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‘The reason you get into digital print is because you love it’

There aren’t many things that worry ProCo managing director Jon Bailey, after all he’s made a career out of embracing change.

Q&A: Ian Chamberlain, managing director, Tudor Bookbinding

Ian has worked in print finishing since he left school at the age of 16, barring a brief interlude in 1975 when he tried his hand at being a milkman, a cooked meats salesman, and a van driver, before...

60 seconds with Hastings Printing Co

Celebrating its centenary is Hastings Printing Co (HPC), formed in 1915 to service the entertainment industry. In the 1970s it was bought by a publisher and went into other markets including magazine...

Q&A: Rhianna Moore, digital print and finishing apprentice, Telford Repro

Rhianna – Rhi for short – is 19 and is nine months into her first year in the industry. Congratulations are in order as she recently won IT Apprentice of the Year at her college. She’s also a musician...

Q&A: Alex Cain, director, Mount Street Printers

Alex has spent 15 of his 37 years in print, working at the family print business located in the one of the most upmarket areas of London – Mayfair. When not at work Alex and his wife are kept busy and...

60 seconds with Kingsline

Kingsline was set up seven years ago in a converted milking parlour by David Saunders with the objective of offering a targeted bespoke mailing service. Since then it has developed into a full-service...

'People are returning to print because it achieves results’

As one of the biggest brand-side print spenders in the UK, Sky’s head of print management Mark Cruise in many ways bears a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

60 seconds with Hickling & Squires

Established as a small stationery printer in 1953 by the eponymous Frank Hickling & Frank Squires, the company was bought by Mike Wells in 1982 and subsequently acquired by his son Richard Wells and...

Q&A: Joseph Broadway, director of legal affairs, CFH Docmail

Joe has spend five of his 26 years in print, and when not relaxing in front of a mini-series with his partner and their white Westie Maisie, can mostly be found cycling – long hilly rides on his road...

60 seconds with Pavement

Pavement was formed in February 2013 when Shea Kelly (right) and Bill Greenwood decided to build a company “we’d like to work with as clients”. The firm is continually looking at how things can be...