Profile
Q&A: John Ellis Managing director, The Mailshop
John has just become the managing director of The Mailshop following a buy-in management buyout at the Nottinghamshire business. He started in print as an apprentice compositor at the age of 16 and...
Rising star: Jordan Lench Digital marketing apprentice, CCM Group
Jordan is 22 and began her industry career earlier this year, having joined Sutton-in-Ashfield-based CCM Group as an apprentice in March.
Q&A: Maz (Marian) Keogh, new business manager, Showcase Creative
Marian has been working in print for 20 years, and is married with one teenage daughter. She is coming up to 53 and no doubt speaks for many when she says ‘how did that happen!’
Rising star: Kyle Miller, pre-press operator, McAllister Litho Glasgow
Kyle is 19 and has been working in the printing industry for nearly two-and-half years. He is currently undertaking an apprenticeship focusing on pre-press technology at family-owned McAllister Litho,...
Q&A: Heather Davies, finance director, Fuller Davies
Heather retired in mid-April, having worked at Ipswich-based Fuller Davies since the firm’s inception some “35-plus years ago”. Her retirement plans include “spending special time with my three...
Rising star: Ronan McKechnie, lithographic apprentice, CPI William Clowes
Ronan is 20 years old and has been working in the industry since the summer of 2017. Earlier this year he was awarded Learner of the Year by specialist training provider Learn2Print, which provides...
Q&A: Del Simmons, operations director, Dayfold
Del is 40 years old, and has been working in the industry for 25 years. When not at work you can find him on his canal boat “moving at 4mph”. Or perhaps sat on the bank fishing if his fiancée Emily...
60 seconds with Apprintable
Apprintable was conceived in spring 2015 when co-founder and managing director Peter Haddad noticed a “huge gap in the print market” while at university.
Rising star: Ben Ellis, finance and operations analyst, Mail Handling International (MHI)
Ben is 23 and found his way into the industry, and his role at MHI, via a recruitment agency in the autumn of 2019.
Best of British: Inkjet insiders
Global Inkjet Systems in Cambridge is another of those world-class British tech companies that hides its light under a bushel. Or in this case, NDAs from its customers.