The QR code has made a huge comeback in recent years, once relegated to niche uses and hindered by technical hurdles, recently I’ve scanned printed QR codes on Lego instructions which took me to their website, a menu at a restaurant to place an order, a link to complete a survey from my child’s school and an advert to download an app. What QR codes have you scanned recently? Why are QR codes making a comeback? Pandemic impact: Contactless interactions during the pandemic boosted QR code use significantly. Restaurants used them for menus, businesses for payments and virtual tours. Impro ..read more

Thank you for your support through 2024. The business turned 10 years old in November, we’re yet to celebrate as we didn’t want to lose focus on our production, we’ll celebrate in February instead! We supported our customers to continue to grow their businesses through producing laser cut and UV printed products. So many of our talented customers had their work recognised this year, including one who had hundreds of decorations sold at Fortnum & Masons. We couldn’t be prouder to work with our customers and help them to manufacture their products here in the UK.   Our new UV printer th ..read more

Wow, what a year! We have seen lots of our customers grow their business this year and new customers come on board. Thank you to all our customers past and present, it really does mean the world when you choose to work with us. We’ve worked through through some tricky strikes for deliveries and Christmas deadlines but we’ve made it! It’s the first year we opened our production diary for securing Christmas production slots, if you have any feedback for us we’re all ears. It made planning for us a little easier, I hope to improve upon our offering next year with the addition of our new UV printe ..read more

Bespoke Laser UK became a certified Carbon Neutral business last year. We’re proud to be reducing our environmental impact. But what does that mean for you, our customers, and your Carbon Neutral status? We’ve put together some more information, and some handy wording you can use when talking about your products and business. Why bother aiming for Carbon Neutral? Protecting the planet is an important responsibility for all of us to share. After the COP26 summit, we were inspired to find ways to reduce our environmental impact as a micro business. In our day-to-day business, we choose materials ..read more

Click the image above to open the production calendar   When choosing a manufacturer to work with there are a lot of things to consider. A quote for your design is a great place to start but you might also want to plan your production for the year, especially if you intend on ordering in small batches rather than in bulk. As our business has grown our orders have too. Especially in the last two years, it has been tough working out how much product you should order, which in turn has made it hard for us to predict our turnaround times. Understandably customers are leaving their ordering ..read more

We’re so excited about the opportunity that Carbon Neutral Britain has provided small businesses to become certified as Carbon Neutral. It’s a small piece of the puzzle in a much larger picture. For years we’ve looked at ways to give back to our environment but as a micro business and we’ve not been able to find a charity or initiative to work with until now. We’ve worked on improving our energy consumption, recycling our small amount of waste and reusing all the packaging that comes in to us. In light of the recent COP26 summit we’ve been researching ways we could offset our carbon emissions ..read more

Have you ever had an idea for a product or wanted to bring a sketch to life but had no idea where to start when contacting manufacturers? Knowing where to look and who to contact can be daunting. You don’t know if your idea will work without making a prototype or if the price of manufacturing will be viable for your business, but without that initial contact it will always remain the idea you never did try. Everyone’s individual projects are so different that we can’t give exact price guides because they’d never be accurate and many manufacturers are the same. For some their job may cost less ..read more

Thank you to all the customers who chose to work with us this year, your support throughout this time has helped my business survive. When you choose to work with us it really is the greatest feeling. As a small business the support this year has really motivated us to keep going through quieter times and we’ve remained open throughout the year and through lockdowns to be able to keep our support going to customers old and new. Like many, this year has been difficult and managing work with staff off, at home, isolating, material shortages and everything happening in personal lives has been tou ..read more

Stencils We get lots of enquiries for stencils for a wide range of uses. Recently they have been for putting a flour logo on to baked bread, pushing icing through a food grade plastic stencil, chocolate dusting stencil for coffee, painting a logo on the inside of handmade shoes, painting a design on to a saw and much more! With every unique stencil there is going to be a unique way of applying that stencil to your material. Mylar Plastic Stencils Mylar stencil plastic is a great material for a reusable stencil. It is less robust and will require a gentle application in some instances. We offer ..read more

Hi everyone! We’re still busy working, although in limited capacity, as a key supplier to some firms and orders are open to individuals and businesses. Laura has had a few minutes spare to make some wooden bunnies to put along paths in her village for children to spot on their once a day outdoor exercise. You can join in to! We’ve made the file into an A4 PDF that you can print out and colour for your window at home. Download the file here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13kCMGHnas_ecuKyMp8nUveV97hx2Kj8t/view?usp=sharing   The post Easter Bunny Trail appeared first on Bespoke Laser UK ..read more