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Minuteman Bristol Wins Silver Fairtrade Business Award

Minuteman Press Bristol was nominated for Best Fairtrade Office and achieved a very highly regarded Fairtrade Silver Award.

The Fairtrade Business Awards are the main event of Fairtrade Fortnight, which aims to encourage and celebrate local ethical businesses that promote fair trading.

Alexis Jochman, one of Minuteman Press Bristol’s graphic designers, said: “We are thrilled to be involved in such a worthwhile cause and proud to be awarded Silver in our category. The event was very well organised and it was a pleasure to be in the company of like-minded businesses”.

Image by Jon Craig.

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Minuteman Press Bristol and the fairtrade awards

Minuteman Press Bristol is delighted to have been invited to enter the first ever Bristol Fairtrade Business Awards.  The ceremony will be hosted by the newsreader, journalist and presenter George Alagiah OBE.

The principles and practices of Fairtrade have always been dear to our hearts at Minuteman Press Bristol. As a commercial enterprise we have continued to support Fairtrade in our purchasing strategies.

Our presentation has now been submitted and we’ll be at the awards ceremony in Leigh Court, Bristol in March 2012. We’re all very excited.
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Minuteman Press Bristol Wins Again!

Minuteman Press in Bristol has won another major national printing industry award.

The ‘Top Appearance Award’ was presented at the Nettle Hill Conference Centre, Coventry, by the president of Minuteman Press, Robert Titus.

“Minuteman Press Bristol have pulled out all the stops to make their print centre an attractive place of work and a welcoming place for clients,” said George Holzmacher, Senior Vice President of Minuteman.

Alexis Jochman, designer at Minuteman Press Bristol, said: “We are very proud. It’s a great accolade and compliment given that we have achieved this without aiming to win this award. It was a team effort and we have succeeded in updating and smartening our place of work”.

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The Predominant Wish

The Predominant Wish, a Masonic Study by Major Ranulf Watkins-Pitchford, is a second edition hardback book, published by The Lodge of Living Stones.

Printed on 120gsm bond paper, hand sewn and case bound, this is the very first volume of The Lodge of Living Stones library proudly produced by Minuteman Press Bristol.

A print run of 150 books was commissioned by The Lodge of Living Stones to celebrate the installation of the new Worshipful Master.

To purchase the publication, please visit The Lodge of Living Stones.

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Internet Business Awards

We did it! Minuteman Press Bristol has won the Internet Business Awards for 2011 in the category of Print and Publishing.

“The website is structured to be easily navigable with a flat hierarchy, never moving more than two clicks down into the website and always with the main navigation bar readily accessible,” said the awards judging panel about the Minuteman Press Bristol website. “Unusually, the website combines graphic design and print and is designed to be a friendly knowledge hub adding real value whilst maintaining a sales focus.

“Most graphic design websites are technically innovative and visually stunning, and most print websites are the absolute opposite. Minuteman has succeeded in addressing both markets with an original and interesting approach”.

Minuteman Press Bristol director Lucie Wise said: “The news is amazing. We’re really excited and proud of our website. It has always been invaluable to us and this appreciation from users is confirmation”.

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Eliminate Archie Cookson

Eliminate Archie Cookson is a new thriller movie written, directed and filmed in Bristol.

Minuteman Press Bristol has printed a variety of different products for the project from fundraising documents in the early stages to large format cinema posters for the film’s festival premiere. After all the hard work, the film is gaining recognition with a gala screening at the prestigious Minghella Film Festival.

“Minuteman Press Bristol has always provided us with top quality print. We’re really looking forward to taking Eliminate Archie Cookson to the Minghella Film Festival”, says the film’s director Rob Holder.

Who is Archie Cookson and why does he need eliminating? You’ll need to watch the film to find out!

You can see the trailer at: eliminatearchiecookson.com

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Now we can Live Chat!

Live Chat has now been added to all minutemanbristol.com web pages. During UK working hours it is possible to send instant message questions and receive replies from a real life human being (no need for the Turing test).

If our operators are offline, messages can be left and immediately responded to during office hours.

The beauty of the system is that it allows website visitors to ask questions and receive immediate answers. We’re ready to hear from you.

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Minuteman Press Bristol are World Book Day Givers

Minuteman Press Bristol has been appointed as a book giver for World Book Day 2011. Minuteman will be distributing copies of John le Carré’s modern classic The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

One million books will be given away in preparation for World Book Night.

Alexis Jochman, graphic designer at Minuteman Press Bristol, said: “We’re so thrilled to have been selected to take part in this massive scale project and to be given our first choice of John le Carré is doubly exciting! We can’t wait”.

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10Thology is Launched

“Written and illustrated by some of Wales’ brightest and best creative talents.”

Minuteman Press Bristol has enjoyed working on this exciting project and reading the finished item.

10Thology features 10 stories, brilliantly illustrated throughout and printed in full colour. 172 x 260 114pp, perfect bound.