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Staff recruitment and retention are two areas of business that are significantly undervalued and, as a result, they are often overlooked by company owners.

You wouldn't put diesel in a Ferrari," argued Tottenham Hotspur FC manager Harry Redknapp earlier this month. The analogy is apt; his view was that Premier League footballers should avoid alcohol in...

Both invoice discounting and factoring can provide important functions for a well-managed business, but be aware of the risks, advises Philip Chadwick

As the market for personalised direct mail grows, the sector has had to sharpen up its act in order to meet increasingly tough data protection requirements, as Barney Cox discovers

There are a host of pre-press products on the market to automate file processing and improve file checking and approval, ganging, imposition, image correction and ink optimisation

Printers are bringing design services in-house to drive production through the press halls, with the advantage to customers that their creative work is underpinned by production, craft and cost

Heidelberg sales chief Jürgen Rautert talks to Darryl Danielli about the recent workforce cuts at the manufacturer, the economy and the rise of digital.

The internet is more important than ever for print companies, so Matt Whipp unpicks the jargon to tell you how to get your website to the top of the crucial search engine lists

In today's tougher markets, effective selling strategies are a must and so modern print companies need to take a more sophisticated approach to customer relations and product promotion

As marketing clients look to target their mailings with increasing accuracy, getting into data management can open up a new world of business possibilities for the astute print company

CPI chief executive Mike Taylor spoke about the importance of good purchasing practice at the Vision in Print 'How to thrive in a print recession' conference.

If an unnecessary makeready sheet or wasted misprint in the press hall is tantamount to throwing a banknote in the bin, an unsellable finished sheet is like emptying the entire contents of your wallet...

Equipped with an open mind and an open chequebook, printers face an increasing array of options when selecting a new sheetfed press. Even apparently straightforward decisions, such as sheet size,...

Since the last Top 500 was published, the financial world has been battered by heavy weather - and it's not over yet. Economist David Ross battens down the hatches