171,055
participants in the meta-analysis showing print readers comprehend more than screen readers[2]
Delgado et al., 2018, Educational Research Review (54 studies)
For training & L&D teams
Printed take-aways your delegates actually keep, read, and refer back to.
Workbooks, manuals, and handouts that turn a one-day session into a year-long reference. We print and bind for UK trainers, L&D departments, and learning consultancies β from a single delegate pack to a thousand.
The numbers
171,055
participants in the meta-analysis showing print readers comprehend more than screen readers[2]
Delgado et al., 2018, Educational Research Review (54 studies)
Β£53bn
UK employer training spend in 2024[3]
DfE Employer Skills Survey via CIPD / People Management
$1,283
average annual L&D spend per employee, with 17.4 learning hours per head[4]
ATD 2024 State of the Industry
01 / argument
Ebbinghaus's classic memory research showed that without reinforcement, most newly-learned material is lost within days. A printed workbook is reinforcement you can put in someone's hand β it survives the train home, sits on a desk, and gets opened again at week six when the lesson is needed. A PDF in an inbox doesn't.
02 / argument
Learners who write notes by hand engage more deeply with material than those typing verbatim. Margins, highlights, dog-eared corners β printed workbooks invite the kind of personal annotation that turns passive content into owned knowledge. Generous wide-margin formats and lay-flat wire binding make that easy.
Paper beats screen
for comprehension of informational and time-limited reading β the print advantage is growing, not shrinking[2]
Delgado et al. meta-analysis, 2000β2017
03 / argument
Wire-bound delegate manuals that lay flat on a training-room desk. Saddle-stitched workbooks for half-day sessions. Branded covers, course-specific page counts, and the option to print fifty for a closed cohort or five hundred for a national rollout β without paying for a thousand you'll never use. Most orders out the door in three working days, next-day available when the schedule slips.
Where we fit
Spotlight 01from Β£3.50 Β· A4 60-page wire bind
The trainer's default: lays flat on the desk, takes annotation well, and the 360Β° spine means delegates can fold it back without breaking it. Great for manuals over 40 pages.
A5 to A3 Β· Next day available
Lays flat for easy reading. Ideal for reports and portfolios.
Configure
Spotlight 02from Β£1.29 Β· 40-page A5 booklet
Saddle-stitched workbooks for shorter sessions and handouts. Crisp full-colour covers, light enough to hand out in volume, and quick to turn around for date-driven training schedules.
A6 to A4 Β· 8 sizes
Saddle-stitched booklets for brochures, zines, and comic books.
ConfigureOften ordered together
from Β£2.80Stapled with loops that fit into ring binders. Binder-ready.
from Β£2.80
32-page A4 booklet
Customisable and refillable. Ideal for training handbooks.
from Β£6.90
A4 2-ring binder
Printed folders with pockets for presentations and portfolios.
from Β£3.90
A4 folder with pocket
from Β£4.50And the market is moving
~$401bn
global corporate training market, growing at 4.6% CAGR β printed collateral is part of how that spend lands[5]
The Business Research Company, 2024, via Training Industry Inc.
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