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Cheryl Lee-Foulsham has worked hard to establish her digital duplication company as the leading
business of its kind in Oxfordshire. She has now ‘gone digital’ in every aspect of her business and in this
article she tells B4’s Richard Rosser how she has expanded her company’s range of digital services.
“We are a more diverse digital media company
now. The last couple of editorials we have run in
B4 have been about disc & USB duplication and
all format tape transfers, but we are now able
to offer a complete digital media experience.
“I have been working on this for the last six months
and we are now able to offer four clear digital
services: film, video, audio and scanning - so four
areas which are directly targeted to capture our
clients.”
The industrious Cheryl, also an accomplished
ballroom dancer in her spare time, started the
business in Kidlington eight years ago on a part
time basis to coincide with supporting her then 5
year old daughter, Leiah. She developed the business
over three years and then moved to full time when
she moved into her new premises in Kidlington.
“Alison Martin started with us in our 4th year and
Leigh Taylor joined us in our 6th year to take over
my job so I could focus on sales and marketing
and also market the filming and archiving side of
the business.”
Over the past eight years, Cheryl has seen her
customer base change as she has developed the
corporate side of the business, although she still
receives an increasing number of walk-ins which
she puts down to ‘marketing her company wherever
possible! “We are now attracting more corporate
customers including The Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers
Museums. We also work with Oxford University
colleges and various other institutions.
“There is a growing interest in the Digital Media
Conversion services and although the disc
side isn’t lagging behind, we are finding more
clients are utilising the encoding, authoring and
post production side of the business. I decided to
expand this area and state that we can now offer
everything on the digital media side.”
“We believe we are now market leaders and have
invested heavily in the business by purchasing
all our own equipment which keeps our prices
competitive and also ensures Leigh and Alison get
as varied a range of work as possible. This enables
us to keep all the work in house.”
“The audio and video post production side of
the business is going very well, particularly the
complicated jobs that we are very good at, and
produce a good end product. Tusk Trust and
Strategies for Hope are larger clients of ours and
we have also done work for Cotswold Wildlife Park.
There’s not much we can’t turn our hand to - even
data recovery.”
Film CINE 8mm, 9.5mm & 16mm
formats, 35mm film, all format family
tape conversions and professional formats.
Video Duplication, video editing and post production,
DVD authoring, restoration and transcription
services.
Audio CD duplication, restoration services,
audio tape conversions, CD authoring,
vinyls,reelsandprofessionalaudiotapeformats.
Scan Slides and negatives, glass plate
scanning, acetates, transparencies, aperture
cards, microfiche, microfilm, photographs,
documents and archive scanning solutions.
“Some of the glass plate slides we are
working with date back to 1907 and are our
specialty and I particularly love this format.”
“Tape transfer is a very busy part of the business
and we are moving more into conversion to digital
formats. We are guiding clients into having a digital
format and having USB’s which can then be used
on more current machine and televisions.”
“The audio side has also increased greatly - all work
is done in house. We prepare audio restoration,
enhancement, transcription and conversion. Many
corporate and archive companies are interested
in this service including University clients. We have
converters which can deal with this specialised
service and Leigh excels in this format”.
This is combined with our Disc duplication & printing
services which Alison oversees – “We regularly
prepare batches of CD, DVD and USB’s, including
data loading for a number of companies. We do
a lot of work for the music scene in Oxfordshire
and the surrounding areas, and offer discounts to
musicians and educational bodies. Much of our
work involves data inputting for clients onto USB’s”
The passion that Cheryl shows for her business is
obvious and she admits that “It’s a fun business and
we love every aspect of it. We are keen to move
to the next step and have the team who are more
than capable of taking us there. With the business
growth and expertise of my staff, I am now able
to do much more, especially visiting both potential
and existing customers”.
“We have regular staff meetings that enables us
to discuss the future structure of the business, and
this has developed a ‘team spirit’ which makes our
company more efficient and capable of dealing
with every clients needs - So please get in touch if
you have any digital requirements – we are here
to help.”
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“We believe we are now market leaders and have invested heavily in the business
by purchasing all our own equipment which keeps our prices competitive and also
ensures Leigh and Alison get as varied a range of work as possible. This enables us to
keep all the work in house”Cheryl Lee-Foulsham, Oxford Duplication Centre