People

Rising star: Thomas Barrie, pre-press apprentice, Authentix Security Print Solutions

Thomas is 19 and has recently passed his first anniversary of starting to work in the printing industry at Consett-based security printing specialist Authentix SPS.

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New technologies may have found their way into the world of print, but ultimately, it’s people that make any business in the sector work.

Q&A: Paul Wilson, Master, Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers

Paul was employed by De La Rue PLC from 1994-2015 and has been an active member of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers since 2010.

Rising star: Isabel Shanahan, Mac operator and project coordinator, ImageCo

Isabel was one of the printing industry beneficiaries in The Printing Charity’s Rising Star awards this year, and is using her grant to take courses in graphic design and exhibition design and...

Rising star: Geneve Gurr, fabrication finishing, Moss

Geneve carried off the Trainee of the Year Award at this year’s Printweek Awards. She’s 32 and has been working in the industry since 2021.

Q&A: Chris Pertwee, production director, Baddeley Brothers 

Chris has worked in print since 1992. He started at the Financial Times newspaper aged 21 “which was quite the experience and baptism of fire into the world of print!”

Rising Star: Becky Young, apprentice pre-press operator, J Thomson Colour Printers

Medicine’s loss is print’s gain! Becky is 19 and has been working at Glasgow-based J Thomson Colour Printers since April 2022.

Rising star: Paul Bisland Offset press operator, Tradeprint

Paul was highly commended as a finalist in the Trainee of the Year category in the Printweek Awards 2023. He’s 36 and has been working at Tradeprint, based in Dundee, for just over a decade. 

Q&A: Gill Tress, Business services director, SF Taylor

Gill recently celebrated a special landmark – 40 years of working at SF Taylor. She’s married with one son, Dominic, and her hobbies include travelling, socialising with friends, trying new foods and...

Rising star: Jack Pearson, sustainability manager, Bluetree Group

Jack is 30 and has been working at Bluetree Group since 2021.