60 seconds with H&H Reeds Printers

The company originally started in 1878 as Reeds, a small family firm of printers and stationers based in Penrith in Cumbria. It remained in the same hands until 2006 when the now managing director Andy Jackson and sales director Dene Marshall (pictured) bought the company.

Reeds became part of the H&H Group five years ago, but holds true to its dedication to customer service.

Where are you based?

H&H Reeds Printers is based in Penrith and Milnthorpe in the beautiful county of Cumbria

How many staff do you have?

40, the majority here in Penrith

What does your firm do? 

We are a litho and digital printer but have expanded recently to offer both signage and wide-format

What’s your typical customer?

Being based in the Lake District most of our customers are ether involved in the tourist industry or agriculture, but we also have a strong customer base among large corporate clients

Which geographic areas do you serve?

Our clients are based all over the UK, but we do deal internationally as well

What’s your USP?

We are very proud that we all work and live in the Lake District and we like to think we champion environmental responsibility, which is key to many of our clients

What equipment do you run?

We have two Heidelberg B2 presses and a Linoprint CP Digital press, the majority of our work is also finished in-house

What’s been your proudest achievement in the past few years?

Expanding our customer base in what is a very difficult and competitive market

Where do you see your business in five years’ time?

As the business continues to grow we will hopefully move to a new purpose-built site here in Penrith and increase our visibility on a national level

What’s your team’s favourite biscuit?

Biscuits, cake? No favourites they all just vanish very quickly