Beermats

Following on from Gwent Police printing beermats earlier in the year , it turns out the neighbouring South Wales Police Force have managed to find some money for a print run as well. A veritable cornucopia of taxpayer-funded bodies have used our money to produce this advertising gimmick, still with breweries cutting back on point of sale material such as beermats it appears that only the bloated public sector can afford to produce such advertising material. It is good that the flow of cash...Read Full Story

Beermat distributor Gwent Police have announced that they will be cutting 350 jobs in an effort to save £3 million off their budget. Landlords throughout Newport, Monmouthshire, Torfaen and Caerfilthy Unitary Authorities are outraged that they will no longer be able to have bilingual beermats delivered to them by police officers. One Newport publican, who wished to remain anonymous said, "This really is the thin end of the wedge. Breweries cannot afford to print beermats any longer so we...Read Full Story

The latest beer mat news is that Solent Media Limited trading as Zyan Design & Print has just purchased two .com beermat domains to “facilitate expansion”, at a cost of $10,000. The intention is laudable, but purists may claim that their money would have been better spent on purchasing a print press, rather than a domain or two. There is nothing wrong with selling beermats, many print brokers, dealers, agencies, promotional houses, print suppliers and advertising houses do, but there is no...Read Full Story

Well the definition of a ‘manufacturer’ is as follows: “ a person or company in the business of manufacturing; esp., a factory owne r”. Therefore a purist would argue that unless the beermat company in question was in the business of manufacturing and had their own plant, that they could not possible be described as a manufacturer.   Given the definition is so clear, why you may ask, would a beermat company attempt to claim that they were a beermat manufacturer? Is it because it makes...Read Full Story

Well the definition of a ‘manufacturer’ is as follows: “ a person or company in the business of manufacturing; esp., a factory owne r”. Therefore a purist would argue that unless the beermat company in question was in the business of manufacturing and had their own plant, that they could not possible be described as a manufacturer. Given the definition is so clear, why you may ask, would a beermat company attempt to claim that they were a beermat manufacturer. Is it because it makes them...Read Full Story