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Can blood ties ensure success is in a firm’s DNA?

“Who can you trust more than your family?” asks Alex Cain, sales director at high-end London printer and stationer Mount Street Printers and son of founders Peter and Fridette Cain.

Me & my: Promatrix 106 CS

BCQ is a well-established ‘full-services’ offset and digital print group based on the outskirts of Buckingham. The ‘BC’ part of its initials comes from Buckingham Colour, which merged with Colour...

Star product: Signracer 3200 H-LED

A high-quality large-format output at a more affordable price.

Honours for notable industry women

The chief executive of PG Paper and a woman who has spent a lifetime in craft bookbinding head up the industry recipients in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.

New year predictions: Mark Simpson, Simpson Group

Simpson Group chairman Mark Simpson hopes his business will take on some rising young stars in 2017 and wants the print industry to get better at recruitment and training generally.

New year predictions: Mike Phillips, The Delta Group

The Delta Group chief executive Mike Phillips says that while Brexit was a disappointment, it might actually represent an opportunity provided the industry doesn’t get complacent.

New year predictions: Nigel Toplis, Kall Kwik UK

Kall Kwik UK managing director Nigel Toplis hopes the industry will become more customer-driven in 2017.

New year predictions: Parry Jones, The Specialist Works

Unsurprisingly, given that he’s managing director of print at full service media agency The Specialist Works, Parry Jones is a passionate advocate of print. And all he wants for Christmas is for the...

New year predictions: Andy Barber, iMail

Andy Barber, managing director of UK Mail subsidiary Imail, has enjoyed a year in which he oversaw global expansion of his Konica Minolta user group and watched his beloved Leicester City win the...

New year predictions: Ryan Hennessey, The AA

AA head of marketing services Ryan Hennessey knows that savvy printers can call the tune when it comes to variable digital colour, although he’ll also be hoping to rock the sector with a very special...