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Oli Burrows
Customer Services
7-step guide to buying print
21-07-2021
Even in the digital age, there are few organisations that don’t need to get something printed at some point. These 7 quick tips will help you get print buying right – and ensure you get the service and print quality you deserve from your local printer.
Benjamin Burrows
Managing Director
making business cards work harder
07-07-2021
In a world that relies so heavily on technology to communicate, and as we look forward to meeting face-to-face once again, the role of business cards is as important as ever. How can you make the most of this humble business tool?
Oli Burrows
Customer Services
how to get your book printed | a holywell guide
17-05-2021
Congratulations! Your dream of publishing a book is almost realised! You’ve written the content and found images to include, so the hard work is done. But how do you go about printing your book?
Benjamin Burrows
Managing Director
climate change and sustainability – reducing our carbon footprint
15-03-2021
Few products can be described as being truly sustainable, but paper is one of the few that can; it is made of wood, which is both natural and renewable. As trees grow, they absorb CO 2 and paper, as a wood product, continues to store CO 2 throughout its lifetime.
Benjamin Burrows
Managing Director
holywell make self-publishing easy: release your inner author
27-07-2020
Developments in print technology mean it’s never been easier or more cost effective to publish a book. If you’ve written something that you haven’t had published or if you’re in the process of writing now and wondering how to publish a book, we can help.
Toby Matthews
Creative Designer
using colour in print and on screen | a holywell guide
30-06-2020
As you can imagine, colour plays a key role in just about everything we do, and accurate and high-quality colour reproduction is something in which we take great pride. With this in mind here’s a helpful basic guide to colour modes, choosing colour palettes and the meaning colours convey.
Benjamin Burrows
Managing Director
why long-term relationships benefit customers as much as suppliers
27-04-2020
As Holywell Press celebrates its 130th anniversary this year - surviving two world wars, the Great Depression and the Spanish Flu pandemic - I am reassured that our policy of building long-term customer relationships will see Holywell and its customers through the current Coranavirus pandemic.
Toby Matthews
Creative Designer
5 tips for supplying artwork for printing
13-01-2020
At Holywell we receive many “print-ready” artwork files of varying quality. Here’s some handy advice that even the most experienced professional designers will find useful in preparing print-ready artwork to achieve optimal results.
Ken Smale
Business Development Director
conference materials: last minute doesn’t have to mean second rate
18-07-2019
Is your organisation gearing up for its annual conference? While some of you may be looking forward to putting your feet up on a sunlit beach, others are busy making plans for their annual gathering of staff and stakeholders. Autumn is traditionally the time when organisations choose to do this.
Toby Matthews
Creative Designer
5 print finishes that make a lasting impression
23-04-2019
One of the biggest advantages print has over digital media is that you can touch it and feel it, even smell it. It provides unique opportunities to convey the qualities and values of a brand – concepts that can be harder to drive home online.
Toby Matthews
Creative Designer
5 reasons why it could be good to choose an illustration over photography
14-02-2019
Illustrations offer an appealing alternative to using photography and generic stock photography in particular. Authenticity and individuality are current buzzwords in graphic design and using illustrations is a good way to achieve both.
Benjamin Burrows
Managing Director
getting the most from holywell press
14-01-2019
Holywell is always happy to offer customers advice on how to get the very best from print in particular, but just as commonly these days on engaging customers through multiple channels, including social media, email, and the web.
Toby Matthews
Creative Designer
what paper should I choose for my print job? | a holywell guide
03-08-2018
Paper is at the heart of most of what we do, and one of the first questions we ask customers when they come to us with a print project is what paper they would like print on.
Ken Smale
Business Development Director
perfect bound books – printing Malcom Graham’s “Diverse Oxfordshire”
05-03-2018
Given its own long history in Oxford, Holywell Press was understandably honoured to be chosen to print and perfect bind local historian Malcolm Graham’s latest book, Diverse Oxfordshire – The County and its People , on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council.
Ken Smale
Business Development Director
diverse creative services for a diverse and creative clientele
24-01-2018
Over the years, the Holywell Press customer base has expanded to become a rich and varied one. From independent book publishers looking for design and print to theatrical productions wanting programmes printed and everything in between, there’s little we didn’t see last year.
Toby Matthews
Creative Designer
5 key design trends for 2018 – what we will see more of this year
02-01-2018
As we enter the new year, I take a look back at some of the graphic design trends that dominated 2017 and look set to continue into 2018. While designers are constantly searching for ‘the next new look’, there are some definite design trends I have identified as likely to dominate the coming year. ...
Ken Smale
Business Development Director
bring in more visitors using professionally printed brochures
07-08-2017
Well printed and carefully designed brochures remain an importartant element of marketing collateral despite the popularity of online marketing. They are collectible items that live longer in the memories of those who receive them or pick them up than a tweet or website visit.