Business

For the first time in two decades, year-end sales have fallen at the group

Cimpress: resilient but “far from where we want to be”

Cimpress founder Robert Keane has described the effects on business of the Covid-19 pandemic as akin to being “punched hard in the stomach”.

The June & July 2020 issue of Printweek is out now and is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...

The cover feature in this issue is on the benefits a neurodiverse workforce can bring to businesses. We also try to give you visibility of your obligations under the UK's famously opaque contract...

Beautiful minds, Brilliant results

Not everyone’s brain works the same way and those who diverge are too often maligned, but employing those who think differently can bring real benefits.

Contract killers

Deals are done every minute of the day and every day of the week; some informal, others by written contract. Most are carried out seamlessly, but there are occasions where agreements fall apart...

Commission accomplished

Every commercial operation needs good salespeople if they are to sell their products, but while pay can be easier to set for some employees, it has been notoriously difficult to create a commission...

Going greener: 10 top tips

There was a time during the last decade when carbon footprint reduction seemed to be the primary topic of conversation in the print industry, with recyclables, chemicals and shifts to new, greener...

Gray: "For the first time we really are a team"

Business Inspection: Make a strong recovery

In the late noughties, Mark Gray was running a profitable Manchester print business producing educational material, but with the market flagging due to new technological capabilities in schools, Gray...

Steele: Measures must take company values and culture into account

20 lessons learned during lockdown for prospering amid the new normal

While some print firms were shuttered during lockdown, others have kept going throughout. Dr Adrian Steele, managing director at Staffordshire-based Mercian Labels shares some of the changed workplace...

Covid crisis should stimulate a better deal for UK makers

Just as the coronavirus situation has kept us all apart, it’s also served to bring people and organisations together.

The business hopes to extend the solar panels to its new unit next door

Aztec rises to Covid challenges and invests for growth

Aztec Label is set to invest a significant six-figure sum in an additional factory unit to boost its footprint by 25% as part of an ambitious post-Covid growth plan.