Disciplines
As the year winds to a close, our gift to you is our December & January issue, which is jam-packed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views…
As is tradition, our final issue of the year kicks off with 2024 predictions from a panel of pundits and our month-by-month review of the biggest stories of the year.
Baddeley Brothers finish designer's award-winning Christmas card
A Cambridgeshire-based man has triumphed in the Hand Engravers’ Association Christmas card competition with a piece that was silver die-stamped by Baddeley Brothers.
Coatings clean & green
Nu-Coat prides itself on being the world’s first carbon-neutral manufacturer of self-adhesive products for the sign and graphics sectors. Only set up in 2018 and despite the challenges of lockdowns...
Reliving the colours of an earlier world
It’s easy to think of the past in black and white. The family photographs, movies, books and magazines we see from 100 years ago or older, are resolutely monochrome. We know that people of the times...
Star product: Axzyra AX-Ultra
A single-pass printer for boxes, paper bags, tote bags, folders, canvas frames and more. It runs at speeds that set it apart from the competition and boasts a price point that makes it difficult to...
Me & My: Zakeke visual commerce platform
Online personalisation can be big business in difficult times, if you approach it carefully. The early promise of personalised photobooks disappeared into the clutches of big suppliers who can use a...
Me & My: Koenig & Bauer Rapida 145
Back in March Offset Print & Packaging started the complex installation of the latest, whizziest iteration of Koenig & Bauer’s large-format Rapida offset press, the 145. This is the first one in the...
Are there alternatives to redundancy?
Economic dips come and go and in their wake businesses are left struggling financially. A number succumb to their wounds while others end up as zombie companies unable to do anything other than just...
Setting up for the first time
It doesn’t take much to set up a business: a good idea, graft, opportunity and of course, appropriate funding. However, it takes thought and planning to last the course and become successful.
Photographer takes a punt with Cambridge book
Martin Bond has been taking a photo of Cambridge – its people, buildings and animals – every day for the past 13 years.