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Ambassadors for print must step up
This edition of PrintWeek has inadvertently become another apprentice issue; and I don’t mean the ‘you’re fired’ kind before you wonder.

60 seconds with Bridson & Horrox
Bridson & Horrox started in 1933, it’s a family-owned company and Darren Horrox is the third-generation owner. During the early days it was just a winter business as the owner Marshall Bridson had a...

Q&A: Martin Nestor Production director, First 4 Print Finishing
Martin officially ‘retired’ from First 4 at the end of October, but we hear he’ll still do about four months a year at the Blackburn company, which recently carried off PrintWeek’s SME Company of the...

Is enough being done to attract young people into print?
"Printing is part of life, but it requires skills,” said HRH The Duke of York at The Printing Charity’s 188th Annual Luncheon earlier this month.

‘Growth is vital, but we’re not about chasing a number’
Geoff Neal Litho was founded in 1976 by managing director Sam Neal’s dad, Geoff, almost by accident.

Noted in Style supports growth with apprentice hire
Noted in Style, a Kent-based manufacturer and supplier of customised and branded products, has taken on a new production apprentice as it continues to grow.

Engelmann and Buckham announces rebrand
Machinery supplier Engelmann and Buckham has announced a rebrand to reflect “extensive recent business changes”.

Americk Packaging acquires Adare Advantage
Americk Packaging has acquired Adare’s packaging business, Adare Advantage, for an undisclosed sum.

Wallace Print invests £250,000 in new kit and premises revamp
Wallace Print has bought a 2m-wide Wohlenberg guillotine and updated its premises by adding new offices to its building.

Emmerson Press hires apprentice
Emmerson Press has taken on its first apprentice "in a long time" and revealed plans to take on more in the future.