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The expo brought together print buyers, printers and suppliers

IPIA rounds off busy year with successful Expo

The IPIA’s Recognising Excellence Expo proved a successful conclusion to a bumper year for the association, which has seen its profile rise even higher.

Osborne: confident and excited about this industry

Former chancellor hails industry at charity luncheon

The Printing Charity’s Annual Lunch returned after a three-year hiatus yesterday, where the charity’s president, former chancellor George Osborne, hailed the importance of print.

The Expo and Business Networking Hub kicks off the day

IPIA reveals details for ‘jewel in the crown’ event

The details have been outlined for the IPIA’s Recognising Excellence Expo, Gala Dinner, and Awards, which will take place next week.

Jarrold: An increase in the pressures on companies’ costs has started to bite

Industry output held firm in Q3 but downbeat forecast for Q4

Stronger than expected growth in orders and output helped the UK printing and printed packaging industry’s continued recovery in Q3, but the forecast for Q4 is downbeat as confidence expectations...

Late payment in print is always an issue, but is rising in prominence

Late payments on the rise again

Small businesses across the UK have been left facing cashflow problems as late payment rates creep up, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Bidhya Rai, IPIA: "I feel lucky to have found such a good organisation"

IPIA celebrates Kickstart success

The Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) has heralded the success of the Kickstart scheme for its members, after more than 80% of the people it helped place have found permanent positions...

Tame: "It remains vital that greenwash is challenged"

970 companies remove misleading anti-paper statements

970 companies have now removed or changed their messaging since the Two Sides campaign began in 2010.

Webinar: designed to help printers hunt out hidden opportunities

Experts to share insights on unlocking data's potential

Heidelberg UK is hosting a webinar this week that aims to detail how print business leaders can unlock the potential of the frequently overlooked data at their fingertips to drive efficiencies and...

Bianchi: Confident the union will support sustainable industry growth. Image: Pro Carton

Pro Carton and Cepi Cartonboard consider merging

Members of industry associations Cepi Cartonboard and Pro Carton have expressed their intention to explore the possibility of joining into “one strong association” under the name Pro Carton.

Carter: continuous improvement should be the aim

Controlling the controllables to challenge the challenges

There’s not much you can do about spiralling energy or paper costs, but where you do have control is in internal processes and physical and digital workflows. Ricoh’s Tim Carter suggests a fresh focus...

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