As I am sure we are all aware the recession in the UK has a had a devastating effect on many of us. The BTS and the whole hobby is not immune from this. However for many years (twelve yeras I beleive) we have manged to keep membership prices the same and still provide four journals per year. Personally I believe them to be the best in the hobby, but as I say thats my opinion. In an effrot to keep costs down we have started to look at ways of saving money and still provide you with an excellent service. One of the ideas tabled is to search for alternative printers of the journal and open it to tender. As I have said in my previous thread about the BTS and its workings we pay a high price to produce four journals or a single Volume. We are of course happy with our current printers but lets face it in these dark days it pays to shop around. So this is where you can help. Are there any members who own, run or work for a printers. If there are and you feel you may be able to help us then please contact me by PM. We are looking for a printer that can carry out the following work.
1. Print approximatly 600 journals in colour (from supplied PDF)
2. Print envelopes with (supplied) addreses and with a return address on the rear.
3. Pack, frank them with first class postage for the UK and franked printed paper for the Rest of the World and Europe. I say franked as this makes a serious difference to costs.
4. Send them out to the membership
5. Return the remainder, with envelopes to head office.
So if anyone knows any decent printers then please let us know.
Cheers
Ray and Angela
1. Print approximatly 600 journals in colour (from supplied PDF)
2. Print envelopes with (supplied) addreses and with a return address on the rear.
3. Pack, frank them with first class postage for the UK and franked printed paper for the Rest of the World and Europe. I say franked as this makes a serious difference to costs.
4. Send them out to the membership
5. Return the remainder, with envelopes to head office.
So if anyone knows any decent printers then please let us know.
Cheers
Ray and Angela
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