Disciplines
Me & My: Trotec Laser Q500
Attending a print trade show can be a daunting experience. Vast halls are packed to the rafters with shiny bits of new-fangled equipment, and lots of sales people are on hand to give you the spiel...
Fitting a quart into a pint pot
The Covid pandemic changed so much. It redefined retail, forced organisations to change working practices, led to the rise of remote working, and proved that technology has a very distinct role to...
Don’t let the bast**ds in
Hardly a day goes by without a warning or headline about scams. Employee frauds, push payment, or errant suppliers short-changing customers, the level of activity is rising, despite the actions of...
You're hired!
There are several routes into the world of print but one, the apprenticeship, can bring the young into an ageing sector and enable businesses to mould recruits to their way of working.
Drupa visitors can expect a digital print wonderland
The options for digital colour have come a long way, and the market is now fiercely competitive.
Print remains stubbornly a pale and male sector
Despite some increase in the number of women employed in the industry, print continues to stand out as a particularly non-diverse sector. But why? And what should be done?
It’s time to get a fresh perspective now we’ve got rid of the zombies
If you were to skim through this issue’s news digest, you could be forgiven for thinking the industry is on its last legs – with so many references to insolvencies, cut-backs, overreaches, and a whole...
Fresh print tenders open for bids
A new trio of print tenders has appeared on the government’s Contracts Finder service.
Directors banned over BBL
Two directors of a publishing company have been disqualified for abusing taxpayer-backed Covid business loan support.
John Brailsford in Morgana UK first
John Brailsford Printers has become the first UK company to install a Morgana ColorCut SC6000 digital die-cutting and creasing machine.