Two of the most established and prestigious bookbinders in the UK merge to offer academic institution, business and individuals exemplary binding products and services  

Hollingworth and Moss has officially rebranded to Spink and Thackray, the start of an exciting and successful new chapter for two of the most established and prestigious book binding businesses in the UK.

Richard Hollingworth acquired Spink & Thackray back in 2018 and has been running both businesses side by side ever since. However, with so much cross-over between the two, it made commercial sense to streamline both businesses into a single brand.

Spink & Thackray has relocated to 10,000 sq ft purpose-built factory based in Leeds, with their team of highly skilled bookbinders, creatives and archival digitisation experts providing a variety of specialised products and services for over 149 years.

Products and services by Spink and Thackray –

• Menu Manufacturing for the hospitality industry
• Bespoke Presentation Books and Boxes manufacturing
• Library Bookbinding
• Book rebinding and conservation
• Archival & Heritage Digitisation Scanning Services
• Theses printing, binding and distribution – www.mythesis.co.uk

For Richard Hollingworth the amalgamation and rebrand takes Hollingworth & Moss back to its roots. Richard’s father worked at Spink & Thackray as an apprentice bookbinder in 1960 before setting up Hollingworth & Moss in 1966.

Richard Hollingworth, Managing Director of Spink & Thackray, said: “I am delighted to officially announce that Hollingworth & Moss has merged to Spink & Thackray at what is a hugely exciting time for the business providing our clients a much larger variety of bookbinding and Archival Digitisation services.

“By bringing both businesses together we can offer the widest range of bookbinding products and services to our customers, as well as book conservation and document restoration, digitisation of bound archives and much more from our dedicated premises in the centre of Leeds.”

“We also retain the unrivalled history and heritage of both businesses while further establishing Spink & Thackray as the leading bookbinder in the UK thanks to the incredible team of highly skilled binders and creatives that have worked for the business for many years.”

Spink & Thackray undertakes bookbinding for a range of prestigious clients including the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, The British Library, Aston Martin, Bentley and manufactures menus for Michelin-Starred restaurants like The Black Swan at Oldstead, The Pipe and Glass in Beverley, and The Man Behind the Curtain in Leeds to name a few.

We have a dedicated “Knowledge” section where our experts and creatives provide you with insight and top tips on everything from what to consider when binding your dissertation to how to properly protect your comic book collection – you can check it out here.

For more information about Spink & Thackray and the products and services we offer, contact a member of the team here.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new website.

Our website re-fresh is timed with our re-brand and amalgamation of Hollingworth & Moss and Spink & Thackray into one brand.

Our new website will showcase the industries we work with and the full range of services that we offer.

We also provide more information about the business, its history and the incredible team that create the exemplary products we provide.

You will find lots of information across the site and we have also added a dedicated “Knowledge” section where our experts and creatives provide you with insight and top tips.

For more information about Spink & Thackray and the products and services we offer, contact a member of the team here.

We hope you enjoy browsing our website, we would to hear your feedback so please do let us know what you think.

We hope you love it as much as we do!

Regards,

The Spink & Thackray Team