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Overmatter: peppy passport

As it’s been a record +21 degrees in February, it’s only natural that thoughts should turn to summer holidays.

Q&A: Alice Murray Account manager, Fine Print Services

Alice is 22 years old and began her career in print just over three years ago. She did a Level 3 BPIF diploma in print administration and is now on a Level 5 management programme, and is also chair of...

Killer app: White Duck’s old-school skills are out of this world

The Söderberg sisters, better known as Swedish folk music act First Aid Kit, are famous for their dramatic flair – psychedelic patterns and magnificent jewels making up their onstage costumes.

More power to the women of print

Thanks to Kelly O’Sullivan and her new networking group, I have learned about the great Emily Faithfull and her early, all-female print works. What a woman!

Ramping up social media in pursuit of the perfect post

For a sector that is frequently geared around promoting the services of other businesses, the print trade often struggles with selling itself.

Me & my: Vpress Coreprint Pro

Carly Press is a third-generation family-run general commercial printer running a mix of cut-sheet colour digital and roll-fed wide-format print equipment based in Wellington, Somerset.

Time, effort and dedication leads to excellence

It was almost off the scale. DCB Group recently scored 96% in the BPIF’s Seal of Excellence following extensive checks that culminated in not one but three seals of excellence – in health and safety,...

60 seconds with Jamm Print & Production

Jamm started in 1995, when production director Liz Shackleton decided to develop a specialist service for non-profit organisations.

Best of British: Setting out to make the impossible possible

It’s now exactly 20 years since Graham Harris found a better way to crease paper, although at first he wasn’t sure how to actually make it.

Mental wellbeing is much more than all in the mind

While certain level of stress in our lives is important just to function, it was Reverend WJ Kennedy who, in 1856, as the Inspector of Schools for Lancashire and the Isle of Man, identified that “if...