A HOLME Valley company providing design, translation, print and fulfilment services is racking up an enviable client list.

Wright Publications, based at Thongsbridge, has worked with some of the biggest names in business, including O2, Dell, SpecSavers and JCB as well as a clutch of companies nearer to home.

It provides everything from welcome packs for new customers of mobile phone companies and portable exhibition stands to translation services and corporate “give-aways” such as branded mugs, pens and golf balls.

The firm has also printed complicated price lists for a building products firm,

Managing director Mike Hall said: “We have distributed chocolates on behalf of one company, provided the curtains to cover a plaque for an unveiling ceremony and even came up with a memorial bench on behalf of another client.”

Fulfilling one-off and weird and wonderful requests underlines the company’s versatility and willingness to go “the extra mile” for customers.

However, Wrights has made its reputation meeting the needs of big players such as O2.

Said Mr Hall: “We have been working with O2 from its origins as BT Mobile several years ago.

“We were creating brochures and writing instruction manuals on how to use your mobile. We took technical information and turned it into plain English!

“We were then responsible for putting welcome packs for customers into the boxes containing their mobile phones.

“We were then asked to mail out the welcome packs separately – and from doing 300 a week we are now doing five to six million over the course of a year, either by post or email.”

Wrights has also worked with O2 on supplying products for its new flagship store at Tottenham Court Road in London as well as marketing the mobile company’s O2 Refresh service which enables its customers to change their phones whenever they like.

For SpecSavers, Wrights is responsible for sending out batteries for hearing aids, while the company has also provided translation services for JCB.

Mr Hall said Wrights – which specialises in helping clients promote their goods and services – was now ramping up its own marketing efforts.

“We deal with some big clients, but we are small enough to care,” he said. “The vast majority of our clients rate us eight out of 10 or better.

“We have an excellent staff of 14 people covering areas including copywriting, project management, artwork and design.

“We also work with external people, such as suppliers and web designers who are at the top of their game.

“We react quickly to changing demands from our customers because of our size.”

Mr Hall said the recession meant some of Wrights’ clients made cutbacks or took work “in-house”.

He said: “Everyone held back on their marketing budgets – but we were still getting regular work. Now we seem to have got busier as companies review their budgets again.”

The company, which has enjoyed a 20-year relationship with O2, is conscious of its roots in the local community.

Wrights sponsors badminton side Huddersfield Eagles, based at Newsome. Said Mr Hall: “I have played badminton for 30-odd years. The club has about 40 kids on the books who play on Sunday mornings.”