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Campaigns reaffirm that print works
Despite Brexit fears, weak global growth and ongoing government spending cuts, spending on marketing rose in the first quarter of this year, according to research by The Institute of Practitioners in...

Drupa stand highlights: digital & wide-format
The third in our series of round-ups of all the launches attendees can take a closer look at at Drupa 2016.

Digital’s diversity of opportunities
At the last Drupa, the undoubted star of the show, Benny Landa, claimed that only 2% of worldwide print volumes are produced on digital presses. Whatever margin of error you build into that, it’s...

60 seconds with White Duck Screen Print
White Duck began as a means to pool the skills and passions of its two founders: Rebecca Cleal, photographer and designer, and Joshua Roberton, screen printer. The firm began printing t-shirts back in...

Overmatter: bowing out
Regular readers may recall that Immediate Media paper manager Steve Wehrle is one of just a dozen ‘ever presents’ who’ve run every single London Marathon since the race’s inception in 1981.

Q&A: Josh Mumford Digital press operator apprentice, Healeys Print Group
Josh is new to the print industry, and is just three months into his apprenticeship in this marvellous industry of ours. When not at work his hobbies including football, music, cinema, and watching...

Lustalux installs new graphic wall hanging
Preston-based wide-format graphics company Lustalux has printed and installed a new graphic wall hanging at the Royal Preston Hospital

PwC confirms Polestar job cuts
Administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers have confirmed that 183 redundancies have been made at Polestar.
Pre-packing Armageddon
Jo Francis ponders the motivation behind Polestar's pre-pack

Avery Dennison set to acquire Mactac Europe
Global manufacturer Avery Dennison has agreed to acquire the European business of graphic and label media manufacturer Mactac, in a deal worth around $200m (£137m).