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60 seconds with Clinical Print Finishers
Clinical Print Finishers celebrates its 45th anniversary this month. “Our company began in 1975 and was founded by Alvin Brown after he was made redundant from a local printer.
Rising star: Lewis Platt Apprentice digital printer, Resource
Lewis is 18 and has already been working in the industry for two years. He initially started working at Leeds-based Resource to fill time between college terms, and was then offered a position as an...
60 seconds with Edward Thompson
Edward Thompson started life way back in 1867, “the result of winning a bet on the horses”, and the firm grew rapidly in the 1960s on the back of the growth of commercial bingo.
Q&A: Douglas Connor, supply chain executive, Paragon Customer Communications
Douglas has been working in print one way or another since leaving school in 1988. He’s also club secretary of Hillsborough Pumas JFC in Sheffield, and manages the U15 side. He’s married with two...
Rising star: Kira Latham, account manager, Route 1 Print
Kira was headed for the heat of the kitchen but ended up in a hot seat in print instead. She’s 22 and joined Rotherham-based Route 1 just over four years ago.
Q&A: Nick Wilson, commercial director, DG3/Leycol
Goalkeeping’s loss was print’s gain. Arsenal fan Nick is 32 and has spent 15 years in print. He was on Tottenham’s books as a kid, and then played semi-professional football subsequently while holding...
60 seconds with Adverset
Adverset began life in 1989 as a design and advertising studio and was one of the first firms in the UK to embrace Apple. “Our first Mac was the original Mac Plus. At the time monitors only had black...
Q&A: Derek Maskell, sales consultant, Interket
Derek is bowing out and retires this month after more than 50 years in the industry. He’s 73 and has been in print-related employment since 1966. He’s married to Donna with two children and three...
Big ambitions at home and abroad
After more than 125 years in family ownership, it’s fair to say that the past 18 months or so have involved some pretty seismic changes at Huddersfield-based large-format display graphic specialist...
60 seconds with Ignite Print
Ignite Print CEO Hickesh Mehta says that it’s “quite nostalgic thinking back to when Ignite Print first started out”. “We officially launched in 2010 as a small family business operating out of my...