IN CONVO WITH: MARTIN – FROM MARGARET TO MOUSE
It’s 1968 and I’ve left Allerton Grange School in Leeds with a random set of ‘0′ and ‘A’ levels and been invited to Bradford Regional College of Art for a one year foundation course to be followed hopefully by three further years focussing on design and...
IN CONVO WITH: MARTIN: SO MUCH, TOO MUCH
Four words that rang a bell with me from Paul Smith, international fashion designer being interviewed on the Jeremy Vine show I listened to last week. In a very crowded market place we are bombarded with so much and too much of everything that It becomes harder than...
LOCK DOWN STORIES – DALLY
March 23rd 2020 – a date which we will never forget. Our Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the country to go into lock down. Many thoughts went through my head that night – but I remember thinking as I always do – practically. So March 24th, I...
LOCK DOWN STORIES – MARTIN
March 13th – July 8th I started with a dry cough and after a few days had to take some time off work ( for the first time in 10 years ), well a week later and we’re in an official “lock down”. Now months later, the world as we knew it has...
LOCKDOWN STORIES – SUZANNE
I was in quarantine about 10 days before the country was ordered into lockdown. This was due to my partner falling very ill. He also comes under the vulnerable category so we had to be really cautious. Generally, I am a calm person. I am known to approach stressful...
Online print is so much cheaper! Our experience…
So – occasionally we hear “how much?! – It’s cheaper online!” Of course, this is not news to us, there are many reasons you may be able to find print cheaper with an online only company. Firstly – the paper or print quality may not...
Referrals
There are many business networking groups around; some of which rely almost entirely upon the members giving each other referrals. Unfortunately, some people don’t recognise the difference between a referral and an order. Telling the office supply member of the group...
It’s good to talk
Ding! Ding! Ding! Are you sitting behind your desk staring at a computer screen and waiting for emails to announce their arrival with that distinctive “ding”? Annoying isn’t it? Not half as annoying as not getting the business that you were...