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Piccolo Press is being kept very busy by the many orders coming through from British Embassies for receptions to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen. Whilst some of these events combine the annual Queen’s Birthday Party (QBP), we are seeing many additional receptions to celebrate this her Diamond Jubilee Year.  We are […]

A recent design of round business cards, printed by letterpress has been a huge success with a local Antiques Company, who have now followed up with a second order. The cards are printed on a 750gsm white card and then die cut to 75mm in diameter. The cards are small enough to be carried in

As a result of a request from a school in Aberdeenshire, Piccolo Press has produced some special bookplates to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.  The bookplates are in full colour with the Diamond Jubilee Logo and are printed onto a peel back sticky paper.  It is suggested that these will make

Since Piccolo Press appeared in the FT Magazine issue of January 7th, we have inundated with requests for Correspondence Cards and lined tissue envelopes.  These items of stationery are already a best seller and we have a gallery of cards within our “Personal” section on our web site.

With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to celebrate this year,  Piccolo Press has commissioned a special hand engraved steel die to print/diestamp the Jubilee Logo in burnished gold. The die was hand engraved by an ex Engraver to the Bank of England. Piccolo Press is also able to produce the full colour version of the Jubilee

Best wishes to all for New Year and 2012. Whilst we are answering your emails, the Press Room does not start again until Thursday 5th January. To show you what the Piccolo Printshop looks when put to bed for the holiday I have posted a picture of the general workshop, and one of the bank

I have chosen, as invitation card of the month, one we produced for Mr Dominic Reid, OBE, who was celebrating his role as Pagentmaster of the Lord Mayor’s Show for twenty years.An intricate die had to be hand engraved in steel, incorporating the Lord Mayor’s Carriage and Heraldic items.  There were very fine lines on

Piccolo Press has recently die-stamped a Christmas Card for the prestigious “Carnegie Club” at Skibo Castle, in the North of Scotland. The design required two large hand steel engraved dies and was the most challenging and difficult job that Piccolo Press has ever attempted.The card was stamped onto a folded card 8.25” square with the

And so on Monday 24th October some 1000 persons from the UK Printing Industry were sitting down to dine at Grosvenor House, Park Lane.  Piccolo Press had been notified that they had been short listed for a print award. Tim Honnor was seated at a table at the far end of the room, trying to

Monday 24th October sees the UK PrintWeek Awards Dinner in Grosvenor House, London. Here some 1600 people from the printing Industry will gather to see the judges pick the “Printers of the Year” for 2011. Piccolo Press has been earmarked as one of three finalists, throughout the UK, in “Social Stationery Printer” section. Managing Director,