn't long before the enterprise ran out of space in the conservatory, and garage, which led to the move to Workspace House.
"The future looks good, the hard work is paying off," she said.
Since the business started, turnover has increased about tenfold and profitability about threefold.
But there a number of keys to unlocking the future, according to Elisabeth
These include increased sales, more staff, on-going training of existing and new staff and ensuring that documents continue to be scanned to a standard whereby the electronic files are valid in court.

A very nice write up for Papershrink.