Midlands Business News

Leicester-based Opus Trust Marketing has won a new contract to print and mail EDF Energy’s annual statements.

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Altodigital, one of the UK’s leading independent suppliers of digital print and document solutions, is celebrating after one of its young apprentices has been selected for a national award recognising his academic and vocational excellence, beating 5,000 others along the way. 20 year-old Jake Williams, who joined Altodigital’s Kingswinford office as an apprentice at the [...]

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A Lincolnshire signmaking and vehicle livery business which was first established 48 years ago is expanding across the East Midlands.

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A monstrous amount of money was raised for charity when more than 200 commercial property professionals from across the West Midlands met for the launch of an exciting new event.

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Priority Exhibitions, an award-winning exhibition stand design company, has announced a series of new management appointments.

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A growing print company in Nottingham has relocated to larger premises in a deal done by NG Chartered Surveyors.

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After securing a £10,000 grant from Arts Council England, mother and daughter duo Anna and Pan Johnson have re-launched their environmentally sound printmaking company

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Label Apeel, the Leicester-based self-adhesive label printer has two new appointments to its sales team. Michelle Kellock has joined as sales manager and Kate Morris as sales executive.

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A monstrous amount of money could be raised for charity when more than 100 commercial property professionals from across the Midlands meet for the launch of an exciting new event.

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Hollywood Monster’s branding will proudly sit on the front of Birmingham City Ladies’ shirts for a third consecutive season.

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A Cannock-based digital print firm has played its part in helping Birmingham Children’s Hospital raise over £2000 from a fund day it held to help pay for a new cancer centre. PRINTmonster, who provided all the printing of the 300 tickets for the event, were honoured to be asked and jumped at the chance to [...]

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Three centres in Lincolnshire which help people overcome addictions have been given a revamp thanks to award-winning signmakers Allen Signs.

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West Midlands-based Altodigital, the leading independent supplier of digital print and document solutions to businesses across the UK, is playing its part when it comes to training and recruitment, with the launch of a new apprenticeship scheme aimed at 16-24 year olds, with two based at the company’s Kingswinford site. Run in partnership with CompTIA, [...]

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A Shropshire business that specialises in large format print for signage, display, events and exhibitions has just supplied new signage to promote the re-launch of a favourite Shrewsbury eatery.

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A kind hearted signage company has helped to raise over £1,700 for Diabetes UK. Bowden and Dolphin Signs from Birmingham held a charity raffle and managed to raise an impressive £1,770.

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A Coventry printing company is expanding into a new home and is investing £60,000 in its future growth.

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A glamorous bar and restaurant at one of Lincolnshire’s top hotels has its name in lights thanks to signmaking and vehicle livery specialists Allen Signs.

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Local print management firm Print Monkey is celebrating 5 years in business this January. Starting from a back bedroom in 2008 by husband and wife team Andy & Emma Moore, Print Monkey provides print solutions to national creative & design agencies as well as providing creative, marketing & social media support to local businesses. Throughout [...]

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Leicester-based Opus Trust Marketing is celebrating a significant contract renewal with energy provider npower.

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Allen Signs has helped brand a new community store opened by the Lincolnshire Co-operative.

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Northumbrian Water has renewed their contract with Opus Trust Marketing for a second term following a competitive tender process. The contract will see Opus Trust Marketing continue to print and mail all customer communications, including letters, bills and statements, to Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water’s 4.4 million customers. A spokesperson from Northumbrian Water [...]

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Armed with spades, mallets and 10 white flowering Cherry Trees, the MD of Staffordshire printers J H Brookes, Simon Brookes, recently joined forces with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and St. Thomas’ School, Kidsgrove to plant trees at Birchenwood Park in Kidsgrove.

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A leading Midlands signs and graphics company fashioned some Hollywood glamour for world famous reality stars, The Kardashian sisters, when they launched their new clothing range at a popular London shopping centre.

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A kind hearted local signage company from Birmingham is playing Santa Claus by arranging a charity prize draw for Diabetes UK. The prize draw, which is planned to take place on Monday 17th December, is already proving to be a real treat for the winners – who can expect to be wowed with a series [...]

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Leicester-based label printers Label Apeel is celebrating after taking home two industry awards, Label of the Year at the UK Packaging Awards and the Labels Award at Digital Printer 2012.

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A leading Midlands signs and graphics company rolled out the red carpet for world famous pop princess Taylor Swift when she switched on the Christmas lights at a top London retail venue.

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Two regional businesses have joined forces to deliver a rolling contract to rebrand the Shropshire based specialist fleet.

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A print firm based in Cannock is celebrating recent success after being accredited ISO 9001 and 14001 on its first attempt. ISO 9001 accreditation proves that, on top of customer satisfaction, a company can prove greater success with tenders, increased profitability and improved client loyalty. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer [...]

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A kind hearted local signage company from Birmingham is playing Santa Claus by arranging a charity prize draw for Diabetes UK. The prize draw, which is planned to take place on Monday 17th December, is already proving to be a real treat for the winners – who can expect to be wowed with a series [...]

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A Birmingham-based sign firm is celebrating a contract, which saw its work being televised globally during a football game in August.

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Staffordshire printer J H Brookes (Printers) Ltd is demonstrating their commitment to the local community and young people by taking on a new apprentice within their Sneyd Green base in Stoke-On-Trent.

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A Cannock-based digital print firm has got involved with a Birmingham Children’s Hospital fun day by printing tickets to the event for free. PRINTmonster was approached by the amazing staff from the Oncology/Haematology day care department, who needed 300 tickets printed as part of an event to help raise funds for a new children’s cancer [...]

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A Coventry mailing and printing company has been praised for distributing 120,000 pieces of literature as part of a national campaign to raise awareness about mouth cancer. Link Mailing in Binns Close, Tile Hill, is handling the mailing and distribution of literature and educational resource products for the UK’s largest oral health charity, the Rugby-based [...]

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A glittering star-studded ball held in memory of brave Birmingham schoolboy Harry Moseley raised more than £100,000 for his charity, Help Harry Help Others (HHHO).

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Leading signs and graphics company Hollywood Monster has appointed Richard Hinckley as national business development manager, to help generate new leads in the company’s target sectors.

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18 Months ago Print 4 took a monumental step in its 30 year history. The founders Robin & June Ringham decided it was time to retire, so an MBO was successfully negotiated with the new owners being Matt Boam and Peter Clark, already existing long term employees. Print 4 was now secure for the future. [...]

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Two kind-hearted Birmingham businessmen have caught the Bradley Wiggins bug and have signed up for a grueling cycling challenge. Tim Andrews and Andy McKenzie, of leading signs and graphics company Hollywood Monster, will be cycling 450 miles from Geneva to Nice in October to raise funds for the Help Harry Help Others (HHHO) charity. The [...]

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Two long established Birmingham-based companies have merged resources to form a cost effective signage and acrylic fabrication firm. Bowden and Dolphin Signs and Embassy Plastics have integrated to form a company that will continue to support and deliver quality workmanship for existing clients, many of whom are based throughout the Midlands and UK. Bowden and [...]

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A long-standing Lincolnshire carpet and furnishings firm has undergone a facelift after having the same logo for over 3 decades.

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Coca-Cola and signs specialists Hollywood Monster teamed up to guarantee a spectacular and colourful welcome to hundreds of thousands of visitors to the London ‘feel-good’ games during Great Britain’s golden summer.

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The SP Holding Group has appointed Telford-based Prestige Print as its single supplier for paper print services.

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Three apprentices have been given the seal of approval after joining an expanding Coventry printing and mailing business.

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Allen Signs have joined forces with Listers Toyota and Ruddocks Design and Print to offer Lincolnshire businesses the opportunity to win a Toyota IQ for their business.

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A printmaking artist at Derby College will be exhibiting and talking about his work at an international convention in Japan next month.

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A forward-thinking Coventry company has safeguarded jobs for the local workforce after acquiring another city business and will now provide the full range of printing services along with mailing and delivery.

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The Apprentice finalist Nick Holzherr took time out from his new business Whisk to officially open InkTree in Great Charles Street, Birmingham. Former Prontaprint franchisee Graham Hollway, who has relaunched the rebranded design and print venture has previously worked with Nick in his technology business QRky. Nick presented competition winner Steve Rai of Greenwell Gleeson [...]

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Hinckley-based Trident Design and Print has taken on its first apprentice and is already reaping the benefits of injecting a youthful approach to its sales and customer service operations. Trident, which specialises in design and print management and is based in Druid Street, have appointed Jake Tolton (18) as Business Administration apprentice who is working [...]

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Once a familiar sight on the streets of Britain, the traditional red telephone box has almost been consigned to history – but it’s about to experience something of a revival. Lincoln-based signmaker and vehicle livery specialist Allen Signs has been appointed to work on a new project launched by BT which will see leading artists [...]

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Lincolnshire signmaker and vehicle livery specialist Allen Signs has travelled from Lands End to John O’Groats as part of a major rebranding project for one of the country’s leading providers of agricultural services. Masstock and United Agri Products (UAP) joined forces to become Agrii earlier this year with the aim of delivering a new level [...]

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A Birmingham man who donated a kidney to his brother and raised almost £8000 for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is organising another fundraising event for diabetes sufferers. John Bergin underwent a transplant operation in 2004 to help brother Mick in his battle against diabetes, and was so grateful to staff at the hospital he organised [...]

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