A printing company has saved jobs after taking over the arm of the long-established Weyprint, a printing business based in Weymouth.

Sherrens the Printers managed to keep two full-time employees from the well-known business, that used to be located in Caroline Place.

Weyprint has now relocated to South Park, Avon Close, on the Granby Industrial Estate where Sherrens the Printers is also based, but other aspects of the business will remain at Caroline Place under a new name.

Clive Garman, director of Sherrens the Printers and Weyprint said the opportunity was “just too good to miss”.

He said: “Weyprint printing has relocated to Sherrens, but the embroidery side of the business will remain at Caroline Place under the new name of ‘Dorset Schoolwear EmbroiderYes’. Sherrens will retain a ‘print and go’ service in Caroline Place and also act as a collection point for customers.

“We are very excited to offer extended services to our customers in addition to more general printing processes, like holographic foiling and embossing techniques.”

The embroidery side of the business, now renamed, is still owned by businessman Ian Jefferis, who Sherrens the Printers acquired Weyprint from. Mr Jefferis said: “Sherrens approached me some two years ago with a suggestion that they purchase Weyprint. After lengthy consideration I agreed and we negotiated that only the print department would transfer. The garment department would transfer to my other company, Dorset Schoolwear.”

He added: “I am pleased to say that the one staff member regrettably made redundant, quickly found employment with another local company in the same line of business.”

Sherrens the Printers has been established since 1837 and, at 180 years old, is now the longest surviving print business in Weymouth.

Many other well-known brands in the area, including Prontaprint, Comptons, and Jeffrey Bros, have closed over the years, but Sherrens the Printers have held firm.

Sherrens say they are now well placed for the future, expanding their workforce, increasing their print capacity and speed with the added bonus of the opportunity of meeting a new customer base.

It is hoped that Sherrens will be employing one or two apprentices to train in the print business in the near future.

he business produces a variety of products, from flyers to wedding invitations, corporate stationary and large format printing.

Business partners Andy Sharpe and Clive Garman have been in the printing business for all of their working life and took over Sherrens the Printers in 2011.