Disciplines

Overmatter: cut-out companions

Could 2020 be the year of the ‘sit-ee’? We’ve seen empty football stadiums populated with cut-outs of supporters while fans are forced to stay away from games, is the dinner table next?

Crane with Blue Print production manager Adrian Baker

Apprenticeships for growth

When the management of Worcestershire-based Blue Print Direct Mail set its eyes on a new period of growth for the business, nearly six years ago, it was to form part of a bigger picture.

Soft skills for better business

To run a business, to be successful in life, requires skill, knowledge and plenty of time.

Foul play

The tales of espionage conjured up by John le Carré are without doubt fiction based on fact. But in the real world, businesses and their owners have been seeking to gain the upper hand over rivals for...

Claw back what’s rightfully yours

We’re in trying times and firms looking to drag in what they’re owed are struggling. If getting paid in normal times was tricky print is now having to up its game just to stand still.

Being the boss in unprecedented times, part 2

Part two of our special feature asking industry MDs and CEOs to share their experiences of being a business leader in unprecedented times and their strategies for handling the Covid crisis, both...

Killer app: H&H Reeds plays a blinder and nets top Carlisle FC programme

Saturday 3 October was a momentous day for fans of EFL League Two clubs Carlisle United FC and Barrow AFC, marking the first time the teams had met since 1964. A suitably special programme was...

Brexit: print and its suppliers are well prepared

Just before this issue of Printweek went to press, a rather strident email arrived, entitled ‘Urgent message from the Business Secretary. Time is running out – it’s time to take action now’.

Printweek editor Darryl Danielli

Our leaders could learn a lesson or two from the resilience of print

I know we’re all supposed to be getting used to the ‘new normal’, but seriously we’re eight months into this pandemic and I’m starting to wonder if anything will ever be normal – new or otherwise.

InPrint well versed in the art of diversification

Commercial SME InPrint diversifies into packaging

Commercial and wide-format printer InPrint Colour is investing £500,000 to expand into packaging to further diversify and future-proof the business in the post-Covid landscape.