The US Company is set to split its computer and printer business from its service operations business, due to the differences in performance between the pair. The computer and printing division is soon to be known as HP Inc., and by becoming a smaller and independent company, there is an air of expectation that former suitors such as Dell and Lenovo will consider a return to partnership, after a year of unsuccessful approaches by HP. The split comes as part of HP's restructuring plan which has seen tens of thousands of the company's employees being made redundant over the past few years, and in August the company released figures of a considerable drop in profit, despite the improved PC sales assisting a growth in revenue. The confirmation of the split could be announced as early as later today, with Chief Executive Meg Whitman admitting that the business was declining, despite a re-emergence in the demand for PC's.