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De La Rue appoints new COO
De La Rue has appointed a new chief operating officer from outside the industry.
Reality check for Blippar co-founder
Blippar co-founder Ambarish Mitra has suffered reputational damage after it emerged his CV included false claims.
Youthful drive can still conquer print
This issue’s interview features Aron Priest, who, along with business partner Andy Smith, is co-founder of Solopress, which, until very recently was one of the UK’s largest, independent online print...
60 seconds with Nottingham Trade Finishers
Nottingham Trade Finishers was founded in 2006 by proprietor Richard Anstock (pictured). Richard was joined by Ian Holt as production manager and wife Emma as fellow director. The business began work...
Q&A: Ross Docherty, assistant manager, Bell & Bain
Ross is 19 and has already been working in the industry for three-and-a-half years, under the watchful eye of his father, MD Stephen Docherty. He lives in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow and was named...
Me & my: Morgana Systems DigiBook 200
Ever since it was founded more than 40 years ago, London-based City Printing has always looked to move with the times. Over the years the company has embraced emerging print technologies and invested...
Learning on the job
In reality TV the contestant’s journey – the struggle to become the best possible them – is a device to increase the entertainment value. In business there’s a more serious side to going on a journey,...
‘We just like going for it. We’re workers’
Earlier this year, Aron Priest and Andy Smith, joint managing directors and co-founders of the UK’s largest online trade printing business, Solopress, sold their circa £21m-turnover Southend-on-Sea...
How to score top marks in your chosen market
Becoming an academy school means freedom from local governance, which is both exciting and challenging. And it’s why Empine Print went back to school in order to learn how to best serve this changing...
Printers’ parties in ascendency again
Printers like to party, and for over 300 years the industry’s social gatherings have been referred to as a ‘waygoose’ or ‘wayzgoose’. Originally an evening feast with entertainment, the waygoose was...