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60-seconds with: Awesome Merchandise
Awesome Merchandise started back in 2005 in founder Luke Hodson’s bedroom. “We were 19 and hoped to earn some pocket money by making pin badges. Armed with £300 and one of those Lexmark printers you...
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Q&A: Tracy Willmers
Account director London and north Home Counties, APS Group.
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60 seconds with: Ashley House Printing Company
Ashley House Printing Company was formed in 2005 as a result of a management buyout by Robert Otton, who by happy coincidence had been looking to start his own business at the same time it came up for...
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Interview: ‘If you can’t have fun, what’s the point?’
Being a digital innovator isn’t always easy, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. And that’s one way to describe starting a business with your first and only press delivered just a few days before...
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60-seconds with Kingfisher Print & Design
Established in 1982 by Derek Bellotti, Kingfisher is a family-run litho and digital print firm, now headed by Derek’s son Ross who says he strives to keep print relevant in a digital age.
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Q&A: John Fry, production director, B&D Print Services
Leaving school 37 years ago at the tender age of 15, John Fry joined Graphic House in Preston as an apprentice printer.
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Q&A: Mark Willis, managing director, KMS Litho
Tree surgery’s loss was print’s gain, and KMS owner Willis is poised to notch up 30 years in printing after following his father into the trade. The 46-year-old father of three has developed a...
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60-seconds with Mercian Labels
Established in 1969, Mercian Labels has gone from being a supplier to local businesses to a business with a global footprint and its own brands.
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New year predictions: Nick Green, printed.com
Nick Green, managing director of printed.com, calls for more positivity in the industry next year.
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New year predictions: Graham Congreve, Evolution Print
Partnerships and positivity are the name of the game in 2014 for Evolution Print director Graham Congreve.