Profile
Q&A: Phil Wright, managing director, Paramount Labels & Tags
Phil has spent all his working life in print, and got into label printing 21 years ago. In 2008 he set up Cannock-based trade label printing specialist Paramount Labels with a friend, now sadly no...
60-seconds with: Ruddocks
Ruddocks has been going since 1884 and lays claim to being Lincoln’s largest commercial print business. Since the forebears of current chairman Henry Ruddock took over the business it has grown from a...
Q&A: Cassie Moulton, director, Moulton Printing
Blackpool-based Moulton Printing was founded in 1927 by Cassie’s grandparents, Bob and May Moulton. Her father, David, took over the reins in 1965. Cassie and her sister Helen form the third...
60-seconds with Dawkins Colour
London-based Dawkins Colour was formed 23 years ago when Ian Dawkins of IC Dawkins Typesetters and John Bodkin of Precise Litho & Scanning amalgamated their respective businesses.
Q&A: Adam Kill, account executive, Print 4, Nottingham
Adam has spent 17 years in print and has been with his partner Karen for a year longer than that, and they have three boys.
60-seconds with Kolorco
Kolorco was founded over 22 years ago and remains unchanged in its private ownership today. The firm cut its teeth as a commercial litho printing company, growing organically and via acquisitions,...
Q&A: Matt Bates, business development manager, Chesapeake
Matt’s Cornish roots are evident in the fact that after leaving school he studied printing at Plymouth College of Art & Design. He subsequently embarked upon something of a tour of the industry’s...
Q&A: Leslie Manning, chairman, Rapidity Communications
Although he is clearly way too young to retire, that’s exactly what Les Manning plans to do come May after 43 years in print. His four sons all work at London-based Rapidity, so we guess he’ll still...
60-seconds with: Perton Signs
Perton Signs is celebrating 150 years of continuous trading this year. The company has seen entire eras come and go, but what really matters to event organisers today, says director Andrew Kennedy, is...
60-seconds with Oasis Graphic
Oasis Graphic started out in 1988, based out of a lockup in Hillingdon. The firm’s client list, staff numbers and equipment soon outgrew those premises as the business branched out from exhibition...