Nick Linney impressed us all with his amazing talk about his World Class Marketing Business!

William Linney came down from Loch Linney in Scotland to Mansfield, where he opened a book shop business in 1851.  He was certainly an entrepreneur, who enjoyed writing and soon started producing newspapers and then set up a family printing business for 3 generations.  The family borrowed money to expand the business in 1951 and produced the Chronicle Advertiser (known as The Chad!).  Nick Linney joined the business in the 1970s and his two sons are now the 6th generation of the family running the business.  In 1995 after a trip to the USA, Linneys sold the newspaper business to Johnson Press and set up the printing business instead, encouraging the use of computers and creative skills.  Linneys was built on Adamsway in in 1997 and now has been hugely extended, as they have a large number of employers dealing with computers and technology.  They are renowned for creating marketing products and fantastic designs for screens for Macdonald’s & Starbuck’s advertising agencies. (Report by Margaret Thomas)