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Benson Group top of the class for apprentices

Benson Group has won top marks from Leicester College for supporting education and training on its four-year apprentice scheme.

Business must adapt to the reality of an ageing workforce

Office for National Statistics figures published this month show that our workforce is most definitely ageing. In fact this year, in the period between February and April, the number of people in...

Steve Dryden joins Flint Group while Adrian Marsh takes the finance reins at DS Smith

Steve Dryden, the former group finance director of packaging business DS Smith, is to become chief financial officer of consumables giant Flint Group on 1 July.

Link the two tribes with better communication

The two worlds of the pre-press technician and the finisher are, considering they work for the same firm and are often just a few metres apart, pretty different. One's day-to-day existence revolves...

Rocket eyes sustainable growth and new markets

Wide-format specialist Rocket Graphics is targeting sales of 5m next year on the back of an ambitious growth plan, centred on 350,000 investment on a site expansion, high profile appointments and kit...

Ex-PPS director Chris Burchett passes away

Former PPS commercial director Chris Burchett has died. He was 64.

Express KCS expands offer with new marketing appointment

Creative production service provider Express KCS has created a global business development role as it looks to offer brand and creative marketing services to a broader client base.

Knapp passes leadership of KBA UK to Andrew Pang

KBA UK managing director Christian Knapp is to step down next month after 12 years with the press manufacturer's UK arm.

Feed your head: tips for bridging the skills gap

Let's start by stating the obvious: being a manager is tough. Ensuring employees are happy, directing the future strategy of the company, having a good understanding of everything from sales and...

Don't ignore warning signs of staff strife

Disciplinary and grievance.' Two words your average print boss will be none too fond of, standing as they do for pretty much everything that could go wrong with a company HR-wise.