Disciplines

Filling the void: home schooling for print skills
All this talk of there being a shortage of skills in the print and packaging industries is rubbish, according to Label Apeel managing director Amy Chambers: “It’s not that there’s a shortage – it’s a...

Make sure good customers want to keep coming back
On the high street – be it the virtual or physical version – customer loyalty is hard won. The big retailers pump great piles of cash into customer retention strategies because they know that the...

‘Growth is vital, but we’re not about chasing a number’
Geoff Neal Litho was founded in 1976 by managing director Sam Neal’s dad, Geoff, almost by accident.

Killer content will click with customers
Prior to the internet if a company wanted to order some printed collateral they would typically pick up a copy of the local Yellow Pages and thumb through the alphabetised list of printers in the area...

Edwardthompson boosts digital operation and upgrades web press
Edwardthompson has invested more than £400,000 in a raft of new machinery and equipment upgrades to increase its short-run promotional games production by around 50%.

Noted in Style supports growth with apprentice hire
Noted in Style, a Kent-based manufacturer and supplier of customised and branded products, has taken on a new production apprentice as it continues to grow.

Buxton Press continues investment with second Stahlfolder
This year’s PrintWeek Awards Company of the Year, Buxton Press, is investing in a second Stahlfolder as it continues its multimillion-pound equipment overhaul.

Burnley sheetfed litho printer falls into administration
An independently owned sheetfed printer has gone into administration after more than 100 years in business.

Proco Europe now sheeting tearproof grades
Specialist paper merchant Proco Papers Europe has added sheeting of DuPont Tyvek to its range of services.

Royal Mail shares rise after interims
Royal Mail’s revenues from marketing mail grew by 3% in the first half of the year, boosted by an increase in DM spend and in its own data activities.