Briefing

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...

Print can profit from the unboxing fad

Online ‘unboxing’ videos are said to attract billions of views each year on YouTube and other content sharing platforms such as Instagram and Twitter, and can be incredibly lucrative for their...

Extravaganza celebrates wide -format power and potential

Returning to Messe Munich for the first time in five years, Fespa’s 2019 show tied together its sprawling threads with a single, simple core idea: possibility.

Is the future of your business in the hands of your staff?

Employee ownership schemes, which take the form of trusts, share programmes and co-operative structures, are not common in the UK.

Virtues of print hailed at comms event

Leading lights from the creative digital industries in the north of England and beyond converged at the Rose Bowl in Leeds last month to hear about the latest trends, developments and technological...

Attitudes have evolved but infrastructure is still lacking

While the well documented ‘Blue Planet effect’ has undoubtedly helped to raise awareness, consumer and business recycling rates had been on an upward trajectory even before the screening of this...

‘Somehow this has to be resolved’

Leaver, Remainer, Hard Brexit, Soft Brexit, People’s Vote – no matter your opinion I’m sure we can all agree if we ran our businesses like the government is ‘running’ this farce it would be CVAs,...

JICMail’s impact assessed one year on

In January 2018, a new ‘currency’ for measuring advertising mail engagement was launched, finally enabling the third-largest media channel in the UK according to ad spend to be considered by marketers...

Setting pay levels for fairness, dignity and productivity

By the time you read this, the UK’s National Living Wage will have risen from £7.83 per hour to £8.21 per hour, honouring a pledge made by chancellor Philip Hammond in his Autumn Budget.

Continuous-feed inkjet sector finds success with automation

A variety of technology advances moved the conversation forward at Swiss manufacturer Hunkeler’s specialist trade show in Lucerne.

Firms tackle negative eco-assumptions

Government urged to reconsider detrimental messaging around green credentials of printed matter.

Digital needs to inspire the brands

Kodak’s drive to bolster its share of the packaging sector, as voiced in the summer of 2017, seemed unlikely to be followed by the sale of the division most specifically targeted at that sector,...

Women at work – the push for gender diversity in print

Emily Faithfull was the daughter of a vicar in the middle of the 19th century. Inspired by her friend Bessie Parks, she trained as a printer and typesetter during a time of booming industrial growth...