Just a quick note to wish all our customers (and potential customers) a very happy Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year. We will be open until lunchtime on 24th December, and will return on January 2nd 2009.
The world of print has many, many terms which are complicated or actually mean the same thing. In an attempt to help, a while back we created a Jargon Buster. I have uploaded this to our webspace and some customers may find it helpful. We try wherever possible not to use too much jargon, but here is a tool to help you cope with some of it. If you feel anything is missing, by all means let me know.
http://www.srpm.co.uk/jargonbuster.pdf
Steve Rushton
SR Print Management are currently working towards gaining FSC group scheme accreditation. The Forestry Stewardship Council accreditation is based on a chain of custody which ensures certain procedures are followed from the Forest itself, through pulper, paper mill, paper merchant to printer. I will post more details on the news section of our website and here once everything is confirmed hopefully within the next month or so. The staff at SRPM are working hard to ensure that they understand and can comply with all our new procedures. FSC is something that many companies are now looking for when choosing their print supplier.
Steve Rushton
I thought I would share this link with you today. The bad language has been “bleeped”. This guy is almost as passionate about print as we are 
I recently decided to volunteer to work with Young Enterprise as a business advisor (http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/pub/). This means I help mentor a group of 16 year olds who set up and run their own business for a school year. The idea is to let them learn about business by actually running one, I am there to give advice, not to do it for them - my group are doing event-management.
It has been a while since I have been at school (approx 24 years) and I had forgotten what chaotic places they are. The first couple of meetings were in a meeting room near reception and all seemed quite calm. The meetings I had last week and this were much more scary! I arrived just as lunch had finished and was taken to a classroom somewhere in the middle of the school, through the mad crowds of noisy teenagers. I have a new found respect for teachers, and do not begrudge them their time off having spent a few hours in “their world”.
Steve Rushton (steve@srpm.co.uk)
It’s December again. The madness of the Christmas build up is well and truly in full swing. On the personal side of things I am sorted. I am fortunate to have a wife that does all my Christmas shopping (except for her presents) therefore I am spared the long shopping trips and worry of what to get people.
If we are to believe everything the media are throwing at us, then we have little to be jolly about. I have discovered the best way to avoid all the doom and gloom is to stop watching the news. Yes, things are tough out there - but we still have lots to be thankful for and I would suggest we ought to start concentrating on the silver linings and not the dark clouds.
SR Print Management has had a very busy year, turnover and profits are up (thanks to our wonderful clients!) and all is rosy in our metaphorical garden. We like to stay positive at SRPM - so when you ring us you won’t get whinging and moaning.
In hard times companies tend to cut back on things, and this is probably a good thing. However, I recently read an article about ”things to cut back on” in a printing trade magazine and was disgusted to read that “Marketing” was in the list! Firstly, this is a Print Trade magazine, talk about shooting yourself in the foot. More importantly, most business experts would tell you that now is exactly the time to start spending on marketing. Marketing, done well, can help save businesses during tough times.
Whilst SRPM don’t claim to be a Marketing company, we have many clients that are experts in this field. If you want us to help put you in touch with someone like this, or just help advise on your marketing literature then please contact one of the team.
Steve Rushton (steve@srpm.co.uk)