Indicative Label Pricing

We are the UKs specialists in short run custom printed labels for UK businesses, and as such operate a wide range of printing techniques to offer you the best, most cost effective solution with transparent pricing.

To do this we must price every job uniquely and the total cost for your job has 3 components:

"One off" origination charges

These include your printing plate costs (£20 to £150, typically ££50) and cutters to cut out your exact label size (£30-£250. typically £50). Almost all printed jobs (apart from digitally printed labels) need printing plates. We rarely need to ask for a cutter charge as we have so many in stock from 40 years of trading, but in some circumstances we do. You don't ever pay for origination costs when you repeat the order at a later date.

Costs to print your labels

These include setup costs and running costs. Setup costs are the same regardless of the length of the job and include the labour and material costs to us of setting up a machine to print your work. The running costs depend on how many labels you want, and comprise material and labour costs to make the labels once setup.

All labels are costed per 1000 labels (£/K), unless the quantity is less than 1000, in which case it is quoted per roll. For example:

  • 2,000 custom printed labels with a red and black logo will cost £50 per K

  • 5,000 process colour labels with a photograph may cost £80 per K

  • 50,000 plain industrial labels for packaging may cost £5 per K

To get an accurate price the first thing to do is to ask for a free, no obligation quotation online or by phone. We will ask for information on the size, design, quantity and application to give you our best price and delivery time. It is helpful if you can email artwork to us in whatever format you have it. We are quite happy to redraw or improve it for free, or minimal cost as required.

As the UK's leading supplier of short run labels, we have amongst the lowest setup costs and origination costs in the marketplace as this is our speciality. This inevitably means that we are uncompetitive on very long run work, so if you are planning to order over 500,000 labels per batch, then we are probably not the supplier for you.

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Digital Labels

Digital sticky labels High quality 4 colour "photograph" labels. Quick & cost effective.

Hotfoil Labels

Hotfoil sticky labels High quality Hotfoil Labels with a range of spot colours & effects.

Asset Labels

Asset Identification labels Asset identification labels used to track assets and deter theft.

Security Labels

Security labels and tamper evident sticky labels Security labels to your design, using a range of special materials.

Barcode Labels

Barcode labels & consecutively numbered labels Consecutively numbered labels and variable data labels.

Anniversary Labels

Anniversary Labels High quality hotfoil label printing to produce bespoke anniversary labels.

Bottle Labels

Bottle Labels Leading supplier of bottle labels. Providing a quick, cost effective supply solution.

Testimonials


Mercian provided a very professional, helpful and friendly service.

We will certainly be placing more orders with you!

Many thanks Andy for your promptness and efficiency.

Justine
Bates Office
3 July 2009


Good quality labels & fast service, we will be transferring all our label needs to this company.

JR Leather Repairs
29 June 2009


Thank you very much for the speedy service, I am very happy with the labels and will require a new style annually so will be in touch next year for another batch, will recommend your services thanks again.

Steve grover
Motoscot
29 June 2009


Fast, efficient and high quality service. Exactly what was needed in a very short space of time. Thank you.

Veejay
25 June 2009


Mercian labels were fast, efficient , cost effective and gave a professional result.

We wouldn't hesitate to recommend them and will be using them again

Nicole Keir / MD
Shoeless Joe ltd

24 June 2009

Perfect job again Claire! Thanks to your help in specifying the right label for our product. We can progress without sundry concerns... "We'll stick with confidence - we'll stick with Mercian"

Martin
Wyten Technology Limited
22 June 2009


Thanks for the quick turnaround on the labels - much appreciated. The labels themseleves were spot on and I have saved a packet in comparison to my usual supplier. The next order will defenitely be placed with yourselves.

Lee Brown
20 June 2009


Just a quick note to say we are very pleased with the labels and our client is also very pleased.

Thanks for a very efficient and speedy service right from the initial quotes to the delivery.

The quality of the digital print is also very good, so all in all a job well done!

Philippa Smart
Smart Ideas Design
1 June 2009


Thank you for your prompt and professional service.

My bottle labels arrived quickly and I am very happy with the high quality printing provided by the digital process.

I will have no hesitation in returning to your company again in future when I need more labels.

Matthew Holder
1 June 2009


Thank you to you and your team on providing such a fantastic service. The labels we required had to be cut to a very specific shape and they were perfect.

Also the quality of service, speed of delivery along with the information on your website were first class.

The next time we require labels I will look no further than Mercian Labels and would definitely recommend you.

Simon
Banner Bridge
1 June 2009


Not only was their quote the most competitive, they were a pleasure to deal with from start to finish and had an extremely quick turn around and delivery service.

The labels were exactly what we had asked for and the marketing campaign was a complete success - thanks to Mercian Labels.

I would highly recommend them.

Teresa Carnall
TBC Marketing
28 May 2009


I just received the labels and they look great, thanks for your help and the prompt professional service.

Sam
Eucalyptus Clothing
18 May 2009


I write to thank you for your excellent service when I recently ordered some labels.

Claire was of great help during the ordering process, despite me changing my mind on the label design a couple of times.

When I telephoned, she was always available and provided a polite, prompt and professional service.

The product was delivered on time, well packaged and exactly as specified.

Peter Clarke
Underground Professional Services
18 May 2009


Just a short message to say how please we are with the labels you recently supplied for us.

The delivery time was superb and we would have no hesitation in recommending Mercian labels to anybody requiring a quality product backed up by a 1 st class service.

Matthew Sailes
15 May 2009


Thank you so much for the labels they are fantastic, even better quality than I thought they would be.

I wanted to thank you for making the ordering process so simple and turning around the order so quickly. I will definitely use you again.

Joanna Walton
Yummy Cake Company
5 May 2009


This was the first time that we had used Mercian Labels and thanks to Claire and Chris things ran better than we could have ever hoped for.

We were informed of progress all the way through and kept up to speed with development.

I would willingly recommend Mercian Labels to my business colleagues and we will definitely be ordering our company stickers from them in the future.

Many thanks

Kerry Lillis
Cupcakes and Peonies
22 April 2009


I was very impressed with the speed of service from Mercian Labels. From quote to delivery was five working days which was a brilliant job.

The labels were very good quality and I will definitely use Mercian labels again. Thanks for all your help.

Tom Bywater
Caledonian Forestry Services Ltd
9 April 2009

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