Disciplines

Creating your own mailing super site

Setting up an entirely new factory, effectively from the starting point of a blank sheet of paper, is a luxury afforded to few print bosses and one that would be a dream for many.

Tips for a surer footing in the buyer’s balancing act

Buying print is not easy. Even with a working knowledge of the complexities of putting ink on paper, there are always going to be trip wires hidden in the shadows.

Heir line pilots: How to navigate a successful route to your next leader

To outsiders it seemed a natural succession: the young Scottish leader had been successfully running a rival, although much smaller, operation in the neighbouring county to that of the grizzled...

Take pride in your profitability

One of the many interesting topics thrown up in this issue’s interview was that profit is still too often seen as a dirty word in print.

How do the two main parties match up on election pledges?

While a coalition government is a highly likely outcome of the 7 May election, it will be led by one or other of the two big players. So, what are they offering?

The promise of sci-fi fibres

As the recent woes of merchanting giant Paperlinx show, the paper industry is under pressure. Like the print market it serves, the onslaught of alternative media is shrinking demand for its core...

Star product: Xerox Rialto 900

A quick and compact device for churning out A4 documents.

Me & my: Shuttleworth MIS

Discreet trade services for packaging and large-format point-of-sale work are the speciality of Swanline Print in Stone, Staffordshire. The confidentiality part is why the company bills itself ‘the...

Interview: ‘We’ve got a good business, we do a bloody good job’

By his own admission, there have been some ups and downs over the 35 years Stephens & George managing director Andrew Jones has worked at the family firm.

Callprint appoints new Jupiter managing director

Reprographics and large-format print specialist Callprint has recruited David Snaith as the managing director of the new Jupiter Visual Communications team.