Business Card Printing & Stationery
Business card printing and coordinated stationery from our Yorkshire print site, including letterheads, compliment slips and options such as foil and spot UV.
Corporate stationery is the most frequently handled piece of print in any business - a business card crosses hands at every meeting, a letterhead is sent with every formal communication. Getting the colour, stock and finish right across the entire suite is what separates professional print from something that looks close enough on screen but falls flat in the hand.
Fretwell prints stationery in-house using FOGRA-certified (the German printing industry standard for colour accuracy) colour management, which means your Pantone brand colours are matched precisely and stay consistent from the first run to every reprint. We produce the whole suite together - cards, letterheads, comp slips, envelopes - so everything looks like one considered brand, not a collection of close approximations.
Minimum quantities for business cards start from 250, letterheads from 250 and stationery suites can be mixed and matched across items. For smaller quantities or one-off samples before committing to a full suite, our digital presses allow short-run production without compromising on colour accuracy.
Premium Finishes for Business Cards & Stationery
Our range of finishes goes well beyond standard litho. The right finish can transform a standard business card into a brand statement, and knowing which finish to choose for your brand is where our experience makes a real difference.
- Premium card stocks and specialist finishes
- Foiling, embossing, spot UV and lamination
- Matched letterheads, comp slips and folders
- FSC® certified paper sourcing
How stationery is produced at Fretwell
Specify your suite
Tell us which items you need - business cards, letterheads, comp slips, folders. We'll confirm stocks, finishes and quantities.
Artwork check & proof
We review your files for colour profile, bleed and font embedding. A digital proof is issued for approval before any job goes to press.
Print & finish
Each item in your suite is printed and colour-matched in-house. Specialist finishes - foiling, embossing, lamination - are applied before trimming.
Quality inspection & delivery
Finished stationery is inspected for colour consistency across the whole suite, then carefully packaged and delivered or collected.
Helpful guides
All guides
Envelope Sizes Guide: C4, C5, C6 and DL
Every common envelope size in mm and inches, what fits inside each one, and how the size affects Royal Mail postage.
Read the guidePaper Weight Guide: What GSM Means and Which to Choose
What GSM means, the right paper weight for each job, why weight and thickness differ, and how paper weight affects folding and postage.
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Print Finishes Explained: Spot UV, Foil, Embossing & Lamination
What each print finish does, when to use spot UV, foil, embossing or soft-touch lamination, and how to plan finishes into your artwork.
Read the guideGSM Calculator: Paper Weight, Thickness and Feel
Enter a gsm to see how the paper feels, what a sheet weighs, its rough thickness and whether your pack stays a Letter.
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Packaging Finishes: Foil, Embossing, Soft-Touch and Spot UV
How foil, embossing, soft-touch lamination, spot UV and windows work on packaging board, how to combine them, and what they do to recyclability.
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CMYK vs RGB vs Pantone: Colour for Print Explained
Why screen colours look different in print, when to pay for a Pantone spot colour, and what litho and digital presses can each match.
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