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Schools stunned by 'hidden' copy costs which ''deprive children of books''

Investigative columnist Andrew Penman reports on a firm that actually charges schools three times more than it initially appears to.

ttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/schools-stunned-hidden-copy-costs-3541969


Council forced to pay nearly £350,000 to cancel contract for photocopiers

A debt-ridden council was forced to pay out almost £350,000 to cancel an agreement to provide photocopiers to two schools after they closed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/council-spending/8785883/Council-forced-to-pay-nearly-350000-to-cancel-contract-for-photocopiers.html


£48k photocopier bill may close Oxford charity opened by Princess Diana

A SPECIALIST Oxford leisure centre used by hundreds of disabled people is facing closure because of a £48,000 photocopier bill.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8356709.__48k_photocopier_bill_may_close_Oxford_charity_opened_by_Princess_Diana/


Licensed to print money - the school rip-off artists

For many years, schools – along with charities and small businesses – have been happy hunting grounds for the cheerful pirates of the photocopier world.

http://www.agent4change.net/bett-week/hardware/751-licensed-to-print-money-the-school-rip-off-artists.html


When it costs £250k to buy a photocopier

Individual schools are spending as much as £250,000 on photocopiers because of bad business management, a senior schools procurement civil servant admitted last week.

https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6040316