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Kathy Woodward RIP

Jo Francis mourns the passing of an exceptional woman and champion of print.

BPIF chief Woodward passes away

Industry loses one of its keenest advocates after BPIF chief executive Kathy Woodward passed away yesterday.

DG3's Phil Cherry to retire

DG3 sales director Phil Cherry will retire at the end of the month after 45 years in the industry.

Ashgate Automation founder John Price passes away

John Price, founder and managing director of Ashgate Automation, has passed away, aged 58.

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.

UK print must do more to resolve gender imbalance

In Britain, 2014, the average full-time pay gap between men and women is 10%, women make up just 17% of FTSE 100 board directors, and a quarter of women, according to a recent Business Environment...

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.

Singh returns to print with buyout deal

Former Communisis director Gurdev Singh is back in the industry after acquiring a Yorkshire-based printing business.

Interview: 'Even our accountant is keen for us to spend money’

Earlier this month, The Printing Charity (TPC) awarded a total of £36,000 to 24 young people looking to further their careers in the graphic arts sector.

Arctic Paper’s Munken Polar used for Rankin book

The Munken Polar grade from graphic fine paper manufacturer Arctic Paper UK has been used for Alive: In the Face of Death, a book by British photographer Rankin.