Features
Best of British: The sky’s not the limit for this exporting superstar
Machines that convert large rolls of material into smaller more manageable rolls may not quite count as the unsung heroes of the industry, but they’re certainly vital and need both precision...
Q&A: Andy Gillett, joint managing director, Fretwell Print & Design
Leeds United fan Andy has spent 35 years in print and is married with one daughter and a 20-month-old grand-daughter.
60 seconds with Swallowtail Print
Swallowtail is the result of a merger between Norwich Colour Print and F Crowe & Sons in 2011.
To hit the ROI bullseye you need proper targeting
According to the latest annual Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report published in April 2019, UK advertising spending on direct mail in 2018 topped £1.5bn.
Good cover can save you from a titanic disaster
Selling physical product is generally an easy process. A customer wants an item, buys it and walks out of the store holding their purchase, their need satiated. But insurance can be a different...
'We should celebrate and be excited about our products’
He runs what is arguably the UK’s biggest single-site print operation – a giant 55-acre campus that is home to the 75,000m² Prinovis UK factory.
60 seconds with Lost Heritage
Lost Heritage started six years ago when founder Claire McDivitt was on maternity leave and felt it was the optimal time to take a chance and try to turn her hobby of traditional printing into a...
Best of British: Essex business plotting to exceed your expectations
Blackman & White today is known as a builder of flatbed plotting and cutting tables that are mainly bought for large-format CNC applications including print signage, textiles and packaging.
Pay heed to employees’ rights and aspirations
Whatever the Bible may say about the love of money being a “root of all kinds of evil”, as Paul wrote in his first letter to Timothy, there aren’t many of us who wouldn’t be happier with a little bit...
The career changers who took a liking to the print sector
Print’s dead right? That’s what some people insist on saying. Print volumes have shrunk significantly over the last decade or so and the market has undergone an unprecedented period of consolidation....
Q&A: Dean Williams Managing director, Simpson Group
Dean is celebrating 30 years in print this year. He and his wife Sharon have two sons, Ben (20) and Luke (18) “who we are immensely proud of however want nothing to do with print, yet”.
Open your doors to find workers with the best fit
Aberystwyth’s location on the west Wales coast just beneath the Snowdonia National Park is a pretty remote spot, which can make finding staff with the right skill set a challenge.
Early birds can catch the slug-a-beds napping
Simon Biltcliffe’s beard is not (quite) in the same league as Kim Kardashian’s derrière as a personal physical attribute with the ability to break the internet but it may be as close as the UK print...
Two become one: bringing teams together
Resource had already taken the organic route to growth through smart investment and operational excellence. So the next logical step was to seek an acquisition that would allow the company to...
Q&A: Matt Carry Sales director, Acorn Web Offset
Matt is 41 years old and has been working in print for 24 years since starting as an apprentice planner/platemaker at book printers WS Maney & Son.