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Pink Pig was created in 1992, by Nick Wilson.  Our Managing Director, understood the importance of high quality paper and the needs of artists and art students from his background in art, design and print-making.  His plan; to provide vast choice, colours to reflect an artist’s personality, the best quality papers at affordable prices and all with a quirky brand to boot! Our brand emerged from a day trip to the Yorkshire Dales, one simple design, drawn by hand for a print makers business card, a Pig created in 1982. Nick and our team still hold the same vision, 29...

I spend a lot of time and the precious little brain cells I have left, trying to push our pigs in to new markets.  Recently focusing on Europe and ways to appeal to our friends across the water.  Immersing myself in articles about the 'Dos & Don'ts' I find that a lot can be learned from the socioeconomic factors of a particular country.  As an example: citizens of particular countries that don't like to use credit cards or trust online payment portal's. However, there's one type of customer that fancy marketing techniques don't necessarily work on. These are the 'they looked lovely,...