Industry bodies
ViP event extols the virtues of lean
More than 130 delegates heard valuable insights into how effective waste control and lean manufacturing techniques can mean the difference between a business failing or flourishing at last week's...
Employers and unions team to tackle print's structural crisis
High-level employer and union representatives have shared a platform for the first time at a joint conference aimed at addressing the structural crisis in the European printing industry.
Print's support will prevent the historic YMP from reaching the end of its run
It seems that we have come to the end of an era for the YMP as we know it, as the current members of the committee will all be stepping down at the YMP Reunion, being held in Blackpool on 25-27...
Award winners and opportunity celebrated at BAPC conference
Last weekend's BAPC Conference focused on the challenges facing UK printers, how firms can rise to them and turn them into opportunities and unveiled the winners of the body's 2010 awards.
Learn to thrive through BAPC
BAPC chairman Sidney Bobb has said the organisation's annual conference is the "perfect opportunity" for printers to discover how to thrive in the current economic climate.
CSR spells public and private sector pain
When chancellor George Osborne put half a million public sector jobs on the line in his Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), he was betting the farm on a recovery.
Vision in Print to hold war on waste conference
Vision in Print will show print and packaging businesses how they can cut costs and improve their environmental performance at its next conference, 'Winning the War on Waste'.
Sun Chemical to sign national agreement with Unite
Unite will today sign a collective bargaining agreement with ink giant Sun Chemical.
Fespa reveals blueprint for wide-format industry innovation
Following its Global Summit held in Miami, Florida in March, Fespa has published a 'blueprint' outlining steps the wide-format industry should take to ensure business success through innovation.
AIFMP efforts pay off with grant of SSI exemption on branded packing goods
The Central Board for Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued Notification no.24/2010 dated 29/04/2010 putting an end to the mischief on branded goods and granting SSI exemption to all specified goods in...