The duo is pledging to offer "jargon free business improvement services" with fees based on results, and are at pains to distance themselves from more traditional management consultants.

PIES is offering its expertise to printers and publishers with a raft of services, including business re-engineering, wage cost control, factory layouts, interim management, mergers and acquisitions and minimal staffing footprints.

Holland, who took early retirement from his role as Polestar's group business development director earlier this year, quipped: "We've got something like 40 stone of raw management talent to offer."

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