Pensord grows with acquisition of Cambrian printers

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  • On May 31, 2017
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Magazine printer Pensord has bought family business Cambrian Printers, another long standing Welsh printer with a great reputation for quality over four generations, as they increase capacity and add new services to the group. The £12m turnover Pensord prints over 400 regular publication and employs some 150 people in Pontllanfraith in the Gwent Valleys. They […]
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More Than Words….

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  • On March 16, 2017
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In a survey of 100 people, how many said that communication was the most important factor in every successful enterprise? The answer – 90, the other 10 didn’t understand the question. We’ve all heard the sayings, “communication is key”, “it’s good to talk”……but what is so important is actually to say something worthwhile. In a […]
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Winds of Change?

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  • On March 10, 2017
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PrintWeekLive….Same old, same old or the birth of something new? A two day print conference and exhibition in Coventry.  It’s been done before, time and time again in fact, (ok maybe not in Coventry) and in a number of different guises, so was PrintWeekLive 2017 just a reincarnation of the print shows of days gone by […]
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The colour of success

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  • On January 31, 2017
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Pensord wins PrintWeek Customer Service Team of the Year award!! We always pride ourselves on the quality of our customer service at Pensord, so it’s great when this is recognised across the industry. In recent weeks we won the Customer Service Team of the Year award in the UK print industry’s flagship awards given by […]
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Pensord Digital Update

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  • On January 31, 2017
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Pensord Digital is going from strength to strength as we reach the end of our second year. This year the digital business has doubled its turnover, increasing the headcount with the arrival of new apprentice Ben Aston under the supervision of the BPIF Wales assessment team for an apprenticeship in Digital Printing. Ben joins the […]
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Pensord new faces

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  • On January 31, 2017
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New Customer Care Manager is David Salmon who’s come full circle to the department that trained him in 1985. Since then, David’s spent 28 years in London working within the sales and marketing arena for major print businesses. David said: “The main challenge at Pensord is trying to improve an already first class customer service […]
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Pensord get social

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  • On January 31, 2017
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We’ve brought in digital media strategists Marsden/Mee to create a fresh new company website, and up our game in all things social – and they’ve been very busy: • Defining the Pensord brand and setting a strategic direction for content delivery • Reviewing our previous social activity • Analysing the content of our competitors and […]
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How’s the new press performing?

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  • On January 27, 2017
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At the beginning of the year we installed our latest press – the SX102 10P, and it’s been proving its worth ever since. Manufacturing Manager Gareth Williams explains: “The SX102 10P has had an excellent impact on quality and performance with figures around 25% better than the exiting SM102, mainly due to its Autoplate Pro […]
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The Jane Smith Years….

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  • On January 27, 2017
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December 2016 will be a sad time for many Pensord clients and every single Pensord person as our very own Judith Chalmers, Jane Smith, retires. Jane will be leaving behind her Pensord family and spending more time with her real family although, judging by the stories we have gathered, I’m not sure they’ll be happy […]
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Don’t Look Back in Anger

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  • On January 19, 2017
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We won’t pretend we didn’t notice one or two significant political events that took place in 2016 and were, at some considerable lengths, discussed, debated and discussed again. And whilst the world (including us) reflected on the latest turn of events, our presses continued to run, our team remained focused at getting the job done […]
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