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Set your pay schemes to suit your sales strategy

For years the tried and trusted method print bosses used to motivate their sales staff was the ‘carrot and stick’ approach: the promise of cold hard cash if certain performance-related targets were...

60-seconds with Copyprint

Copyprint was established in 1980 in the former owner’s garage. It grew substantially in the early 1980s and moved to an industrial unit in Treforest. It has since taken over the neighbouring units on...

Print’s tomorrows need today’s yoof

To avoid any possible confusion, this edition of PrintWeek is 100%, officially the apprentice issue.

Old-school schemes find favour with a new generation

Ink-stained apprentices were a feature of the printing trade for centuries. At least three US presidents – Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding and Lyndon Johnson – worked as so-called ‘printer’s devils’...

BPIF initiative offers new start for sector apprenticeships

Last week, print’s demographic timebomb – a result of the shortage of training for young joiners and an ageing workforce – ceased ticking.

Interview: ‘Print is having a real renaissance with young people’

It’s safe to say that Pureprint chief executive Mark Handford likes to run his business at full throttle.

ITG wins Intu contract and announces senior appointments

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) has won a major business process outsourcing (BPO) contract and appointed two joint managing directors for customer service as it looks to continue its rapid growth.

Buckland MD Snoad to step down

Buckland Media Group managing director Kevin Snoad will retire at the end of the month after more than 50 years in the industry.

Nth Degree Imaging makes new appointments to support Roland deal

Nth Degree Imaging has taken on two new senior staff members after being appointed as a UK authorised dealer for Roland DG wide-format printers.

Dunstall made bankrupt over personal guarantee

Failed print and mailing business entrepreneur Kevin Dunstall has been made bankrupt.