Printing.com hits £1m mark

RETAIL chain Printing.com has broken through the £1 million a month sales barrier for the first time.

The Manchester-based group, which has 19 stores - including one in Edinburgh - and 39 franchise operations across the UK, said the performance in the four weeks to December 7 continued the strong trading record seen since the end of the summer. The 1m-plus sales compared with a figure of 770,000 a year earlier.

Printing.com, which generated sales of 7.7m in the year to March 31, said net invoiced sales - stripping out the element taken by the franchisee - were 831,000 in the four-week period compared with 688,000 a year earlier. The firm, which was founded in 1992 and is listed on Ofex, prints items including leaflets and promotional cards for individuals as well as small and medium-sized firms.