Features

Clean-up proposal is set to put the records straight
The UK is thought of as being in the vanguard of the rule of law, good governance and best business practice. However, the registration and administration of businesses within the UK has fallen behind...

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...

Printers play it cool for festival fever
While many of us will be looking at the summer through the office or factory window, certain members of the printer fraternity are lucky enough to be spending it attending the long list of amazing...

Best of British: Hamillroad’s big screen test
How does a small Cambridge developer produce halftone screening software intended to outperform the big pre-press players? This is the story of Hamillroad, which sells advanced Digitally Modulated...

Bells and whistles litho can take on short-run digital
In the quarter century or so that digital colour presses have been around, most of the debate has been about if, how, and when they would take over from ‘conventional’ printing processes.

Perfect planning is required for upscale projects
Little did the team at Preston-based Lustalux know that when a call came in from architect consultancy C4 Projects in 2015, a simple query about window film would be scaled into a complex and...

Security gets tougher for online sales
Europe has, for some time, been worried about the problem of card fraud. As part of the fight back, a new process known as Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) made under the Revised Directive on...

To hire the best put your consultants in the hot seat
With competition in print acute never has recruiting the right leaders been so important. Long gone are the days when firms could take the ‘warm body’ approach to hiring staff.

‘We’ve got so many irons in the fire now’
Having notched up more than 20 years with Kodak, Print Systems Division president John O’Grady, has lived through the well documented highs and lows of the firm.

60 seconds with Colour Connection
Starting out in 1982 as a small, family run print shop, managing director Richard Currie (pictured) says Colour Connection has been committed to providing a bespoke design and print service to...

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).

What it takes to be a business award winner
Reading-based VGL prides itself on its bold and innovative work which has led to winning numerous accolades.

Beware the wrath of the tax man
It is unwise to irritate HMRC and, therefore, vital to know how the tax system works and how to avoid penalties Words Adam Bernstein Illustration Snowdon Fine Animation.

The importance of keeping the history of printing alive
Heritage professionals must act now to bring print, in all its guises, to the attention of the public now and for future generations.