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Sean Shine joined Paragon as group chief operating officer in 2016

Paragon appoints new CEO as Crean changes role

Sean Shine has stepped up to the chief executive role at Paragon Group and has set his sights on taking the £1bn business to the "next level".

Collecting Resource's trophy at the Printweek Awards

Rising star: Lewis Platt Apprentice digital printer, Resource

Lewis is 18 and has already been working in the industry for two years. He initially started working at Leeds-based Resource to fill time between college terms, and was then offered a position as an...

Connor: Possibly a Rangers fan

Q&A: Douglas Connor, supply chain executive, Paragon Customer Communications

Douglas has been working in print one way or another since leaving school in 1988. He’s also club secretary of Hillsborough Pumas JFC in Sheffield, and manages the U15 side. He’s married with two...

The small matter of fraud

According to PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, only 49% of global organisations said they’ve been a victim of fraud and economic crime. While some might question the percentage...

Training tracks

Print business owners face a major dilemma. There is currently a significant skills shortage within the industry, which has a rapidly ageing workforce. There is also a lack of young people entering...

Shout louder

Earlier this month the BPIF organised its annual Apprentice Conference, which this year was hosted at the Antalis Academy at the merchanting group’s head office near Leicester.

Treat your clients like kings to help reap a royal reward

In today’s highly competitive print environment many printers can feel pushed into slashing prices to retain a regular client or win new work to keep their presses full.

De La Rue: fresh execs take charge at embattled group

De La Rue appoints interim CFO

De La Rue has appointed an interim finance chief to plug the gap left by Helen Willis, who left the company abruptly just over a fortnight ago.

Micklethwait: "The Printing Charity does a fantastic job looking after people of all ages"

Printing Charity appoints Bloomberg ed as new president

Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait has accepted an invitation to be the Printing Charity’s president for 2020.

The new unit is in a Government Enterprise Zone

Print in the Bag relocates to new site

Print in the Bag is set to move to new premises almost three times as large as its current home in as part of an expansion drive.