Why did you get into printing?
At 15, I was following my father into his potato business having worked on every process involved with spuds. He died suddenly aged 42 and left mum with six kids. My older brother and I left school straightaway and got jobs to help out with the youngsters. Mike became a joiner, I became a printer
What would be your dream job?
A golf pro on the tour
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Steve McQueen – when I first met my wife she said I looked like him
What is your dream bit of kit?
The new driver from Taylormade
What would you most like to print?
Playboy magazine
What is your favourite film?
Gladiator
What is your favourite TV show?
Anything on Sky Sports
Who or what do you hate the most?
I hate the so-called customer service that companies inflict on us, you have to press so many buttons before you can speak to a human being
What is your favourite phrase or saying?
‘You know what I don’t understand? Chinese writing’
What is your favourite album?
Atlantic Crossing by Rod Stewart
What is your greatest luxury in life?
Holidays in the Algarve
What is the strangest job you’ve ever done?
I took a second job bottling milk at 5.30am to help save up for our first house
Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with?
Obviously my darling wife, and Beyoncé could come along to make
us tea
What is your greatest ambition?
To get down to scratch handicap
Who or what makes you laugh?
My wife usually and my beautiful grandchildren
What piece of kit would you like to see invented?
The kind that made the same impact as the first Canon CLC1 colour copier
Where would you like to be right now?
In Portugal
What was your childhood obsession?
To become a professional footballer
What’s your worst fashion disaster?
It would have to be 13in flares with 3in turn-ups. I tried to play golf in them
Which superpower would you like to have?
To be able to fly
What is the worst kind of print?
The kind that nobody pays for!
What was the best business deal that you’ve pulled off?
Leaving a steady job in the university printing department and starting my own business
