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Parish gives up Dragons' Den seat
Bad news for printing industry fans of Dragons’ Den – Steve Parish has decided not to join the TV show.

Heidelberg’s Gillard to retire
Heidelberg UK’s Derek Gillard will retire next month after working for the company for more than 30 years.

Pensord boss elected BPIF president
Pensord managing director Darren Coxon has been elected BPIF president, having served as vice-president since March 2015.

Q&A: John Petty Managing director, JPS
John comes from a long line of printers, and joined the industry himself in the summer of 1973 so is heading towards 45 years in print.

60 seconds with Print Library
Print Library co-founder Geoff Truesdale (pictured) was working as a sales manager at a Belfast litho printer when he decided he wanted to do things differently.

Mobile workers: keep control of the phone fiends
In 2015, Ofcom headlined the press release to its annual Communications Market Report: The UK is now a smartphone society. It’s hard to disagree. And needless to say, the trend towards greater...
Printing industry profits should be celebrated
Jo Francis is delighted that the printing industry is the source of another wad on Dragons' Den.

Eagles boss joins Dragons' Den
One printing industry multimillionaire will be replaced by another when Steve Parish, the former chief executive of Tag Worldwide takes over from Moonpig’s Nick Jenkins on the Dragons’ Den panel this...

Middleton to leave De La Rue
De La Rue chief operating officer Rupert Middleton is leaving the group after six years, and will not be directly replaced.

Overmatter: Wales hits the wall
Overmatter is delighted to hear news of Welsh printing industry folk doing good work in the name of a good cause.