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Evans to step down as PCP MD

Precision Colour Printing managing director Alex Evans will step down next year, with a successor already appointed to take over as part of a phased transition.

Print Futures award winners celebrate amid political heat

The 2019 Print Futures Awards were officially handed out at the House of Lords yesterday, in what turned out to be a landmark day in the political life of the UK.

Jacobson becomes EFI exec chair as Siris sale completes

Former Xerox chief executive Jeff Jacobson has become executive chairman of EFI after the private equity firm that he recently joined as an executive partner completed its acquisition of EFI.

The Mailshop invests in paper wrap and appoints Maybury

Direct mail fulfilment specialist The Mailshop (TMS) has invested £650,000 in new paper wrapping and inkjet machinery and appointed former Sunline Direct Mail chairman Nigel Maybury as its new...

To hire the best put your consultants in the hot seat

With competition in print acute never has recruiting the right leaders been so important. Long gone are the days when firms could take the ‘warm body’ approach to hiring staff.

‘We’ve got so many irons in the fire now’

Having notched up more than 20 years with Kodak, Print Systems Division president John O’Grady, has lived through the well documented highs and lows of the firm.

60 seconds with Colour Connection

Starting out in 1982 as a small, family run print shop, managing director Richard Currie (pictured) says Colour Connection has been committed to providing a bespoke design and print service to...

Q&A: Diana Thompson Managing director, Plus Point PR

Di has been in print for 35 years, 10 as a journalist (for LithoWeek/PrintWeek and Printing World) and 25 as a PR person. She’s married to Dave with two ‘kids’ Charlie (22) and Sophie (20).

BPIF rebrands and calls for renewal

Eyes were on the future at the BPIF’s annual general meeting, which took place in London on Tuesday 9 July as part of its yearly members’ day. The main focus of the all-day event, held at the St Bride...

Friedheim’s Bristow becomes new Picon chair

Friedheim International managing director Mark Bristow has been named as the new chairman of Picon.