Great London, United Kingdom (PressExposure) August 03, 2010 -- A 40-year-old British printing company has doubled its business during the toughest recession in modern times - by giving away £100,000 of its products, totally free.
Print Republic, based in Fairview industrial estate, Amersham has given away millions of free business cards to companies across Britain. And it's now offering other British businesses their own free cards at http://www.PrintRepublic.co.uk
Stefan Boyle runs Print Republic, which was set up by his father Brian in 1970. He said: "People think I am lying when I say we have doubled the size of our business during the last 12 months. But we really have. My staff are working flat out day after day happy that their jobs are very safe.
"What with the tail end of the recession and the general state of the economy many businesses are really struggling right now. "Print Republic is my family's business. I've been involved with it since 1986, when I was just 16 years' old, so I've been through a recession before.
"And I knew that it was going to be really tough just to survive, let alone grow the business. So we hit upon a brilliant new marketing strategy that has made a real difference." At the company's website http://www.PrintRepublic.co.uk any business can get 100 business cards totally free.
Hundreds of different companies from around the UK go there every day to get their free business cards. Stefan said: "Yes the cards cost us money to print, but this is a really efficient way for us to meet new clients. Many businesses order their free cards, then phone us up and ask us to do other printing for them."
He added: "Print Republic isn't just surviving the tough economy. We are growing the business as well as securing local jobs. Plus by giving cards away we are helping thousands of other businesses get extra business for themselves."
"We have always thrived on giving great customer service and now we are primarily an internet business, we set ourselves apart by offering the benefits of the online automation but still maintaining a personal service that our clients love. Once clients order their free business cards, many come back for leaflet printing, flyers, brochures and many of the other services we offer."