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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...

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.

Q&A Cameron Gray, business development manager, UK Book Binders

Cameron is 25 years old and has been in the industry for just over four years after swapping a personal training role in London for print finishing in Weston-super-Mare. He’s an Everton FC season...

60 seconds with Crescent Press

Founded in 1997, Crescent Press has built a reputation serving advertising agencies, creatives and print management firms across the UK. Initially a Birmingham-based litho printer, 2010 saw the...

Q&A: Andy Stevens, head of client services, VR Print

Andy has been in print for over 35 years. In that time he’s been agency side, worked in publishing, design, print management and is now back in manufacturing. He’s married with five boys and lives in...

60 seconds with Aura Print

Aura Print began with director Liam Smith printing for local businesses from the basement of his home in 2007. Originally it was mainly flyers and business cards but the offering grew as more...

Q&A: Diana Thompson Managing director, Plus Point PR

Di has been in print for 35 years, 10 as a journalist (for LithoWeek/PrintWeek and Printing World) and 25 as a PR person. She’s married to Dave with two ‘kids’ Charlie (22) and Sophie (20).

60-seconds with Data Image

In the early 1990s, Data Image’s now-CEO Robert Farfort began designing prototypes and integrating Apple Macs with vinyl cutting machines in the garage of his childhood home. “A true pioneer of the...

Q&A: Melvin Vinyard Senior account manager, Fuller Davies

Melvin turned 65 in April and will retire next month after working in print for 49 years. He is married to Sandra and they have “two children and two lovely granddaughters”. His main hobbies are...

60 seconds with Ace Binding Company

Ace Binding Company was born out of the love director Robert Hart had for the industry. Founded 16 years ago, with a couple of folders, a guillotine and stitching line, it was a move into PUR binding...