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VAT changes 2011

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.

Graphic Design Forums Competition

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

Beware the scammers!

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…

VAT changes 2008

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.

RGB Colour Space > CMYK Colour Space

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

Booklets, Magazines…page numbers and binding?

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 […]

What to display on Limited Company Stationery

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 […]

VAT on printed products

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 […]

Cheap Print = Quality Print?

Does Cheap Print = Quality Print?…the honest answer is rarely. One of our print resellers contacted us as they had sourced a cheaper supplier of A6 Flyers. Can you match or beat these prices they asked? Although we did try we just couldn’t get close to the prices advertised, unfortunately we cannot match/beat every single price/offer […]