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60 seconds with Baker Labels
Baker Labels began life in 1973 in Kings Cross, London when it was set up by Roy and Marion Baker. Production started with flat screen, litho and hotfoil printing, a small slitter, and an office in a...
Q&A: Mitesh Chouhan, managing director, Central Mailing Services
Mitesh is 37 years old and has spent 12 years in the industry. He describes his hobbies as “work!”. He and his wife Priscilla are expecting their first child in October.
Think green in every aspect of your business
Everything she said to Prince Charles struck a chord. The future monarch is an avid environmentalist and so is Simone Hindmarch, which is what brought them together this June in Buckingham Palace.
Learn to capitalise on your customers’ deepest desires
Let’s talk psychology. No, not the meaning of that awful recurring nightmare; the one where you’re running naked past the presses in a panic that you’ve forgotten to action your company’s biggest ever...
Star product: Perfect Bindery Solutions One-Line
A complete line for high-end book production in low volumes.
Overmatter: cool off!
It’s been really quite warm for more than a few days, people were wilting at Wimbledon, and there’s a hosepipe ban in some areas of the country.
Me & my: Esatec Digistar 2 1100
Frip Finishing’s origins stretch back almost half a century, to the founding of Impact Printing Company in Scotland in 1970, supplying cheque printers and MICR ribbons to the security sector.
‘It’s a funny trade, it’s inherently relationship based’
Rapidity managing director Paul Manning might be fresher faced than your average print boss, but don’t let his appearance fool you – he’s learned many a hard lesson.
Strengthen your bonds with staff and customers
Businesses exist to make money. But in order for a company to turn a profit, its employees must be clear as to what is being asked of them, and motivated to work in the right way to achieve those...
Printers respond to calls to tackle workplace ageism
Printers and industry bodies have reacted to a report from the House of Commons' Women and Equalities Committee that says workers aged 50 and older are being failed by a lack of enforcement on age...