The guys and gals who make it all work beautifully
Ok, so what should proceed is a page full of the friendly faces that beaver away behind the scenes. Ummmm... I approached various members of the team with my digital camera and it would appear that most are a little camera shy: the print department were very dusty, I needed a few hours in makeup and Jeff has been here so long that he's fed up with 'mug shots'
I immediately threw in the towel and opted for a more colourful [and far more relevant] way to introduce the team. What follows are the team's favourite Pantone Colours. Colour has a lot of meaning: you can tell a lot about a person by the colour they choose – there's more on colour meaning and the impacts on your flyer and leaflet designs here.
What I've learnt is that we are a colourful bunch [pun intended] and all very much in the right job! Hurrah!
Management team
Miranda Barnett Company Director
Miranda has many years experience of print marketing and business development with major national print companies. If she is fortunate enough to have any spare time her preferences include travel, holidays, plenty of those clever little mini-breaks, fine wine and gastronomic experiences! These days spare time preferences are liberally interspersed with dieting!
Nick Brine General Manager/Director
Nick is busy wearing two hats - running the business and the studio! With over 30 years print experience and has the demanding task of sorting out all the jobs that are approved for print and turning them in to printing plates. Without Nick we would pretty much come to a standstill. When not a work you'll find him on the golf course practising his swing.
Tim Wilkins Finishing and Warehouse Manager
Tim's printing knowledge is impressive. Dozens of years spent fine-tuning his skills in print, finishing and warehouse management. Tim's ultimately responsible for getting all your orders out the door and on time. Tim enjoys nothing more than long runs, doing up his VW Camper and keeping fit by playing football.
Colin Bunce Finance Manager
Who knows what goes on in a Finance Department! One thing's for sure, if you do end up talking with Colin he's probably asking (politely) for money or paying your bill. He is somewhat indispensable to the business... all part of running one of the UK's best and first online print companies.
Customer Services and Sales
Jon Akers Customer services
The voice on the 'phone, Jon takes the majority of calls that come in to the office, manages all of the website orders, sorts out the payment process and deals with your delivery enquiries. With two teenagers and a dog at home there is very little that fazes him!
Jeff Morris Customer Service and Sales
Jeff has spent over 40 years working at A Local Printer in all of its various guises. Fully conversant in pre-press and the studio Jeff has helped develop A Local Printer in to the company it is today. Other than playing football and cycling Jeff likes nothing more than indulging his past time of dangerous sports, including skydiving and off-piste skiing. Thanks Jeff.
Darren Hunter Customer Service and Sales
Darren is the other voice on the ‘phone whose dulcet tones answer many of the calls coming in to the office. He is also our man on the road, tasked with figuring out the large format print requirements of our customers, how to make them and more importantly how to fit them. Most days Darren can be spotted with a ladder under his arm heading off to fit a flag to a pole.
Creative studio
John Ellaby Reprographics
A man with tons of repro knowledge who has certainly been an asset to the business. He is also a mad keen rugby fan (go Saracens!) so always good for a sound bite after one of the international games.
Ian McIlroy Studio
Ian brings over 15 years of print and graphic design experience. When he's not helping our customers with their design queries you'll find him managing the website and developing and promoting alocalprinter.co.uk. He loves Cajun music, plays the accordion in his band and has a little 'un at home to keep him busy too. Outstanding!
Print team
Ben Kemp Press Minder
'Benny' is one of our highly skilled B2/B3 press operators responsible for processing many of the website and bespoke orders – now you know who to thank for a good print job! When he's not printing he's cycling and playing football with one or both of his two boys.
Tom Farrar Press Minder
Tom is one of our 'newer kids on the block' as is a great addition to the team working along side Ben in getting all of your litho printed jobs out the door. With a couple of kids at home he has busy life out of work too!
Mandy Chennell Press Minder
Mandy is our digital press operator, juggling not one but two machines on a busy day! A passionate Tottenham fan she also likes to mix it up a bit with a good gig and has an impressive array of band t-shirts to prove it .
Print finishers
Stuart Medhurst Print Finisher and Machine Minder
'Stu' is responsible for turning beautifully printed sheets of paper in to finished jobs - with drilling, creasing, binding and cross-folding being some of his many duties he is certainly kept busy. Another mad keen rugby fan, so alright by us.
Ashley Marcos Large format printing and finishing
Ashley runs our large format department, wrestling with huge pieces of signage and giant banners from his lair in the warehouse. From window graphics to fluttering flags Ashley is our go to man for anything that does not involve putting ink on paper. Good on ya, Ashley!
Mike Walters Guillotine Operator
Mike is the reason that all of our products leave us beautifully clean-cut, ensuring that your orders arrives with a straight edge that you could use as a ruler. Outside interests include gigs and spicy food, with a side line of chilli growing to ensure the spice is just right!
Neil Akers Finisher
Jon's twin brother - if one was not enough! Neil is our go-to man for running our booklet maker, drilling swing-tags, doing our local deliveries and generally being a great help. He is a mad keen cyclist with sights on trips around France as a starter.
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