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60 seconds with Imageco
Imageco’s inception was over 15 years ago. Directors Nathan Swinson-Bullough (left) and Simon Harrison have since put together a team “with vast experience that has helped take us to and keep us at...
60 seconds with Datum
Datum started back in 1988 in Shoreditch, London, as a pre-press company supplying plates and proofs to the local litho printers. It left behind its London roots in 2000 when the business relocated to...
Q&A: Chris Bailey Purchasing manager (just retired) for mutual OneFamily
After a short and (he says) less than glittering career in marketing, Chris got into print buying by accident and ended up doing it for 28 years.
Q&A: Tim Messom owner, Save Tim from Bankruptcy
Tim’s claim to fame is that he saved his Notts business using Facebook and the above business name. It went viral and he ended up on TV in two countries. “I had my 15 minutes of fame for being broke,”...
60 seconds with Hedgerow Print
Hedgerow Print was founded in 1989 by John Leach and was based in the Old Ambrosia Rice Pudding factory in Mid Devon. Current managing director Gary Radford joined in 1994 as an apprentice printer and...
60 seconds with Bridson & Horrox
Bridson & Horrox started in 1933, it’s a family-owned company and Darren Horrox is the third-generation owner. During the early days it was just a winter business as the owner Marshall Bridson had a...
Q&A: Martin Nestor Production director, First 4 Print Finishing
Martin officially ‘retired’ from First 4 at the end of October, but we hear he’ll still do about four months a year at the Blackburn company, which recently carried off PrintWeek’s SME Company of the...
Q&A: Nicky Cerrato, account manager, Datum
Nicky has worked in the industry for 11 years, but is relatively new to Hatfield-based Datum having joined the firm five months ago. She has, however, known managing partners Scott Pearce and Mark...
60 seconds with Quantum Print & Packaging
Quantum was formed in 2005 from the combination of EW Box Co and Holmes Printers. The company thrived under its management, and this culminated in an MBO in 2014 that saw Giles Foden (sales director...
Q&A: Gary Smith Account director, Rival Colour
Gary has worked in the industry for getting on for 30 years, having quickly decided that being a “chippy’s mate” didn’t offer the career prospects, or warm office, that he aspired to.