Design and print your business stationery

Business stationery covers every aspect of your printed communications - with customers, suppliers and even between different people in your business.

The types of stationery most businesses are likely to require include:

• letterhead paper - A4 paper with your logo and contact details for writing to customers and suppliers
• compliments slip - usually cut-down versions of your letterhead paper, often attached to documents or cheques you're sending out
• invoices and receipts - usually created either as a template for computer printing or as duplicate or triplicate books to be filled in by hand
• business cards - a handy credit-card-sized format for your logo and contact details
• envelopes or envelope stickers

Think carefully about the quantities you're likely to use before any of your business details change - such as your address or telephone number. Printing larger volumes is cheaper - but it's a false economy if you end up having to throw away much of the print run when your details change.