Printers

Direct mail spend down 17.1% since 2009, says Ofcom

Advertising spend on addressed direct mail has fallen 17.1% in the past five years, according to the latest Communications Market Report from Ofcom.

Menu Printers awarded injunction against Basildon-based printer

An Essex-based print farmer has taken out an injunction against the owners and employees of the print business where she rented an office after they allegedly stole client information and files...

Brooklyn Graphics drum skin rocks for Kasabian

Turning on the TV to be greeted by something you’ve helped create isn’t an experience all can claim. But Darren Brooks, partner at Falkirk-based printers Brooklyn Graphics, can.

Q&A: Clive Andrews-Lewis, studio manager, KJB UK

Clive has spent 36 years in print and says it was his vocation right from school, “real man and boy stuff”. Despite the photographic evidence he also says he’s loved all his years in the trade.

60 seconds with SPS Group

SPS Group was founded in 1968 by Ian Martin as a local screen printing business. The firm has developed into a POS and retail specialist employing 175 staff. It is run by Ian’s sons Toby (pictured)...

Business inspection: Eco standard-bearer pushes into Europe

The five-figure investment required to secure the EU Ecolabal was a price well worth paying.

Interview: We laud failure, because you learn new things by failing

In 1993, Webmart chief executive Simon Biltcliffe, working at the time as a regional sales director for web offset print at BPC, was sent to Japan on a supplier visit.

Manor Group upgrades digital finishing with Duplo spend

Eastbourne-based litho and digital printer Manor Group has invested £80,000 in a new DC-745 intelligent finishing system from Duplo as a replacement for its existing DC-445.

Kingston Carton continues 'future proof' spend with twin Bobst install

Kingston Carton is researching the final element of a major equipment overhaul that has already seen it invest £5m in plant and machinery in the past three years, including two new Bobst machines...

Greenwoods Stock Boxes invests in new Goldline 1300

Greenwoods Stock Boxes has installed a new Goldline 1300 to take smaller-format work off of its existing large-format clamshell platen, alleviating concerns over operator safety.