Around the country

Caroline and I at the Print Industry Conference

Both of us are keen to get women into high profile positions in print

Mad couple of days rushing around. I left home at 5am on Wednesday morning to get to a Print conference near Rugby. I am a committee member of the Independent Print Industries association which is an organisation that allows manufacturers and print management companies to meet and exchange views.

The conference was excellent covering aspects of environmental issues for the paper industry through to the latest technology using web pages. There are some truly excellent innovations in web page development.

It also means that I get to catch up with a number of customers in one place rather than various journeys around the UK.

Following the conference I stayed at Cambridge so I would be able to visit some customers in the area. There is no substitute for getting out of the office and actually seeing your customers. Email and the phone cannot replicate actually sitting and chatting through customers needs face to face.