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Everything You Need to Know About Print Finishes
If you’ve landed here, chances are, you’re ready to learn more about print finishing… Print finishing is the final step in the printing process that trans...
Print & Design Blog
Discover expert insights, practical advice and the latest updates from our team. Our blog covers key topics, industry trends and useful guidance to help you stay informed and make confident decisions.
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Our New Online Print Shop is Live!
We’ve been busy behind the scenes working on something exciting and it’s finally here! We’re thrilled to announce that the new Ashley House Online Print Shop is...
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Why Eco-friendly Printing Matters: 5 Brand Benefits You Shouldn’t Ignore
As consumers become more eco-conscious, the choices your business makes now play a crucial part in shaping your reputation and success. One of the easiest and m...
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How to Stand Out at Your Next Trade Show with Great Print Design
As we move into a new year, along with it comes plenty of opportunity to grow your business. Trade shows are a fantastic opportunity to showcase your brand, con...
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Christmas Print Ideas to Boost Your Brand This Festive Season
The festive season is here and it’s an ideal time for small businesses and creatives to stand out with unique, high-quality printed products. whether showcasing...
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Why Choose Digital Print?
When it comes to printing, we understand that sometimes it’s difficult to decide which process is right for you. In this blog, we explore the benefits of ...
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We are a Carbon Balanced Printer
With sustainability at the heart of our business, we’re proud to share that we are officially a Carbon Balanced Printer — this means, when choosing us for your ...
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Graphic Design Trends for 2023
At the start of the year, we like to take some time to brush up on the upcoming trends for the year ahead, so you can keep your print looking its best – w...
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Proud to Support Surfers Against Sewage
As an eco-friendly printing company, we understand the importance of environmental protection, that’s why we ensure that our business, processes, and prod...
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354,000 Trees Planted and Counting
As one of the UK’s most environmentally friendly printing companies, we’re proud to work closely with The Woodland Trust, the UK’s largest woodland conservation...
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Our Carbon Capture Achievements in 2021
As a green printing company, it goes without saying that we do everything we can to ensure our processes and materials are sustainable, allowing us to keep our ...
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Graphic Design Trends for 2022
At the start of each year, we like to take a moment to brush up on the latest design trends expected to take the design world by storm, so that we’re ready to h...
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Proud to be FSC Certified
As an eco-friendly printing company, we go out of our way to ensure our processes and materials are sustainable and are proud to be FSC® Certified – this ...
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Are You Festive Print Ready?
Dare we say it but…. Christmas is coming! With Autumn here, it’s the perfect time to start planning for the busiest time of year for many, and at As...
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The Importance of Brochures
Brochures have been part of the traditional marketing mix for some time and that’s because they truly are an effective marketing tool for businesses of all size...
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Plastic Free July
Did you know that this month is also known as Plastic Free July? A global movement helping millions of people become part of the solution to plastic pollution –...
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A Demand for Printed Books
In 2020, over 200 million printed books were sold in the UK, the most amount of books in a 12-month period since 2012 (see The Rise and Rise of Print Books...
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Our Carbon Capture Achievements in 2020
At Ashley House, we’re committed to being as environmentally-friendly as possible and go out of our way to reduce our carbon footprint, that’s why we are ...
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Graphic Design Trends for 2021
After 2020, it’s safe to say that we are all ready for something new… and at the start of a new year, there’s nothing we enjoy more than seeing what design tren...
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Love Paper Campaign
As one of the most environmentally-friendly printing companies in the UK, we combine our passion for print with caring for the planet and are proud to work with...
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Lockdown Love on Hamstead Heath
As a creative printing company, we get to work with many talented individuals and businesses, including artists, illustrators and authors, printing everything f...
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Hospitality Essential Print for Reopening
At Ashley House, we’ve been working hard to help businesses from all sectors prepare for a safe reopening, from offices and education establishments to th...
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Essential Print for Post-lockdown…
We’re pleased to share that we have launched a new online shop for essential print to help local businesses prepare for a safe return to work or re-opening. Our...
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#standwithsmall – Working With Nia Gould
At Ashley House, we are lucky to work with businesses of all sizes, meaning no two days are the same. Whether supporting small independent businesses with their...
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An update on COVID-19
At Ashley House, we understand that many businesses are having to adapt and operate a little differently during these difficult times, but we want to reassure y...
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Eco & sustainable print finishing
In this blog, we’ll introduce you to just some of our eco and sustainable print finishing options, from interesting techniques to sustainable materials. If you’...
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Proud to support The Woodland Trust Carbon Capture Scheme
At Ashley House, we’re committed to ensuring our business is as environmentally-friendly as possible, that’s why we’re proud to support and work with some...
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Brilliant Print for Estate Agents
At Ashley House, we understand that high-quality print is vital to running a successful estate agency. Investing in print can help build a brand that is trusted...
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Graphic Design Trends for 2020
With 2020 in sight and the beginning of a new decade upon us, there’s never been a better time to shake up your print and experiment with something new – ...
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Ashley House nominated for Antalis Interior Design Award
As one of the most creative printers in the UK, we’re excited to share that we are in the running for the Antalis Interior Design Award 2019. The awards are ope...
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Keeping it green with plastic-free print
At Ashley House, we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and are proud to be known as one of the most eco-friendly printing companies in the UK, going...
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Direct Mail in the Marketing Mix
We recently came across an interesting infographic by Royal Mail Market Reach on the use of direct mail in the marketing mix, and it got us thinking a...
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Our 2018 green achievements!
At Ashley House, we’re committed to being as environmentally friendly as possible and are proud to share some of our 2018 green achievements! Find out mor...
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Proud sponsors of Exeter Living Awards 2019
Exeter Living Awards is one of the biggest dates the city has in the events calendar and is a huge celebration of businesses in and around Exeter. At Ashley Hou...
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Graphic Design Trends for 2019
With 2019 in full swing, it’s time to embrace change and start thinking about what the year ahead has in store for print design. To save you the hard work and t...
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Recycling at Ashley House
At Ashley House, we go out of our way to recycle everything and promote the use of recyclable and renewable materials. We are committed to producing printed pro...
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Social Media and Print
Whether for personal or business use, most people are using some form of social media as part of their daily routine. It’s a useful tool for maintaining relatio...
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Our 2017 green achievements!
At Ashley House, we’re committed to being as environmentally friendly as possible and are proud to share some of our 2017 green achievements! Find out mor...
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A tree-mendous day with the Woodland Trust!
At Ashley House, we are proud to be known as one of the most eco-friendly printing companies in the UK. We recognise the importance of environmental protection ...
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Print is not Dead!
As the world becomes increasingly reliant on technology, some businesses are putting all their eggs in the digital basket. You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘pri...
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Graphic design trends for 2018
Design trends are constantly changing, so it’s important to stay in the know with the latest trends to ensure your print doesn’t become outdated. To kick start ...
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Tips for unique brochure design
Printing your marketing material is proving to be the best way to stand out from your competitors! Print is now seen as a ‘non-traditional’ marketing method and...
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The benefits of print media in a digital age
In a world where digital marketing has such a strong presence, it’s easy to forget the potential of print, and throw it in the bin marked ‘irrelevan...
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Ashley House shortlisted in Digital Printer Awards 2017!
As one of the most environmentally friendly printers in the UK, we take great pride in letting you know that we are a finalist in the environment category at th...
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Why we support Surfers Against Sewage
At Ashley House, we are passionate about protecting our environment and we do everything we can to reduce our carbon footprint. We are committed to sourcing pro...
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2017 is the Golden Age of Print Marketing!
With the recent emergence of online marketing, it is easy to assume that ‘print is dead’. Some may say that digital marketing has taken over! A lot ...
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HP Indigo Digital Press: Green Printing with No Compromise on Quality
We print high quality print using the environmentally friendly HP Indigo digital printer. By printing on our HP Indigo we use less electricity and waste almost ...
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6 things we are doing to improve our environment
A forest area the size of 48 football fields is lost every minute. Last year, we planted over 1,494 m² of new woodland trees! That’s a lot of trees. Following o...
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Eco-friendly printing from Ashley House
Sustainable Printing Helps You to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint At Ashley House, we recognise the importance of environmental protection and the issues surroundi...
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Seven graphic design trends to look out for in 2017
With 2017 now in full swing, we take a look at the design trends that are coming to the forefront for 2017. With our 7 trends to look out for, you can consider ...
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Guide to top printing techniques
Top printing techniques #1: Die cutting Die-cutting is a great way to make your printed materials stand-out from the crowd. This technique involves using a meta...
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Self Publishing Books with Ashley House
So, you’ve just finished creating your latest masterpiece. Perhaps that’s an illustrated children’s book; an adults colouring book; your ...
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A new level for professional-quality photographs and display printing
One of our core values at Ashley House is that our print stands out from the rest. Another is that we produce the highest quality digital print in the...
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Happy 30th birthday to us!
This year we celebrate being in business for 30 years – where has the time gone? Looking back over all these years of printing got us thinking about something e...
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The smell of brilliant print!
Printed books are wonderful things, and all printed things are wonderful. Flyers, posters, brochures, leaflets – there is something so much more tactile t...
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Exquisite print for an exhibition at the National Trust
We are thrilled to have been chosen to print a set of catalogues and a stunning hand-bound for a National Trust exhibition entitled ‘Passions and Possessions’, ...
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Brochure Design: Five inspiring examples
Padders Brochure: Creative use of die cutting We love the creative use of a die-cut in this brochure for Padders, a manufacturer of quality British footwe...
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Proud finalists in the Print, Design and Marketing Awards 2016
The Finalists for the Print, Design and Marketing Awards for 2016 have been released, and we’re delighted to announce that we are finalists in tw...
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Creating a greener world… One page at a time
At Ashley House we believe that we should do what we can to create a greener, cleaner and more sustainable business. Over the years we have made huge strides in...
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The power of print to move people
For millions of years we have used our senses to explore the world and navigate our way through the environment, but how is digital media affecting this? The ad...
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HP Indigo Digital Press: A new world of creative possibilities
Digital printing technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years. The state-of-the-art HP Indigo Digital Press at Ashley House opens up a world of new p...
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Top tips for better print design – Part 1
1. Step outside of the norm A4 is often seen as the ‘accepted’ standard size when printing, but don’t get caught up in what everyone else is doing. Try experime...
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The emotional power of colour
Psychologists have known for many years that people respond in an emotional way to different colours. The fact that red feels vibrant, passionate and exciting, ...
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6 creative uses for large format print
We print everything at Ashley House, from the smallest business cards to vast wall coverings. Our team have years of experience with large format print and know...
