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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.

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...

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...

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.

Augmented reality – or AR, as most of us refer to it – is seeping into the print industry and changing the way we interact with brands and products.

At the lively LabelExpo show in Brussels, held at the end of September, AB Graphic International’s stand was buzzing.

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...

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...

Cloud-based systems are changing the way printers work, allowing them to better serve changing customer demands and put resources and capital into more effective channels, as well as providing...

If you are not invested in personal learning and development, then we probably aren’t the right company for you. That’s what I always say to people who are hoping to work with us,” states Fastsigns UK...

It can be brutal out there. Arguably, it’s never been tougher to thrive in the print sector. Low margins are the order of the day and some markets are being eroded by stiff competition from new media....

Although New Milton-based collator manufacturer Col-Tec was officially founded in 2000, the origins of the business can be traced back to 1975. That’s when Paul Bailey’s father Mike started making...

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...

The old-fashioned printer is something of an endangered species. Following the financial crisis hundreds of skilled print jobs were lost in the industry as companies consolidated or fell by the...

According to risk manager Atradius in its October 2018 Payment Practices Barometer, the UK has the highest proportion of overdue invoices in Europe at a staggering 48.7%. The next worst is France at...