Essential Services

Pete Allen Design For Publishing

Very experienced graphic designer with a particular interest in editorial and magazine design. I produce excellent results for all your design needs, at a sensible cost.

I have been working in publishing for over 20 years, and have gained a valuable amount of experience as a designer, art editor and art director. In addition to the above, I have much experience in designing brochures, advertising, logos and corporate identity. Examples can be supplied on request. All projects are produced using the latest Apple Mac computers and Adobe Software. PDFs are used for both low res. proofing to client and high res. digital artwork delivery to printer server, or copied to CD. (Needless to say, other ways of working can also be accommodated.) The whole process is painless, efficient and very cost effective.

Please feel free to contact me about any project (no matter how small or large)

Please visit my website which includes work examples together with references and testimonials from clients.

website: www.peterallendesign.co.uk

email: peter@peterallendesign.co.uk

Landline: 01306 882938

Mobile: 07761 218862

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Cartoons and cartoon illustration

Location: near Ludlow, Shropshire

Editorial cartoons, calendars, greetings cards, advertising and corporate cartoons and a variety of other cartoon illustrations. A prize winner in several international cartoon contests and has held one-man exhibitions in UK, Turkey, Czech Republic and Poland. Collections of his cartoons have been published in UK, China and the USA. His work appears regularly in The Countryman and has appeared in the Financial Times, The Times and Sunday Telegraph.

Clients include: Bentley Motors, Royal Bank of Scotland, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Pearson Education, Macmillan, Travis Perkins, Independent Audit Ltd, Country Cards, CADalyst (USA), Nelson Thornes, Kingsmead Publications, Merlin Unwin, The Works Retail Ltd,

Roger is currently General Vice-President of the international Federation of Cartoonists Organisations, having been General President for four years. He is a committee member of the newly formed Professional Cartoonists Organisation, and a member of the British Cartoonists Association, the Cartoonists Club of GB and a Fellow of the RSA. He is the originator and Chairman of the annual Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, first held in 2004.

All Roger's cartoons are fully digital artworks, using Corel Painter, Wacom graphics tablets and MAC computers.

Roger Penwill
Tel: 01584 711854
Mobile: 07840 659522
Web: www.penwill.com
Web: www.cadcartoons.com

Quizmail

Quizmail is an independent company supplying quizzes, puzzles, crosswords (themed and cryptic) and trivia to the media, the brewing industry, pub quiz leagues and fun pub quizzes. Sport crosswords (general sport or themed such as football, cricket, boxing etc.) and sports trivia are a speciality. Founded in 1985 we have worked with an impressive array of clients, working for many of the UK's most famous national newspapers including the Daily Express, Daily Star, Daily Mirror, Wales on Sunday and a host of regional newspapers.

We have also provided puzzles such as wordsearches, sudokus, targets and acrostic puzzles, to many national and regional magazines. Furthermore we have administered 1,000s of local and national quiz competitions for clients who read like a Who's Who of the brewing industry, including Guinness, Whitbread, Tetley-Carlsberg, Coors and Courage.

Since Quizmail was established in 1985, over a million questions have been supplied to satisfied teams. Quizmail supplies leagues with their quizzes in tamper proof envelopes and provides total administrative back-up in terms of fixtures and league tables, web support and posters.

Trevor Parry
Tel: 01633 264714
Web: www.quizmail.co.uk
Email: quizmail@ntlworld.com

The Hack Company

If you need somebody to revamp your publication, make your copy sing, clean up your layout, sort out your printers or inspire your staff, you want The Hack Company.

Ex-Fleet Street journalists John Reynolds and Ian Malcolm are The Hack Company. They offer:

Consultancy: Assessment of editorial needs through analysis of existing publications and consultation with clients.

(Current client: Private Equity International group of magazines)

Production of newspapers, magazines, brochures and leaflets from scratch to final product.

Editing and sub-editing of copy, including liaison with clients to get the best out of copy and to present it in the best way.

Layout and design of newspapers, magazines, brochures, booklets and leaflets.

(Current client: Hammersmith & Fulham borough council)

Training of newspaper, magazine and web journalists and staff to improve their skills writing, ordering and copy, writing headlines and layout.

(Current client: consultancy McKinsey’s internal comms department)

John Reynolds has worked at the Independent, the Mail on Sunday, the Express, financial daily CityAM and internet business magazine Industry Standard.

Ian Malcolm is editor of the International Express, Britain’s highest-selling expatriate newspaper. He has also edited a magazine for Amex Black Card holders. He designed and edited sailing magazine Yachting, the magazine for bird group RSPB, and a periodical for Cranfield University.

Contact John Reynolds at 07980 844906 or at johnpatrickreynolds@yahoo.co.uk.

Free Features Ltd

Free Editorial Content for Publishers

Features covering a wide range of consumer and business subject areas – free to use, subject to terms and conditions.

Tel: 0870 950 3330
Email: info@freefeatures.co.uk
Web: www.freefeatures.co.uk
Web: www.freefeaturesforbusiness.co.uk

Richard Willsher

Financial journalist
Tel: +44 207 424 5757
www.richardwillsher.com

Writes on all aspects of business and capital markets. Visit website for more background.

David Hallam

Available when you need an experienced interim solution, to manage a special project, deal with a crisis or handle an event.

Market and communications, strategy, Communications audit and review, Crisis communications and BC&DR; planning, Internal and project communications, Media relations Public Affairs (former MEP), Presentation for TV, radio and live, audiences

David Hallam
MCIM, MIPR, Prince 2 Foundation
Security cleared
Telephone 0121 429 4207
mobile 07939 378055
www.davidhallam.com

Weekly road test column

Make your motoring section a big draw for your readers (and advertisers) by running this bright and snappy weekly road test column - totally jargon-free and guaranteed to be reader-friendly.

Approx. 650 words of copy with photos – many of them unique to the column – and a ‘read all about it’ box of about 80 words, plus FOR/ AGAINST/ ALL IN ALL.

Delivered by email well in advance, and exclusive to your area.

Lost the copy or pics? Deadline looming? No problem. Just download everything from the website with a password.

Schedule of forthcoming road tests available, and priced to suit your budget. Established 1986.

Web: www.road-test.co.uk
Email: info@road-test.co.uk
Tel: 023 8063 8867

Apex News & Pictures

Providing top class pictures and reporting from the West Country.

We have built up a reputation both nationally and internationally for the quality of our work for newspapers, magazines TV and radio.

The agency has very close links with both the national and local media and deep roots in the South West which make it an industry leader.

We offer a total photographic and words package from a team of talented photographers and reporters with an extensive knowledge of the area, delivering quality words and pictures.

Tel: 01392 824024
Email: info@apexnewspix.com
Web: www.apexnewspix.com

Advance Features

Founded in 1974 Advance Features specialises in cartoons (series), daily and weekly crosswords (cryptic, quick and general knowledge) and other puzzles. Lead cartoon strip is the daily CREATURE FEATURE which has appeared in over 20 regional newspapers and the national Funday Times (The Sunday Times). Some text services available. Core markets are the Regional Press and National magazines; with some overseas outlets.

Tel: 01342 850480
Email: advancefeatures@aol.com
Web: www.advancefeatures.uk.com

Brainwarp

Established in 1987, Brainwarp creates original quality puzzles. Mainly supplies the in-house publications industry but has also produced work for newspapers, book publishers, TV programmes and websites. Speciality is crosswords but also writes wordsearches, sudokus, brainteasers, quizzes and wordgames.

Trixie Roberts
Tel: 01942 271817
Email: trixie@brainwarp.com
Web: www.brainwarp.com

Crossword Shop

Established 1987

Clients throughout Great Britain and abroad

Our archive includes cryptic/quick puzzles, easy puzzles, giant puzzles (39 squares by 39), all at competitive prices. We also compile a giant puzzle at Christmas.

Tel 01606 301929
Email: info@crosswordshop.co.uk
Web: www.crosswordshop

Exclusive Puzzles

Based in rural Northamptonshire and drawing on more than 25 years of experience, author, editor and professional puzzler Will Adams supplies crosswords, quizzes and all types of non-syndicated word puzzles exclusively compiled for your publication – to entertain and challenge your readers or to highlight and promote your company and products. Themed puzzles a speciality: general knowledge, entertainment, celebrity, geographical, heritage, gardening and many more. Customers include popular puzzle magazines, specialist monthlies, in-house journals and trade publications.

Will Adams
Tel/Fax: 01832 734425
Email: wadams1907@aol.com

Wordgames.co.uk

Widest range of puzzles of all suppliers. Many exclusive and innovative formats. Extensive back catalogue for puzzle magazines and books. Syndicated puzzles for daily and weekly newspapers. Big stuff and little stuff for magazines. Cartoons too! Full-time professional service for over 25 years. 500 clients include many top nationals. Everything on computer, fully typeset and compactly designed, ready for your pages.

Tel: Tom Williams 01457 83 4883
Email: email@wordgames.co.uk
Web: www.wordgames.co.uk