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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...

The initiative was the brainchild of Matt Walsh

KGK Genix in schools upcycling initiative; wins business award

KGK Genix has implemented a new Eco recycling scheme by partnering with local high schools and supplying waste off-cut materials that students can repurpose and upcycle in creative, design, and...

WTTB's new product offering includes gift and Christmas-themed items

WTTB adds new products in time for Christmas

Where The Trade Buys (WTTB) has added a number of new items to its personalised product offering, including snowglobes, baubles, mugs, aprons and journals.

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.

One of the new tenders is worth £500,000

Print and design jobs out to tender

A raft of new print and design tenders are currently up for grabs via the government’s Contracts Finder service.

Nailing down the kilowatts 

Wrap up and prepare, there’s no doubt we’re all facing a hard winter, with industry hit as much as households by the rocketing price of gas, electricity and vehicle fuels. While the government...

Laser cut printed clear acrylic. Image: Minuteman Press Bath

Minuteman Press Bath ups efficiency with Trotec install

Minuteman Press Bath has installed a Trotec Laser Q500 to enable it to become faster, more flexible, and more efficient.

Woodhead: Daco customer service “is absolutely second to none”

Me & my: Daco DF350SR 037 Flex

When Ian Woodhead, managing director of Sudbury, Suffolk-based Anglia Labels, decided to invest in a new piece of equipment to bring more finishing functions in-house he knew exactly where to turn.

Incorporate in haste and err at leisure

Company tax law can trip up many a business and its owners, especially when the rules around owning and running a company are not properly understood.

Porteous: “I can get hold of another one fairly easily if need be”

Business inspection: Old tech, new opportunity

Carving out a USP as a trade print finisher might not be the simplest of tasks but Edinburgh-based Taskforce inadvertently managed to do just that by having the open-mindedness to choose old...