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Paper and consumables supplier launches surplus stock website with help of ex-Paperlinx staff
A merchant which has supplied small print companies and design houses since 1999 is to launch a website to sell surplus stock and used equipment.

Roland DG Texart technology achieves Oeko-Tex accreditation
Roland DG has attained the Oeko-Tex Standard 100, product class I certification for inkjet printing on polyester fabric with the company’s Texart ink.

GPT secures HP Scitex FB550 and FB750 reseller deal
Wide-format reseller Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT) has become a reseller for HP’s Scitex FB550 and FB750 flatbed industrial printers.

Projects & Print sees 25% turnover boost following investment
Hertfordshire-based Projects & Print has grown turnover by 25% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2014 after investing nearly £100,000 in new kit.

Printer marries vibrant colour with metallic paper
Print North East has produced a wedding brochure for Newcastle’s Vermont Hotel, designed to replicate its luxurious surroundings and represent the high quality of its wedding events offering.

Print is still the consumer’s choice when it comes to reading
Independent research commissioned by paper pressure group Two Sides has revealed consumers much prefer to read news and magazine content, complicated information and bills in print rather than on...

How impactful are online reviews?
With a variety of online platforms such as TripAdvisor, TrustPilot, Feefo and Trusted Shops at our fingertips, we now live in a culture where we are instantly able to read a comprehensive list of...

If you’re the bee’s knees, say it loud
Following on from our interview with Gary Peeling in the last issue, our online poll question this week was what term best describes your business?

Overmatter: Desperate Marketing
Overmatter loves Private Eye and is not at all surprised that the satirical fortnightly can lay claim to being the UK’s best-selling news and current affairs magazine.

Q&A: Alex Cain, director, Mount Street Printers
Alex has spent 15 of his 37 years in print, working at the family print business located in the one of the most upmarket areas of London – Mayfair. When not at work Alex and his wife are kept busy and...