Rewards for eating biscuits

McVitie’s will be launching a consumer collect and reward scheme based around their biscuits, such as Jaffa Cakes, for consumers to be rewarded for their loyalty to their brands. The scheme, which will be called the ‘McVitie’s VIP Club’, is their first ever consumer scheme of its kind and aims to give something back to their consumers for choosing their brands.

The rewards will be in the form of other tea break treats and there will be unique consumer codes printed on the side of McVitie’s packs. Customers will be able to enter the unique codes onto a newly launched McVitie’s website and [Read more]

Competition forces brand review

As competition intensifies amongst mobile phone companies, mobile giant Vodafone has appointed an agency to review all of its global brand identity. Vodafone has appointed The Partners to this task following a pitch involving four other companies. The Partners are signed up to Team Vodafone, a team who co-ordinate all the work, such as advertising, carried out for Vodafone by other WPP owned companies.

There has been increasing pressure on mobile phone companies due to competition, including a [Read more]

Using a local printer in Coatbridge

Setting up a business in Coatbridge and sorting out your company stationery requirements means sourcing a reliable to printer. Although a lot of marketing can be seen to be going online these days, printed materials are still important to a company’s image and brand and it is essential to portray the right impression. This means high quality, but high quality does not mean that you cannot get a good deal with a printer.

A quick search on the internet for printers will bring up an abundance of online companies offering good deals. The process can seem quick and easy working with an online company. Of course, there may also be large print [Read more]

Flyer printing in Coatbridge blamed for ‘fattest town’ tag

It’s not often that the print industry can be blamed for the expanding waistlines of local residents, but print companies in Coatbridge are responsible, it seems, for the health of the local community – at least according to Tom Maginnis, a Coatbridge West councillor.

The problem is that Coatbridge has just been named as the fattest town in Britain. This unwelcome accolade came after research showed that 21% of all Coatbridge residents are obese, that’s just over one fifth of the town.

According to the survey, Coatbridge led the way in terms of expanding waistlines – with Glasgow’s North East, Fife’s Methil and Walsall in the West Midlands all coming close behind with [Read more]

PPA praise for quality of school magazine publishing

All kinds of printing companies in and around Coatbridge, including brochure printers and magazine printers, will be aware of the PPA. The Periodical Publishers Association evolved into its present form on 29th August 1967 when other periodical publishers associations merged into one body. The PPA is now one of the UK’s largest and most effective trade associations.

PPA Scotland is the association’s Scottish arm and it recently named The Dumfries & Galloway Life as Scottish Magazine of the Year in 2009. They also presented an award for the best PPA Scottish School Magazine. The quality of school magazines being printed in Scotland is now very high and makes the judging extremely difficult. However, a judging panel comprising of some of the UK’s leading publishing industry figures ensured the task was tackled with great care.

Last year, Coatbridge High School was picked in [Read more]

Over 500 years of printing industry in Scotland

If you are looking for business card printing in Coatbridge you will more than likely be able to find it locally. For example, the printing company Pettigrew, Alex, Ltd., who are situated in Main Street offers business cards and stationery printing in Coatbridge. There are also many other print companies to choose from around the Glasgow region. This is perhaps not surprising as the Scottish printing industry stretches back over 500 years.

The first printing company was started up by Androw Myllar and his partner Walter Chepman. They set up their first press in Edinburgh in 1507, and their first prints were produced in1508, a fact which was celebrated in a publication in 2008 which was produced by [Read more]

North Lanarkshire pupils prepare for job market

Are you a North Lanarkshire firm, for example, a printing company in Coatbridge, looking to take on a new apprentice? Local schools do well in preparing pupils to enter the workplace. Many schools have made partnerships with businesses to give pupils a chance to experience the realities of employment and prepare for work experience.

A good example of school-business partnership is an event organised by Caldervale High School. Caldervale High recently held a ‘World of Work’ day which was designed to help their 14 to 15 year old pupils to learn about entering the workplace. A leading asset management company, Management Incentive Through Investment Equity (MITIE), helped put on the event.

MITIE are a highly successful company who have increased returns for [Read more]

Health and safety event in Coatbridge

Health and safety experts, Medway Safety, have organised an event which will take place on Wednesday 13th January 2010 at the HSS Supercentre in Coatbridge.

They call it the Silica Awareness Event which will be part of their Working Well Together series. The event is organised in conjunction with HSS Hire, who are providing a breakfast butty, as well as tea and coffee, for attendees.

The event deals with health and safety issues that will concern small companies, for example, typical small printing companies in Coatbridge.

The Health and Safety Executive will talk about Silica Awareness and issues like Working at Heights, Asbestos Awareness and Manual Handling. After the event, firms will be invited to enrol onto Medway’s contact list for future events.

Attendees will also be able to take away [Read more]

Top quality brochure printing

Printing companies in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, involved in a lot of brochure printing always aim to deliver a quality product. It would be interesting for them to look at the work of London based Chapter Press.

The company were voted Brochure Printer of the Year 2009 by Print Week. Competition for this prestigious accolade was hot. There were many high grade entries in the brochure printing [Read more]