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Best of British: Building on a long legacy of imaging expertise

When PrintWeek writes the word ‘phoenix’, it’s usually code for a company that has risen out of failure with a shiny new legal identity, miraculously escaping pesky encumbrances like debts and...

60 seconds with Bluestar Print Finishers

Bluestar started in 1998 when MD Lee Harvey (pictured, right, with operator Ian Richardson) decided that after working as a manager for a few firms, he needed to do something more. “I approached a few...

Overmatter: Fool’s errand

Eagle-eyed readers will note the significance of the issue date on this edition of the magazine. Yes, it’s April Fool’s Day!

Q&A: Victoria Elliott, business development, Datum

Victoria has been in sales for 20 years: five years within the printing industry and 15 years in the motor trade. She’s a single parent to a “beautiful 10-year-old daughter who keeps me on my toes”,...

Flexibility and timing are key to easy succession

When Terry Scanlon started his commercial print company, the day he finished work for good was not perhaps uppermost in his thoughts.

Setting pay levels for fairness, dignity and productivity

By the time you read this, the UK’s National Living Wage will have risen from £7.83 per hour to £8.21 per hour, honouring a pledge made by chancellor Philip Hammond in his Autumn Budget.

Me & my: Muller Martini InfiniTrim

4edge was set-up back in 2003 to offer a solution for publishers to produce their back lists. When it started key to its proposition was a combination of cutting-edge finishing and digital printing...

Opus Trust rebrands under new leadership

Opus Trust Marketing has rebranded as Opus Trust Communications and unveiled a new chief executive, its third in a year.

BAS Printers founder dies at 98

Gordon Gumn, the founder of award-winning Hampshire print firm BAS Printers, has died aged 98.

World Wrap Masters final set for Fespa 2019

This year’s Fespa Global Print Expo will once again host the World Wrap Masters Europe and Series Final.