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Unite has announced a two-day strike at the Northampton plant of one of the world's largest paper-based packaging groups following the dismissal of two of the union's stewards.

No sooner has Pensord’s Darren Coxon returned from his desert-based exertions in aid of charity (raising an impressive £7,035 at the time of writing) than another of print’s finest is also poised to...

Since getting a job as a paste-up artist/typesetter 25 years ago, Tracey and print have been inseparable. Moving to specialist commercial printing firm Hibiscus as a Mac operator, she now manages the...

For years the tried and trusted method print bosses used to motivate their sales staff was the ‘carrot and stick’ approach: the promise of cold hard cash if certain performance-related targets were...

Copyprint was established in 1980 in the former owner’s garage. It grew substantially in the early 1980s and moved to an industrial unit in Treforest. It has since taken over the neighbouring units on...

To avoid any possible confusion, this edition of PrintWeek is 100%, officially the apprentice issue.

Ink-stained apprentices were a feature of the printing trade for centuries. At least three US presidents – Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding and Lyndon Johnson – worked as so-called ‘printer’s devils’...

Last week, print’s demographic timebomb – a result of the shortage of training for young joiners and an ageing workforce – ceased ticking.

It’s safe to say that Pureprint chief executive Mark Handford likes to run his business at full throttle.

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) has won a major business process outsourcing (BPO) contract and appointed two joint managing directors for customer service as it looks to continue its rapid growth.