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Minuteman Press Hits 1,000 Followers

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Minuteman Press Bristol has clocked up more than 1,000 followers on Twitter.

Twitter has been online since 2006 filling the gap between blogging and social networking sites such as Facebook.  Twitter allows users to convey messages of under 140 characters (tweets) that can be read by followers and appear on a timeline of tweets throughout the world.

With celebrities such as Stephen Fry and Derren Brown championing Twitter, it has gained huge popularity. Early in Twitter’s creation, Minuteman Press Bristol identified the potential of the networking website, using it to communicate with clients and customers.

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No Paper Price Rises at Minuteman Press Bristol!

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Despite deflation and recession, the major UK paper merchants will be increasing paper prices by 5-7%. However, Minuteman Press Bristol has fought these price rises to ensure that costs need not be passed on to clients during tough market conditions.

“Running inefficient operations as some of the paper merchants do, and requiring the market to subsidise the failures of the supplier, is truly appalling,” said Peter Wise, managing director of Minuteman Press Bristol.

He added that merchants should offer consistent pricing, and that as designers and printers agree prices with clients, merchants should also plan ahead.

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Industry reacts with anger to latest increase in paper prices.

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We’re on the Up!

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Minuteman Press Bristol has been given a unique opportunity to feature in the print industry’s number one magazine, PrintWeek.

The success of Minuteman Press Bristol is compared with that of the elusive Bristol artist Banksy: achieved through word of mouth, quality, efficiency, flexibility and value added service.

Minuteman Press Bristol’s marketing strategy involves keen support of local events and organisations, developing a user-friendly far reaching website, offering a wide variety of products and services and environmental concern and awareness.

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How Minuteman Press makes sure its image is ship-shape and Bristol fashion.

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Bristol Design Festival

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Minuteman Press Bristol is thrilled to reveal that we are headline sponsors for the third Bristol Design Festival. Last year was a roaring success and this year will be even bigger.

The Bristol Design Festival runs from 5-11 June 2009 and features a showcase of local talent. The event is a focal point for Bristol designers and Minuteman Press was the obvious choice, delivering the results of great design (including some of our own!) in print daily.

“The Bristol Design Festival is proud and very fortunate to have the award winning Minuteman Press Bristol onboard to support the festival this year,” said the festival’s director Neil Ferguson. “Through supporting the Bristol Design Festival, they are also supporting hundreds of designers and creative businesses in the South West through these particularly difficult times. We are looking forward to working with Minuteman Press in 2009 and hopefully beyond!”

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The Bristol Masonic Society

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Minuteman Press Bristol has been chosen as the new printer of Corona Gladiorum for the Bristol Masonic Society. The book is now in its fifth year of publication.

The 230-page text is an intriguing collection of 12 papers presented at Bristol Masonic Society meetings by members of the society at other locations and past Bristol Masonic Society papers. The latest volume adds to this highly sought after reference source.

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Charity Recycling Initiative

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Minuteman Press Bristol and CLIC Sargent are working to recycle used paper. Scrap materials will be recycled into pads of varying sizes that can be reused at CLIC Sargent offices, giving valuable resources a second life.

The initiative is believed to be the first of its kind, and has been made possible by Minuteman Press Bristol providing its materials free of charge. Paper is delivered to our Bedminster print centre and collected by passing CLIC vehicles, to ensure no additional journeys are made.

Mark Good, Sargent’s recycling coordinator said: “We need support from organisations like Minuteman Press Bristol. On behalf of everyone at CLIC Sargent I would like to thank Minuteman Press Bristol for their continued support”.

Minuteman Press Bristol director Peter Wise added: “It’s wonderful when two organisations can work together to deliver beneficial results. It makes the hard work worthwhile!”

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Astronomy Book

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We are pleased to announce the completion of the first production run of .astronomy Networked Astronomy and the New Media. The new publication has been edited by Cardiff University Department of Physics and Astronomy’s Dr Robert Simpson and Professor Derek Ward-Thompson and is published by Canopus Publishing.

The 200-page paperback features high definition imagery and contains the printed version of lectures delivered at the .astronomy conference by the global leaders in the field of online astronomy and astrophysical research.

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We’ve Struck Gold!

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

The Top Achievement in Marketing Award was presented at the National Motorcycle Museum, West Midlands, by the president of Minuteman Press International, Robert Titus.

Robert said: “Minuteman Press Bristol have achieved fantastic results in the previous 12 months, building on their considerable success in 2007.”

Minuteman’s senior vice president George Holzmacher added: “What a well deserved award, all their hard work has paid off. To win the annual award twice is unprecedented.”

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Peter Wise Wins Best of PrintWeek Award

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PrintWeek magazine, published by Haymarket Business Media, has selected Peter Wise, managing director of Minuteman Press Bristol, as one of the six winners of the Q&A Best of 2008.

Q&A is a regular feature of PrintWeek, and the section provides an opportunity for senior printing industry personalities to reveal a little of their lives outside of design and print.

In the interview Peter revealed that what made him laugh were: “Volvo drivers – they are deluded motorway police wannabes”. And on being asked about his most embarrassing moment, he said that it was: “Explaining the large circular bruise on my forehead, which lasted two weeks and was caused by getting a working breast pump stuck to my head.”