Profile
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.
‘The reason you get into digital print is because you love it’
There aren’t many things that worry ProCo managing director Jon Bailey, after all he’s made a career out of embracing change.
Q&A: Ian Chamberlain, managing director, Tudor Bookbinding
Ian has worked in print finishing since he left school at the age of 16, barring a brief interlude in 1975 when he tried his hand at being a milkman, a cooked meats salesman, and a van driver, before...
60 seconds with Hastings Printing Co
Celebrating its centenary is Hastings Printing Co (HPC), formed in 1915 to service the entertainment industry. In the 1970s it was bought by a publisher and went into other markets including magazine...
Q&A: Rhianna Moore, digital print and finishing apprentice, Telford Repro
Rhianna – Rhi for short – is 19 and is nine months into her first year in the industry. Congratulations are in order as she recently won IT Apprentice of the Year at her college. She’s also a musician...
Q&A: Alex Cain, director, Mount Street Printers
Alex has spent 15 of his 37 years in print, working at the family print business located in the one of the most upmarket areas of London – Mayfair. When not at work Alex and his wife are kept busy and...
60 seconds with Kingsline
Kingsline was set up seven years ago in a converted milking parlour by David Saunders with the objective of offering a targeted bespoke mailing service. Since then it has developed into a full-service...