Our long heritage in the signwriting and graphics field means that despite today’s desire for innovative displays and technology, we are still passionate about and wedded to the benefits of traditional everyday signage.

Professionalism, quality, risk management, compliance and care. Each one of these is more than a word to us at Octink, because each one is at the heart of everything we do. Whether it is producing and installing hundreds of meters of advertising hoarding around a construction site or delivering a giant building wrap, we are continually striving to professionalise everything we do.

Hosting a Prime Minister for a tour of your business is an privileged opportunity, so to host two in less than six years is pretty special! Octink welcomed David Cameron back in 2011* and on Friday, Prime Minister Theresa May visited us.

We’re pleased to announce our appointment as the official event signage supplier to the 2017 Sportingclass Industry Invitational. This prestige golf tournament now in its 8th year has firmly established itself in the corporate calendar and has arguably become the leading corporate golf event in Europe since its inception in 2010.

We’re delighted to introduce our new web-to-print service, Print Guardian.

We are an Investors in People Silver achiever!

This silver accreditation recognition reflects the company’s continuing commitment people management. Staff training and development is a big part of what we do here at Octink, with each member of staff having their own development plan. being an Investors in People achiever since in 2004 and achieving the Bronze accreditation in 2014.

The start of July saw a successful ‘New Designers’ exhibition take place at the Business Design Centre in London. A stage for all the budding entrepreneurs on the leading design courses in the country to come together and show what they’re made of. Featuring a special place in Octink’s heart were the students from Kingston University: as part of the community work we are involved in, the design department – in this case product and furniture design – works closely with us to help bring their ideas to life. ‘Thinking Through Making’ was prepared by the students and Octink assisted with product branding with some free issue signage.

Productivity. Sit at any board table and you’ll hear this word uttered on numerous occasions. A word that many company owners love to hate. However, it’s something we can’t get away from, and to coincide with emergency budget day, Radio 5 live recently took a more in-depth look into differences in productivity between British and German manufacturing businesses. Yours truly was invited to join BBC journalist Fiona Trott on a visit to a German company based near Karlsruhe to see if, as CEO of Octink, there was anything I could learn about British and German mentalities, and by extension the reason that they are often more productive as a country than we are. The findings were not surprising: the integration between our respective educational systems and business, alongside a permanent programme of research and development. Listen to the full interview here.

Last weekend saw hundreds of thousands of car and racing enthusiasts, along with the odd celebrity, descend on Goodwood House to indulge in their speed needs at the annual Festival of Speed ‘garden party’. Blessed with (predominantly) good weather, this years’ event was once again a spectacular scene, and one that Octink was heavily involved in for the sixth year running.

June 14th marked the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta.