Business
Caps Cases designs cardboard polling booths for Cornwall Council
Suffolk-based corrugated converter Caps Cases has manufactured the UK's first corrugated cardboard polling booths.
Banner invests £1.5m in double iGen 150 install
Banner Managed Communication (BMC) has invested £1.5m in its Guildford production facility, replacing its two Xerox iGen3 presses with two new iGen150s, following a sharp increase in business in 2014.
Felix Dennis guarantees May salaries as BT&D appoints administrators
Butler Tanner and Dennis (BT&D) co-owner Felix Dennis has personally funded staff salaries until the end of the month as the firm officially enters administration.
Polestar reveals UK web offset blueprint
Polestar has announced the planned closure of one of its four current web offset print facilities as part of the reshaping of its UK web offset platform in the wake of its major investment in Polestar...
Business inspection: Adapting to touchy-feely demands
Adding B2C to existing B2B services boosted revenue, but was not without its challenges.
The public perspective
Did you know that the UK’s printing industry still generates around £14.1bn of revenue each year? Or that it is a significant part of the fourth-largest manufacturing sector in the UK by turnover?
News UK set to extend contract work
News UK’s appointment of Tracey Hart to the new role of commercial director of operations this week is indicative of the publisher’s desire to grow its successful contract printing business as well as...
No print firm is too illustrious to fail
There’s no doubt that for the 100 staff at Butler Tanner & Dennis, the news that its book printing business is set to close will have come as a devastating blow.
Book closes on B&T story as firm heads for administration
Looking back at the 169 year history of Butler Tanner & Dennis is like leafing through a ‘Who’s Who’ of publishing and printing. Little wonder that B&T also printed the illustrious tome itself.
Internships can deliver much more than just the tea
From Monica Lewinsky and that infamous cigar, to the ongoing debate around cheap or even unpaid labour, the subject of internships can be controversial. There have been plenty of headlines in recent...