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Print industry women speak up for IWD2023
International Women’s Day 2023 has arrived, this year encouraging the world to #EmbraceEquity and guarantee equality of outcome for women.

Print happy to hire older workers as UK faces skills shortages
Printers have said they are happy to hire older workers, as the government attempts to get over-50s back into work.

Deltor takes on ex-Pepper staff
Deltor has taken on two staff from shuttered litho and digital firm Pepper Communications, with a third also offered employment.

Women in print to be celebrated in Print HERstory month
Print HERstory month will return in March as a celebration of the many women who work in print and allied trades.

New year predictions: Dominic Hartley, Lexon Group
Lexon Group managing director Dominic Hartley has seen high demand at the Welsh printer despite 2022's economic headwinds. In 2023, Hartley's hope is for a public that values the beauty of physical...

Rising star: Ruby Marshall, apprentice designer, Paragon Customer Communications
Ruby is 19 and started her apprenticeship at Paragon CC’s Nottingham site in Sutton-in-Ashfield in June 2021.

Business inspection: Thriving and surviving
Planning the launch of a new business is challenging in any market at any time, but doing it while also coping with serious mental and physical illness takes it to another level.

Rising star Matthew Kenyon, number 2 printer, MM Packaging
Matthew is 21 and has been working in the printing industry since January 2020. He was a finalist and highly commended in the Trainee of the Year category at the Printweek Awards earlier this year

Q&A Gail Duncan Team manager, Marqetspace – the trade printer
Gail is 40 years old and lives in Manchester with Amy, her wife of five years, and their two cats and one dog. She has worked in print for 19 years and says: “I’ll have to bake a cake for next year!”

Q&A: Lucy Swanston, managing director, Nutshell Creative and Topic Heroes Charity
Lucy has reached “the grand old age of 45” and has been working in the print and agency world for 27 years.