Why is Security Printing Important?

Security Printing refers to the aspect of the printing industry which deals with printing of highly important items such as cheques, banknotes, tamper-evident labels, passports, stock certificates, product authentication, identity cards, postage stamps and tickets. For instance, the primary goal involved in security ticket printing is to make sure that tampering, forgery, and counterfeiting is prevented.

Recently, several techniques have been used in order to provide protection to these types of documents. These techniques have become available to reliable bespoke printers whether they are using the newer and the latest digital platforms or the traditional flexographic and offset presses. Businesses are protecting their documents by using certain features, which can provide the assurance that these items cannot be forged or that there is no alteration of data, which are not detected.

Security Printing – The Modern Methods

There are different types of features that are implemented by bespoke printers in order to make sure that everything is done accurately and securely. One is by using a special type of paper. In the case of security ticket printing, the clients can choose the type of paper to be used. In some cases, watermarks can also be used. A watermark refers to a recognisable pattern or image in paper which is either lighter or darker as compared to the rest of the surrounding paper when they are viewed using a light coming from behind the paper.

Micro printing is another technique in security printing, which involves using extremely small text. This is generally used in printing bank checks and currencies. As a matter of fact, the text is small enough to be seen by the naked eye. Holograms may also be embedded using either hot-stamping foil or a plastic substrate or by directly embossing a holographic paper to the laminate. Others also use magnetic ink; however this is mostly applicable to banking.

On the other hand, for other types of printing which still needs attention and protection, security ticket printing is very important. For instance, if you are an organisation or perhaps a representative of your school, and you need tickets for an upcoming event, you surely would not want your potential audience to create duplicates of your tickets without your permission, right? This type of act will not just compromise your ticket sales, but also the integrity of the entire event, and, of course, your organisation.

In order to avoid this thing from happening, it is very important to deal with reliable and trustworthy bespoke printers who can help you with the process. They are equipped with the best tools and equipment to perform security printing. With such option, you can have an assurance that you have high quality and secured tickets as an output.

Are You In A Position To Hire More Staff?

It’s the dream. You start a business in your back room, take on a part-timer and then make them full-time. You soon realise you’re a bit cramped so you get an office. Then you need someone to make whatever it is you sell while you get the new business in, and so it goes on. Google started like that and so we suspect did thousands of other corporate giants.

We all know that finding talent to do whatever it is you do is hard and when you do find them, you have to pay over the odds, but how can you scale your business by taking on more work if you haven’t got the workforce to do the actual work you’re being asked to do? This is the double-edged (or even triple-edged) sword that employers are now discovering and it’s a genuine concern.

A new JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has thrown up some startling figures:

•39% of employers have ‘no capacity’ to take on more work without more staff
•Just under 6 in 10 have ‘a little capacity’
•Since Aug 14, employers with limited or no capacity has increased by 5% to 95%
•In the same time period, employers reporting a ‘fair amount’ has halved to 5%

In addition, of those surveyed, 79% plan to hire more permanent employees in the coming three months; 13% will maintain current levels of staffing and only 8% plan to reduce numbers.

It’s a common story that we’ve reported on a number of times over the last 12-18 months: just where is all this skilled talent coming from? Employers are continually telling us that there are severe talent shortages in this century’s vital employment growth areas – engineering, IT, medical research and construction – so, according Kevin Green, the Chief Executive of the REC ‘fixing [the employment shortage] needs to be a priority for the next government so that the UK can continue to prosper. That means a sensible approach to immigration so that businesses have access to the talent they need today, while the government improves careers advice in schools and encourages more young people to study the right subjects.’

He also rightly points out that recruiters like Asset Resourcing have an important job – to connect employers with the right talent including untapped talent pools. There are around 1m ‘older’ workers who can potentially offer businesses experience and skillsets they need.

The talent is out there. Sometimes they just have to be given the opportunity and while that can involve a certain amount of risk on the part of the employer, oftentimes that risk can pay serious dividends.

What are your plans for Q2 2015? Are you hiring or firing? If you’re hiring, we have a supremely talented bunch just waiting for the right opportunity and if you are having to let staff go, we have some fantastic jobs waiting for the right candidate!

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Question: When Is A Lunch Hour Not A Lunch Hour?

Answer: when it’s half an hour, or even ten minutes. In a recent report published by Reed, 1,000 workers were surveyed to discover what they do at lunchtime and the answers may shock you.

•Over 60% are given less than an hour
•Almost seven in 10 don’t take the amount of time they are allocated
•Two in three admit they don’t actually eat at lunchtime

Which begs the question, why do people find it so hard to separate themselves from their desks?

A lot of us have been there, getting to 3pm and realising we haven’t eaten a thing since breakfast and the suggestion is that it’s partly about needing to get the job done and also about the perception that you’re working hard to impress the boss.

Eating out every day, even if it’s just a Pret sandwich, can get expensive. Add in a bag of crisps and a coffee and you’re looking at £6+ a day, £30+ a week or £120+ a month. That’s the business end of £1,500 a year. Throw in a few decent pub lunches a month and your banging on the door of two grand.

Some will use their lunch time for other things, such as going to the gym, doing personal stuff like banking or catching up on the latest episode of Better Call Saul. Whatever the reason, for some, eating is way down the list of priorities.

Being nourished naturally makes you more productive and of course in some companies, namely massive social media firms and banks, hot and cold food is provided either free or at heavily subsidised rates and that’s a big draw but if you have fund your grub yourself, it seems that there are plenty of other things you’re prefer to do.

What do you do at lunchtime? Let us know on Twitter @AssetResourcing