Briefing
Fringe targets print in eco drive
With ticket sales topping 3 million for the first time this year, the 345,000 copies of the programme produced for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival may on the face of it seem like a comparatively...
Finding a space in the spotlight
Peter Redmond is on a mission. The new managing director at Manroland Sheetfed UK wants the firm to be much more in the mix when printers are considering purchasing a new press. Actually, to be in the...
Feast or famine? Staying fed through good times and bad
It doesn’t bear repeating that these are uncertain times. As the Brexit deadline is delayed once again – and question marks remain over its ultimate shape and consequences – there is very little to...
In this, our redesigned, monthly, bumper format, Printweek is carrying more editorial content than ever before, click here to find out more about this month’s issue…
We have business features on the practical steps you can take to handle a no-deal Brexit and a report on how print remains a key medium for the academic market, especially in the form of prospectuses...
Paper cuts into polywrap’s dominance
Take-up of paper wrapping in favour of polywrapping by publishers is gathering pace with three major media groups opting to make switches, including venerable weekly Country Life moving to paper wrap...
Government plan could be boon for Yorkshire’s creatives
With an economy worth an estimated £110bn per year, it is perhaps unsurprising that Yorkshire is not shy in shouting proudly about its successes, and it is against this backdrop that Yorkshire Day is...
Identity politics: a rebrand is more than just a makeover
As the industry barrels forward at an accelerating pace, the worst thing for a business is to be left behind. That could take many forms: shortfalls could be either financial or technological, but a...
Better together: print M&A activity shows no sign of abating
While mergers and acquisitions are nothing new in print, the latest PrintWeek Top 500 found that there were at least 77 deals involving UK printers between March 2018 and March 2019 – the busiest...
BPIF rebrands and calls for renewal
Eyes were on the future at the BPIF’s annual general meeting, which took place in London on Tuesday 9 July as part of its yearly members’ day. The main focus of the all-day event, held at the St Bride...
Mind the gap: how printers can acquire digital skills they lack
With nine out of 10 British organisations lacking in digital skills, what means are available to modernise the workforce to face the changing world?
Will PVC recycling see off alternatives?
Recycling initiatives could help PVC to retain its dominant position in the wide-format market.
Help convert the unenlightened by preaching print’s power
Championing print’s effectiveness and engaging with end-users will help the industry’s cause while potentially opening new doors.
Can gov’t plan turn the tide for SMEs?
A new support package for the UK’s exporting SMEs could assist UK print’s global standing
Printers promoted to the Premiership
Last summer the England men’s national football team famously defied the nation’s low expectations to reach the semi-finals of the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.
Direct mail houses begin to settle into life with GDPR
It all seems so long ago – the spectre of GDPR hanging over the direct mailing sector in the run-up to 25 May 2018, with both the buyers and producers caught in a mad scramble to get themselves ready...