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Forklifts: essential tool needs careful handling
Lift trucks of various kinds are necessary for the smooth running of printing firms of all sizes. Safe operation must be a top priority to prevent accidents.
Coronavirus survival guide, part one: Contracts
As Covid-19 continues to force the world into isolation, Printweek examines three key issues for management and finds advice on how to mitigate the impact of coronavirus. Part one is on removing risk...
Coronavirus survival guide part two: Employment matters
As Covid-19 continues to force the world into isolation, Printweek examines three key issues for management and finds advice on how to mitigate the impact of coronavirus. Part two is on employment...
Coronavirus survival guide part three: Insurance
As Covid-19 continues to force the world into isolation, Printweek examines three key issues for management and finds advice on how to mitigate the impact of coronavirus. Part three is on insurance.
New technology blossoms
Taking steps to future-proof the business meant going down the digital route for Kalas Packaging.
Lifesaver business apps
There is a huge range of apps available to help with running a company, but which ones will make a positive contribution to your business?
Best of British: Global Graphics Software
Global Graphics Software is always a bit of a conundrum to write about. It’s a successful British software developer whose users may not even know they have it. Its PostScript and PDF RIP-rendering...
Modern man, modern fatherhood
A rose-tinted look back at early post war history, often through the medium of film and TV, shows that the demarcation of familial roles and responsibilities was generally quite distinct. Mother...
Creating a culture around the art of innovation
In late February, when Brexit was still, just about, our biggest economic concern, Printweek partnered with HP Indigo and brought together a group of business leaders to discuss the topic of...
Overmatter: The puzzle of all puzzles
Covid-19 has brought us many things, pretty much all of them unwelcome. It’s also brought a new concept to the UK, that of being “furloughed” (note to selves, not “furlonged” – a furlong is a...
Covid-19: free resources for printers
Printweek is here to help in any way we can during the virus crisis. This article focuses on free resources that have been made available for our readers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19: useful information for print businesses
UPDATED 16.3.2021: Printweek is here to help in any way we can during the coronavirus crisis. We've put a host of useful links and info in one place, and we’ll keep updating this article with new...
Covid-19: Printweek matchmaking service
We’re sharing details here of UK printing companies with mothballed or spare capacity due to the virus crisis, and where this capacity could be used by others for the production of other essential or...
Best of British: Masters in media studies
Here at Printweek we had a bit of a debate about what ‘British’ actually means in manufacturing terms. There are quite a few firms with UK-based factories and workforces that develop their own...
20 under £20k
Print and print-related machinery comes in all shapes and sizes and while you might have to fork out millions for a full bells-and-whistles super-duper new press, there are plenty of smaller...