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60 seconds with Premier Design & Print

Founded at the turn of the millennium, Premier Design & Print was formed by the creative partnership of Simon Hughes and Laura Hughes, now very capably assisted by their design and production team.

60 seconds with Snap Print Management

Snap Print Management was launched just three years ago by managing director, Sarah Wiles. Then known as Snap Marketing Solutions, the company began life as a kitchen table start-up, quickly expanding...

Q&A: Steve Miller, production director, Statexcolourprint

Steve spent three years at technical college gaining A levels in photography, fine art and screenprinting and a diploma in television production.

‘We’re about service, not about puffing our chests out’

On, ahem, paper it’s been a busy old year for David Hunter, Antalis managing director, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa.

60 seconds with JR Print

JR Print evolved out of the Crawley Courier back in the 1960s. David Want (pictured) and David Meadham “the two Daves” took over in 2000 and developed it into a litho digital mix commercial print...

Q&A: John B Easson, owner and entire staff, The Quarto Press

John started drawing lettering at school and took up printing as a student in 1963 while studying physics. He lectured on printing technology for 20 years and ran The Quarto Press, printing and...

Q&A: Tim Hill Managing director, Speedscreen

Tim has been in the print game since leaving school at 16, and his first job was as a camera operator at a screen printer in Rochester.

60 seconds with Fine Print

Fine Print started life in Oxford in 1991. The firm, run by managing director Dan Bakewell since an MBO in 2003, still holds to the guiding principles of the founder – hire the best people and give...

60 seconds with Etiquette Labels

Founded in 1991 on the back of the barcoding boom, Etiquette Labels expanded quickly and established itself in self adhesive labels, primarily for the food industry.

Q&A: Derek Knoll Chairman, Hastings Printing Co

Derek is 83 and has been in the trade since he was 14, a whopping 69 years – beat that! He still goes into the office twice a week and likes to keep up with advances within the trade.