June 2012:
Our offices will be closed on the 4th and 5th of June for the Queen’s Jubilee, but will also be closed on the 6th, 7th and 8th for essential equipment maintenance. Orders can still be placed on our website within this period and will be processed in order of them being placed on the 11th.

PRIZE DRAW

WIN 5,000 x A6 Flyers to promote your business

…just follow us on facebook or twitter for a chance to win!
(follow us on both for 2 chances to win)

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From the 4th January 2011 the standard rate of VAT will increase from 17.5% to 20%.

Please note that any applicable products on our website will reflect this change from this date.

Check out this fantastic easy to enter competition on the Graphic Design Forums, aimed at UK designers…

>> Graphic Design Forums Competition <<

Just a quick tip, if anybody claiming to be a Reverend Richard (or similar) gets in touch, asking for quotes on leaflets/flyers in quantities of around 90,000+, this is a scam.

Below is a recent enquiry that we received today, one of many similar over the past 12 months…

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The standard rate of VAT will be reduced from 17.5% to 15% from the 1st December 2008.

The 15% rate will remain until the 31st December 2009, from the 1st January 2010 it will revert back to 17.5%.

Please note that any applicable products on our website will reflect this change from the 1st December 2008.

I was going to blog about the difference between RGB colour space and CMYK colour space, however, I have already written about this on our main website and have decided to post a link to it instead.

CMYK Printing

Most designers with experience of the printing industry will know the following, for those that don’t, this article will hopefully be of use to you ensuring you get exactly what you require.

How many pages?

We often get asked to give quotes on bespoke jobs, the customer will say for example “I need a quote on 500 x A4 Booklets with 8 pages”.

We spend time creating a quote only to realise when the customer sends their artwork that they actually require 16 pages, why? In the printing industry 1 page is classed as one side of a sheet of paper, so in the example above we would presume that the customer wanted 2 x A3 sheets of paper folded in half to A4, giving 8 x A4 pages. However, the customer actually requires 4 x A3 sheets of paper folded in half to A4, giving 16 x A4 pages in our terms and the required 8 pages in the customers terms.

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Due to the amount of times we are asked, I thought I would make a post explaining what (by law) must be displayed on your business stationery if you are a UK limited company.

Under the Companies Act 1985 your company must state its name (as it appears in its memorandum of association) on its business stationery. Your company must also give certain information on all its business letters, order forms and websites.

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VAT on printed products explained.

VAT on printed items can be difficult to understand, even for us! Mainly because what is printed on the product in question can determine if the product is standard rated (vatable) or zero rated (VAT exempt).

As an example, leaflets are zero rated as standard, however, if your leaflet was to offer discount on a product or service then this is now classed as a voucher and becomes standard rated.

We have shown some information below provided by HM Revenue & Customs, it is also available on their website but is so difficult to find, hence, we decided to post it here for all to see. The information is VERY detailed and far more than most people need, however, we decided to post the full article to cover every eventuality.

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