Monthly Archives: March 2014

Celebrating National Stationery Week at 123Print UK

Banish the Tweets into draft and log out of Facebook – this week is all about praising the art of the handwritten. From the 31st March to 6th April schools, businesses and written language enthusiasts will be celebrating everything that encompasses stationery.

Aimed at ‘Getting Britain Writing’ the week long stationery extravaganza is set to get adults and children alike actively engaging in the traditional habit of putting pen to paper.
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Business Card Colours – What Doesn’t Work

As you may already know, if you have been browsing our main website, we do love printing those business cards! Fabulous and marvellous designs, every last one of them! We print thousands of red, green, blue, orange, pink and purple cards every week. So when it comes to colours and what works well on a business card, we like to think we’re a bit of a know it all in this area. Which, let’s face it, we are!

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2014 Budget – The Important Parts for Small Businesses [Infographic]

As Britain’s pubs toasted the announcement of a ‘1p pint cut’, a new 12 sided pound coin sent everyone (including us) into a tizzy of excitement and smokers nationwide coughed at the news of another above inflation tax rise, it was small business owners who may have been left feeling lost at what exactly was in it for them.

To clear up some of the disarray created by the budget announcements last week, we have created an info graphic which visibly highlights the important information for small businesses.

Let us know what you think; is the 2014 budget making things easier for your business?

2014 budget small business
Will your business benefit from the budget? Let us know in the comments below!

The Evolution of the Pound Coin [Infographic]

As news spread of a new 12 sided one pound coin, that is set to be introduced into the UK currency, we have to say we started getting a little bit excited here at 123Print HQ.

In fact, we got ourselves so excited that we did a little research. After all, it’s not everyday a new coin gets introduced and we were amazed to find out so many facts about this little coin.

Described as a ‘giant leap into the future’ we couldn’t help ourselves but look into the past of the pound coin and look at its evolution over the years, into the new 12 sided version set to be released in 2017. Continue reading The Evolution of the Pound Coin [Infographic]