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Small things lead to big business

Christmas is coming and a lot of kids will be lucky enough to be given a model railway, still a popular hobby even in these days of PlayStations and smartphones. Big kids like model railways too, and...

Best of British: Inkjet insiders

Global Inkjet Systems in Cambridge is another of those world-class British tech companies that hides its light under a bushel. Or in this case, NDAs from its customers.

Boardroom discussions

Overmatter: Ghost of Christmas (cards) past

Team working in 2020 has involved some of us rapidly getting to grips with online collaboration tools such as Slack, Trello and Microsoft Teams.

60 seconds with... Balcony Shirts

Balcony Shirts is a printwear shop in West London. Partner Scott Raison explains the back story: “From humble beginnings printing t-shirts in our bedrooms and selling them on eBay, we soon graduated...

Scott hopes to become a print boss

Rising star: Neve Scott, Account handler, Northern Flags

Neve is 22 and began working in the printing industry in May 2018, when some part-time work turned into a full-time role at Leeds-based Northern Flags

Roberts: cigars and frequent travel are his greatest luxuries

Q&A: Patrick Roberts, independent sales consultant

It’s been a landmark year for Patrick, who has spent a whopping 50 years in print. In 1970 he worked as a bench hand for Ward Printing and then became a production trainee at The Longman Group (now...

Facing up to the inevitable

Drupa may have dared to dream a 2021 show was feasible, but a rude awakening was inescapable.

Cooper: well-known for devising bespoke systems

Cooper takes wraps off new venture

Former Lettershop managing director Simon Cooper has teamed up with an ex-Kodak employee to form a new inkjet integration business.

Mulcahy: "2021 holds a great deal of promise for us"

Contact Originators continues expansion with new hires

Flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators has continued its year of recovery after suffering a serious fire in January by increasing its headcount.

Kelly: “no risk sales for the printer’

New procurement firm aims to plug print buying gap

A new print procurement consortium has recruited a raft of industry experts and plans to roll out a new ‘no cost’ model to clients.