Business

Claw back what’s rightfully yours

We’re in trying times and firms looking to drag in what they’re owed are struggling. If getting paid in normal times was tricky print is now having to up its game just to stand still.

Being the boss in unprecedented times, part 2

Part two of our special feature asking industry MDs and CEOs to share their experiences of being a business leader in unprecedented times and their strategies for handling the Covid crisis, both...

Brexit: print and its suppliers are well prepared

Just before this issue of Printweek went to press, a rather strident email arrived, entitled ‘Urgent message from the Business Secretary. Time is running out – it’s time to take action now’.

Printweek editor Darryl Danielli

Our leaders could learn a lesson or two from the resilience of print

I know we’re all supposed to be getting used to the ‘new normal’, but seriously we’re eight months into this pandemic and I’m starting to wonder if anything will ever be normal – new or otherwise.

The October and November 2020 issue of Printweek is out now. Our 'power of print issue’ is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...

The cover feature looks at ways of combatting the dirty tricks and misinformation that rivals sometimes use to discredit your business. We also detail the actions suppliers have implemented to gear up...

Geer: "We believe this year more than ever before that businesses should be recognised"

Stationers extends Warrants deadline

The Stationers’ Company has extended the entry deadline for the 2021 Warrant scheme.

Sunak upgraded support measures last week. But no 'disaster relief' for business as yet

GPMA hopeful as government's Covid-19 response evolves

The Graphics & Print Media Alliance (GPMA) has received a “heartening” response from the government after lobbying for a disaster relief fund to help save thousands of printing industry firms that...

Welsh government: facing a very serious situation as coronavirus has risen rapidly

Welsh firebreak: industry reacts

Welsh print bosses are expecting to continue operating as normal in the face of the nation’s new ‘firebreak’ lockdown measures, albeit with understandable concerns about the likely impact on some...

The Agfa Avalon N8 was installed in August

Jaymar Packaging upgrades plate production

Jaymar Packaging has upgraded its platesetting after taking delivery of a secondhand Agfa Avalon N8 engine.

Abbot Print's Alasdair Browne featured on Sky News earlier this week

Print's plight highlighted in Sky News report

Sky News has responded to the IPIA and BAPC's repeated calls to the national media to highlight the plight of thousands of print businesses facing closure by the end of the year without support.