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‘We want to offer support, not create a dependency’
Becoming chief executive and secretary of The Printing Charity after heading up the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, might seem like trading in the Ferrari for a safe and sensible Volvo, in terms of...

Is the printing industry leading the UK’s recruitment drive?
To hire or not to hire? That is the question.

ABC Imaging gets creative for CDW installation
To coincide with Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) in May, London-based digital printer ABC Imaging was commissioned to design and print graphics to be installed in windows on the side of Clerkenwell’s...

Enjoy the silly summer and get serious in September
Summer’s here, the sun is out and the silly season is upon us – which means that interesting industry news is harder to find than a daily newspaper without a photo of Tom Daley in his budgie-smugglers...

Confidence plunges following EU vote
The Brexit vote shook confidence, concludes the BPIF’s latest quarterly Printing Outlook, and as the survey highlights, no one likes uncertainty.

Me & my: Kama ProFold 74
Versatility was the key to Finishing Solutions Liverpool’s decision to buy the UK’s first Kama ProFold 74 folder-gluer earlier this year.

Inc Direct targets growth with big-name hire
Inc Direct has beefed up its executive board with a former Williams Lea boss joining as managing director as the marcomms specialist sets its sights on organic growth and eyes potential acquisitions.

DTGUK in UK garment printing first
DTGUK.com has become the first UK company to install a Kornit Digital Storm Hexa direct-to-garment (DTG) digital printing system.

FT Solutions boosts finishing capabilities with Watkiss buy
The print department of a brand management company has bought a new bookletmaker to improve work on a number of projects including one pioneering new 3D printing technology.

KBA ups sales and profit targets
An upbeat KBA has increased its sales and profits targets for the full year and is predicting that its previously loss-making Digital & Web division will be in the black by the year-end.