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Polestar reveals UK web offset blueprint
Polestar has announced the planned closure of one of its four current web offset print facilities as part of the reshaping of its UK web offset platform in the wake of its major investment in Polestar...

Q&A: Adam Kill, account executive, Print 4, Nottingham
Adam has spent 17 years in print and has been with his partner Karen for a year longer than that, and they have three boys.

Overmatter: wild wayzgoose
Being dropped in the middle of the Lake District to compete in a bout of archery, axe-throwing and catapult-building might sound like a medieval re-enactment society’s special Olympics, but it was...

The public perspective
Did you know that the UK’s printing industry still generates around £14.1bn of revenue each year? Or that it is a significant part of the fourth-largest manufacturing sector in the UK by turnover?

Internships can deliver much more than just the tea
From Monica Lewinsky and that infamous cigar, to the ongoing debate around cheap or even unpaid labour, the subject of internships can be controversial. There have been plenty of headlines in recent...

Interview: ‘When you’re young, you think you can do anything’
By her own admission, Glossop Cartons sales director and de facto figurehead Jacky Sidebottom-Every is a natural born worrier. However, that hasn’t prevented her from building a 53-staff, almost £5m...

TheMagicTouch expands product range with Listawood deal
TheMagicTouch has formed a global partnership with Fakenham-based ceramics coater and decorator Listawood, to market its patent-protected SatinMug range of high-quality ceramic mugs to printers.

Industry colleagues mourn Ron England
Ron England, who ran some of the UK’s biggest print sites during his career in the industry, has died aged 65.

News UK appoints Tracey Hart to drive print and distribution businesses
News UK has appointed DMG Media's Tracey Hart to the newly created role of commercial director of operations, with a remit to develop new markets for its printing and distribution businesses.

Kodak adds new executive role
Fresh Kodak boss Jeff Clarke has boosted the group’s worldwide executive team with a newly-created senior sales role.