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60 seconds with Kingfisher Labels

The company was estab- small start-ups What’s been your proudest
lished in 1996 by managing achievement in recent
director Martin Jackson What’s your USP? years?
with a three-colour Mark We’re customer focused Being part of the close-
Andy label press, writes Jo and relationship driven. knit team as we have contin-
Francis. Kingfisher remains family- ued to go from strength to
owned, so the speed of deci- strength despite difficult
Where are you based? sion-making and positive trading conditions
Kingfisher Labels is based action is rapid
in Yate in South Where do you see your
Gloucestershire. Near What’s your company’s business in five years’
Bristol, with easy access to motto/mission statement? time?
the M4 and M5 motorways Our mantra from day one Moving to a purpose-built
has been simple, yet effec- site while retaining our
How many staff do you They are a manufacturer of self-adhesive labels and sleeves tive. We are determined to much-valued employees
have? be a major player in the self-
Labels is that we have a Which markets do you and customers
24 adhesive labels market
broad spectrum of custom- serve? Anything else you would
What does your firm do? ers. No customer is too small Food and drink, house- What equipment do you like people to know about
We’re a manufacturer of or too large hold and bodycare, medical, run? your business?
self-adhesive labels and Which areas do you serve? government and the auto- Two Edale FL3 eight-col- We are proud of our
sleeves motive industry our presses, one FL1 six-col- hugely committed team and
We’re very proud to serve our press, an Alpha Edale we are dedicated to keeping
What’s your typical cus- customers on a local, Who are your clients? Press, six Bar Graphic slit- our customers happy
tomer? national and international Anything from major ters and also digital capabili- through market-leading
The beauty of Kingfisher level blue-chip organisations to ties quality and reliability

60 seconds with Cotswold Letterpress

After a career in print How many staff do you we were also recognised as
sales Pete Roberts started his have? one of Gloucestershire’s
own business hand-printing Five ‘hiddenems’ by local pub-
letterpress stationery, and lisher SoGlos
slowly grew to become the What does your firm do? What’s your team’s favour-
town printer ending up with General jobbing print, sta- ite biscuit?
a five-colour litho press and tionery, greetings cards and Hobnobs!
luxury invitations
all the kit needed to support Pete’s story
a busy printing works, writes Which geographic areas do “I moved West to Bristol
Jo Francis. you serve? to become a Berthold
After 40 years trading as Our clients are local, Diatronic operator in the
Clarendon Press he sadly national and European early days of phototypeset-
closed its doors last year to What’s been your proudest ting, enjoying the luxury of
actually seeing what I was
concentrate on Cotswold achievement in recent typesetting on a tiny screen
Letterpress, enjoying bring- After a career in print sales Pete Roberts started his own business years? the size of a thermometer.
ing back the old letterpress Where are you based? Cotswold Way. Walkers pass I was introduced to Prince “I’m still working at the
techniques alongside the by and peer through our (now King) Charles to dis- age of 75, and enjoying the
usual litho and digital offer- Wotton-under-Edge in shop window at the 1860 cuss the work we do for industry and the remarkable
ings. Gloucestershire on the Cropper Treadle on display Highgrove. Earlier this year changes I’ve seen.”

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