With colds and flu, not to mention post-Christmas hangovers, so prevalent in January, there are few times quite so likely to remind printers of the havoc that absenteeism can play with a workforce.

While signs that the UK economy is beginning to demonstrate sustainable growth are clearly welcome, most printers are still too conscious of the need to control costs to welcome the idea of stumping...

Blue-eyed boy syndrome' - not the condition endured, or rather enjoyed, by Bake Off heart-throb Paul Hollywood. Rather this is a term all print bosses should consider carefully when it comes to...

Red tape. Definitely something that features prominently on printers' top-five-things-to-grumble-about lists. And yet seemingly overly prescriptive government legislation is often there for good...

Retiring to the Costa Blanca, becoming a golf pro, turning a small back lawn into a veritable Kew Gardens. All visions that have for most people of late, begun to seem rather distant and ambitious...