Business
Don’t fret over bad decisions, learn from them
I can’t imagine there’s a single business leader reading this who hasn’t made a dodgy decision at one time or another that they later regretted.
Moving out of a humble abode to your ‘des res’
Moving premises is the most stressful thing that most business owners will ever have to endure.
How well can UK printers fare in international markets?
As time ticks away on the Brexit clock, one of the few things we can be quite certain of is the high degree of uncertainty among businesses about a future outside the EU. Negotiations between Downing...
Take your first steps along the M&A trail
Transactional corporate finance is, in the words of printer Tim Black, a “movable feast”. Or should that be a ‘moving target’? Regulators have had a field day in recent years following the dotcom...
National treasure: printers trading on ‘brand Britain’
When was the last time you bought something that was made in Britain? For many of us that’s likely to be a tough question to answer. We’re so accustomed to a global market that we barely bother to...
New name means new business for EBM Managed Services
Essex Business Machines has rebranded as EBM Managed Services (EBM) as it expands its remit to provide IT as well as print management.
You have to be in it to win it
The industry’s great and good descended on London’s Grosvenor House last week to celebrate the best of UK print.
Putting it all back together again
It was while he was on his dream holiday that Andy Martin’s nightmare began. The weather in Thailand on Christmas Day 2015 was near perfect, but clouds gathered elsewhere. From that other place came a...
Ashes to ashes
It’s a sad fact of life that businesses can and do fail and the fallout impacts many – owners, shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers alike.
DS Smith makes Eastern European push with Romanian acquisition
DS Smith has acquired Romanian packaging and paper firms EcoPack and EcoPaper in a bid to extend its Eastern European reach.