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Prepare the ground for a smooth handover
In June this year global packaging business, VPK Packaging Group announced the appointment of a new group managing director for its UK-based corrugated division, Rigid Containers.

60 seconds with Ignite Print
Ignite Print CEO Hickesh Mehta says that it’s “quite nostalgic thinking back to when Ignite Print first started out”. “We officially launched in 2010 as a small family business operating out of my...

Rising star: Jayleigh Price, number one printer, Precision Colour Printing
Jayleigh beat off stiff competition to carry off the Trainee of the Year Award at last month’s PrintWeek Awards. She’s 21 and has been working in the printing industry since spring 2016 when she took...

Overmatter: Off the record
A subversive new form of creative print work has generated a significant number of column inches in recent weeks, after copies (well, at least one copy) of David Cameron’s new memoir, For the Record,...

Q&A: Chris Strawson Account and new business manager, DPS Digital
Chris is 44 years old and has spent 27 years in the print trade. He’s single and loves entertaining, running, going to the gym and cooking.

Clarke joins MBA Group
Danny Clarke has returned to his printing industry roots with a new role at MBA Group.

Royal Mail seeks injunction to stop postal strike
Royal Mail is seeking an injunction to stop a strike by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) over job security and employment conditions, citing “potential irregularities” in the ballot of its...

Overmatter: Bouncy bouncy
The wonderful thing about Tiggers, as everyone well knows, is that they’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!

Todd exits Heidelberg UK
Jim Todd has become the second long-serving director to step down from Heidelberg UK this year.

Rising star: Kirsty Osborne, compliance and quality manager, ProCo
After studying business at college Kirsty decided to jump straight into the world of work “and earn some money”. She’s been in print since 2010, after chancing upon a Facebook advert that set her off...