Q&A: Best of 2008

Clockwise from top left: Tim Claypole, director of the Welsh Centre for Printing; Libby Ferguson, project manager, Park Lane Press; Bernhard Schreier, Heidelberg’s chief executive; Peter Wise managing director of Minuteman Press; Giles Bowes, director of Concept Communications Group; Kelvin Bell, Vpress manager of e-commerce

Why did you get into printing?
Bell: To be challenged

What’s the strangest job you’ve ever done?
Claypole: Labelling bottles of blood
Ferguson: Picking up skittles for drunken farmers

Most embarrassing moment?
Wise: Explaining the large circular bruise on my forehead, which lasted two weeks and was caused by getting a working breast pump stuck to my head
Bell: On my stag do I was forced to wear the ‘Only gay in the village’ costume from Little Britain, while sober in Bournemouth city centre. And once I had to busk for beer money with a bucket and a harmonica
Schreier: When I forgot a private date because of business obligations

Who or what do you hate the most?
Bowes: dishonesty and Jonathan Ross
Ferguson: People who perpetually whinge

Who would play you in a film of your life?
Claypole: Anthony Hopkins
Bell: Ricky Gervais

Who or what makes you laugh?
Bowes: The antics of my dog
Wise: Volvo drivers – they are deluded motorway police wannabees

What’s your worst fashion disaster?
Bowes: A purple Versace cardigan

How would you like to be remembered?
Ferguson: Fun, reliable and full of the joys of life
Claypole: Taking printing into new high-tech areas

What was your childhood obsession?
Schreier: Kicking things