Press Release Summary: Not only have Top Grimsby Printers GSB Print & Design Ltd managed to save over £2000 in bad debts in the last year they have just been awarded £300 in High Street vouchers. Cardsave, suppliers of GSB's credit card processing machines are offering £50 in high street vouchers for a referral of every business that joins up to their credit card processing service.
Press Release Body: GSB supply local and national companies with all their design and printing requirements and from small beginnings have become one of the largest and only printers offering special coating finishes in the area.
Before installing a credit card processing (or chip and pin) machine, GSB was incurring bad debt from one off jobs and from new customers, as like most of the print industry GSB would extend credit and bill their customers monthly. Damian Holden, Director of GSB said that the amounts were often small but they would have to chase payments and in many cases would never get paid. Despite initially being put off by the costs of these payment facilities Damian has seen that collecting monies by credit card has saved them on administration time, postage and reduced bank charges from dishonoured cheques.
Damian comments "We turned down our bank when they offered us a credit card terminal years ago, we didn't feel we needed one. But when a Cardsave sales manager visited us he explained the benefits and proved their rates were more competitive than those the bank were offering so we decided to give it a go. We have been amazed at how much we have used it and surprised that many of our larger clients prefer to pay in this way so our cashflow has improved too."
Damian and his partner Warren Drinkell have worked in the print industry since leaving school. They bought GSB, the company they both worked for, in 1989. GSB originally supplied staff, stationery, office equipment and supplies but the new partners could see that their investment would be best concentrated in the most lucrative side of the business, print production. In the last 18 months they have moved premises, invested heavily in new printing equipment, employed new staff and have seen their workload increase by 40%.
Damian says "The incentive that Cardsave are offering has been well received by my staff. We frequently take orders from start-up companies, they have an initial basic requirement when setting up their company for letter headed paper, business cards and comp slips, its usually one of their first purchases. Referring them to an essential product for their business like this credit card machine has been easy and getting £50 in shopping vouchers for letting them know about it is a bonus! Anyone embarking on retailing will need this facility and my staff are rewarded by another company for offering extra services to our customers so I am all for it."
Damian is giving the vouchers directly to his sales staff, who are laughing their way to the shops!
Clive Kahn, Chief Executive for Cardsave comments "Customer referrals are one of the best methods for us to extend our services to new businesses and we know that delivering the highest levels of support to our existing customers is the pre-requisite for these referrals to continue. We are delighted to reward all our clients for recommending Cardsave and we congratulate GSB Print and Design for their recent success."
For further details on Cardsave terminals and incentives visit www.cardsave.net
Note To Editor:
Representing over 25,000 members with hundreds joining every month, Cardsave is the UK\'s largest buying group for independent retailers delivering substantial savings on a wide range of business services - including credit and debit card processing. Further information is available at www.cardsave.net
Contact GSB Print & Design Ltd 01472351212 or www.gsbonline.co.uk
Web Site: http://www.cardsave.net
Contact Details: Academy Internet, Kingslake House, 1-5 Union Street, Brighton, BN1 1HA, United Kingdom
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