Lloyds TSB awards TALL contract

The TALL Group has secured a print contract to produce around 700,000 cheques for Black Horse, part of the Lloyds TSB Group, during the next year.

TALL Group sales manager David Pugsley said the Cheshire-based company had a long-standing relationship with Black Horse, which had seen it produce cheques for their head office and current accounts on an on-going basis.

Due to their relocation in Cardiff we recently re-printed their cheque requirements, so this contract strengthens our working relationship, he said.

Black Horse business manager Tony Cunningham said he had been pleased with TALLs management of its relocation alterations on its documents, coupled with its service to the bank group over the years.

The cheques will be used for various financial packages made through Black Horse, including car finance.

A supply of Black Horse cheques will be maintained at TALLs premises which will be delivered on demand as required by Black Horse.

The latest contract win adds to the companys banking clients which includes Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Girobank.

The TALL Group also prints the cheques that are handed out to the winners of ITVs Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Programme.

The TALL Group comprises of Checkprint in Leicestershire and TALL Security Print in Cheshire. Checkprint was a runner-up in the SME company of the year category in the PrintWeek awards for 2002.

The group employs more than 150 people, and has a turnover of around 8m.

by Andy Scott