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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.

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...

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

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 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.

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.

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.