The Start of spring

It has been a great week not only because the work has continued to roll in but also because it seems spring is here, everyone seems to have extra energy and also seem to be happier and more active when the sun is out. The week started well with a great meeting with Sarah from RES Software to discuss an e-marketing campaign....we are tasked with designing templates for use in ongoing campaigns. I also had  a nice trip up to London to meet with Emma from Stand Marketing, Stand have acquired one of my clients and we hope we’ll be able to continue to work with them on their projects, the meeting went very well and I am very positive we’ll be able to help them out.

Print on demand is growing in its pace and uptake, we are working on a demo for Cognito, Newbury Building Society, Jones Robinson and making final updates to Micro Focus...which is being used already. We are very pleased with the level of work Davis Tate are giving us and I am looking forward to an update meeting there next week.

This week there was a great event at Sheepdrove on behalf of the WBEBP – “The S Word” encourages young people to enjoy cooking with local, seasonal produce. Over 150 student from across West Berkshire have taken part in this year’s competition and the standard of cooking was exceptional – I got to catch up with lots of clients and meet a few new ones – I would really recommend to anyone interested in helping our young people get a head start to engage with the EBP ....tell them I told you.

On Thursday with had our FSC and PEFC environmental standard audit.....it went very well and was completed in a few short hours....mainly due to the efforts and time put into this by Andreen....a very well done to her and all the team for helping us continue with these great standards.

Today saw 15 students from Newbury college paying us a visit, these guys are studying interactive media and wanted to see the entire print production process, they got to see everything from initial design, Plate making, Print both Litho and digital and then how the jobs are finished – they were a great bunch and I hope they enjoyed their time here – This afternoon I am giving a talk with Andrew Hooper from Newbury College at the Basingstoke Keeping Business Local Expo – this will be about Google Analytics, how to use it and what it can do for your businesses. If this is something you’d like to see then pop along or give me a shout for a one to one session.