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Thames Technology completes recruitment programme and rebrand
Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Technology has completed the second phase of its strategic recruitment programme and rebranded from Thames Card Technology.

60 seconds with Rondor Printing
Rondor Printing began life in the 1980s and after a couple of changes in ownership during the intervening years, Tracy Cone and Adrian Saunders took over the company in 2017 after working there since...

Q&A: James Freemantle Proprietor, St James Park Press
James Freemantle is 38 and set up the Press in 2015 to focus on hand-made limited-edition letterpress printed books and ephemera.

Pay gap figures should prompt printers to walk the walk
Print has long been a man’s game. It doesn’t take a master statistician to deduce from visitor demographics at print trade shows or a walk across a press hall floor that the vast majority of those in...

Sweet deals: how to make friends & influence people
These days it seems there are as many marketing strategies to promote a print business as there are tools to keep the presses running.

Cruise to leave Sky
Mark Cruise, head of print management at Sky, is leaving the business at the end of this week as part of a reshuffle of the broadcaster's print buying and creative production operations.

Entries sought for two industry awards
The BPIF is calling for entries into two awards schemes dedicated to passed print luminaries that aim to support industry professionals looking to advance their careers.

New UK Sakurai litho agent sells first two presses
A new agency set up last summer to supply Sakurai litho presses to the UK and Ireland market has installed its first two machines and said there are more to follow.

The Printing Charity names FT editor as 2018 president
The Printing Charity has named Financial Times editor Lionel Barber as its 2018 president.

Propack takes on first client services apprentice
Propack Direct Mail has appointed an apprentice for its client services department.