August 2016- messages from happy customers

Thanks for delivering the above order yesterday, allowing us to get it to our client in time for shipping out globally by their Goods In people, much appreciated. – Julie W.

Just to say Turner cat is great…thank you – Kurt J.

Steve and I received the catalogues and bulletins earlier this morning – again, we’re delighted with the printing/finishing quality and excellent service, please can you make sure to pass on our thanks to everyone involved at Park Lane. We’re really pleased with the result!  – Fred T.

Thank you very much for being able to deliver the reviews earlier than estimated. We really appreciate the effort! – Ana L.

We are delighted with the catalogue. The best yet! Thank you all again for your hard work on this – Polly W.

Just to say thanks for an excellent job – the brochures arrived Friday and they look fab! Helga B.

Thanks for a nice clean job on the Newsletter – and for packaging my file copies so beautifully so that they don’t bend – much appreciated! – Lydia T.

Thanks Phil – the brochures look great thank you! – Kerry R.

Wow!! Emile is extremely happy with the final book, which I received a few hours ago.I am so pleased that I made the decision to come down and get to the bottom of the colour profile / correction issue. I’m also very happy you all made me so welcome and offered nothing short of outstanding service throughout my 2 days loitering around your building. Such levels of personable service and understanding is a rare these days.Please can one of you extend my warmest thanks to the two interstellar Jedis of printing – Andy & Chris – as their patience and understanding was, again, outstanding and it was a pleasure to learn from them both. Park Lane Press delivered, big style… -Emile H.

The Catalogue looks lovely, many thanks – Caroline J

I just wanted to say thank you and to acknowledge all of your efforts in looking after our client. We’ve known him for many years and we know his enthusiasm can be infectious.We’re also aware that his energy and desire to push to get the most out of every job can produce challenges (as well as results).I know he has been bowled over by the service he received and the opportunities you gave him to be involved in the process.I have copies of the finished book which looks stunning. Thank you.  – Michael S.

A huge, huge thank you to you and the team for the incredible job you’ve done on the wholesale folder and brochures. We are absolutely delighted with them and so appreciate all of your hard work and patience on the job.Thank you again! – Grace R.

We’ve just received the new John Lewis Brochures and they look great! Thanks so much we’re all really happy with them! Katherine P.

Park Lane are shortlisted for Two PrintWeek Awards 2016

We’re very excited to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for not one but TWO quality awards for the PrintWeek Magazine !!

This is after our recent win at the Whitmar Awards for Best Annual Report, and it’s a reflection on how far we have progressed lately. In our 25 years of trading we have never printed better!

Park Lane Press have been working very hard to take our “waterless printing” to a new quality level. Improvements include:-
• Higher screen rulings up to 300 lines per inch
• Improvements in our Reprographics department to make the reproduction of images supplied by clients closer to the originals than ever before.
• This is being demonstrated in our printing every day and is our usual standard if the images permit.
• all jobs are printed to the highest levels of quality we can reach, with no extra cost.
It’s fantastic that we’ve been nominated in both the “Brochure Printer” and “Report & Accounts” categories. The Awards take place on October 17th, and our fingers and toes are crossed!!
Here is a testimonial from a very happy customer Emile Holba. He found great value in our consultative approach and final output.

Wow!! I am extremely happy with the final book, which I received a few hours ago.
I am so pleased that I made the decision to come down and get to the bottom of the colour profile / correction issue. I’m also very happy you all made me so welcome and offered nothing short of outstanding service throughout my 2 days loitering around your building. Such levels of personable service and understanding is a rare these days.
Please can one of you extend my warmest thanks to the two interstellar Jedis of printing – Andy & Chris – as their patience and understanding was, again, outstanding and it was a pleasure to learn from them both.
Park Lane Press delivered, big style…

Park Lane Achieve Print Quality Award

On the 30^th June 2016 I attended the Whitmar Publications ‘Print, Design & Marketing Awards 2016’ held aboard the Silver Sturgeon on the River Thames. Park Lane were nominated for best website www.parklanepress.co.uk, created by one of our clients Lionhouse Creative.

The second nomination was for the Report and Accounts category, which we won.  The judges said: An outstanding piece of print that is clear, precise and full of colour. Excellent finishing and binding combined with exceptional quality.

The award was for the production of the Greenergy Annual Report designed by MrB and Friends. We are especially pleased as it was produced on an uncoated stock, and printed waterless in 6 colours with PUR binding.  The 132 page A4 portrait report used no fancy papers, or extra embellishments.

This kind of job is typical of what goes through Park Lane Press on a weekly basis, simple jobs can look amazing when done well.  For us I think it is (like a good decorator will tell you) all in the preparation.  A careful analysis of every job to ensure the paper, job design and finishing choices match the expectations of the client, this is key.

Park Lane Press Goes Back to School

Today was my first venture back into the classroom at Hinchley Wood School to share my knowledge and experiences of an Environmental Management System with GCSE Business Studies students, using Park Lane Press as a case study.

The exercise was a good opportunity to reflect on how far Park Lane Press have come from when we first introduced our system back in 2003, in addtion how far our laws and culture had progressed.

The laws weren’t as developed as they are now, for example you could dispose of more waste to landfill, however from 2004 the Landfill Regulation were updated preventing companies mixing hazardous, and non-hazardous waste together, and from 2012 preventing items that can easily be recycled from going to landfill, i.e. paper, printing plates etc.

Directives from Europe also came into play, for instance in 2004 The Environmental Liability Regulation forced organisations to ensure robust environmental risk assessments had taken place to reduce the risk of possible pollution.

Another major change was the shift in encouraging organisations to request from their supplies environmental policies, and accreditations.  On completing a recent tender for a large charity we were asked for an Ethical Statement, Environmental Statement and Sustainability Statement, along with copies of our ISO14001 and EMAS certificates.

In fairness Park Lane Press began to recycle all streams of waste before the law enforced it, we operated a good practice of waste minimization, thorough environmental risk assessments and gained accreditations before they became a requirement to winning tenders.

In actual fact over the last 13 years Park Lane Press can be proud of their achievements, they have reduced  water usage from over 1000 cubic litres a year to under 400, recycling waste is now over 97% , before 2003 it was around 60%.  Helping these stats along the way from initiatives such as investing in a power optimising unit, inventing a water reclamation system from our plate making machine, converting to 100% natural renewal energy sourced via Ecotricity, installing a heat transfer systems and zonal lighting.

I may have lost the children’s attentions a little whilst explaining the power optimising unit and water reclamation system, but the level of interest and feedback was enough for me to feel a warm sense of pride to how far we have come.  I also hope to have sparked a few possible careers in the environmental arena during my visit, and maybe even a few in print!

Libby Ferguson Environmental Manager, Park Lane Press ​

Do call us if you would like to arrange a site visit to Park Lane Press 01225 815 010