Features

‘We learn as we go has to be the spirit’

Ordinarily, having your products reduce your customers to tears is not a good thing.

Best of British: UK pressmaker builds on long history of success

Edale is one of the last companies to design and build conventional printing presses on British soil. It enjoys a healthy international market for its modern flexo presses for label, flexible...

Q&A Seth Woodmansterne Deputy MD, Woodmansterne Publications

While most of us are still recovering from Christmas 2018, for Seth and the team at Woodmansterne planning is already well underway for the firm’s Christmas 2019 range of fine art cards and Advent...

Picking the right route to success

Printers are facing a perfect storm with rising job numbers, shrinking average order values, a less clear-cut distinction between the most appropriate production methods and the ever-present spectre...

60 seconds with GH Display

Graham Hodson (aka Curly) started what was then called Graham Hodson Design in 1974 from his garden shed.

The softly-softly approach brings family together

Gently does it,” says Dean Latchford – a good adage when the company you work for thinks of consolidating different strands of business by merging into one identity.

Rising to the occasion: how to deliver the wow factor

By their very nature special event and occasion printing jobs don’t crop up on a regular basis. Often this type of work is also incredibly challenging, with jobs passing through multiple individuals...

Make sure your people know where they stand

Employees not only form the core of a business, they are also one of the biggest fixed costs it will have. With access to the innermost corporate secrets and the ability to make or break a firm,...

60 seconds with The Bigger Printing Co

Bigger Printing was set up in 2000, by MD Sebastian Stanley (pictured right with marketing and operations manager David Bowen). Originally selling print consumables, the company grew into The Bigger...

Q&A: Graham Prichard, print manager, National Trust

“Too old to rock and roll too young to die!” Graham hit 60 this year and retires on 21 December after 41 years in the industry. Retirement will mean spending time at home with his wife of 38 years,...

Best of British: Stick with it all the way to the finish

Heanor in Derbyshire is home to Autobond, a 40-year-old family-run company that specialises in high-speed sheet laminators with heavy-duty construction and the latest electronics.

Precious print treats to stash under the tree

If you’re stumped for what to buy that special someone, then our gift guide is the ideal place to get some inspiration.

Despite digital growth the promissory note persists

With an increasing number of contactless payments being made, and the popularity of using mobile phones for managing money, it is easy to wonder whether the paper (or, nowadays, plastic) banknote...

60 seconds with Bootyman Print & Packaging

Founded in 1914 by William Bootyman – hence the name – the firm was a high street printer for 77 years until production of wet glue labels started.

Cultivating client reviews can put a smile on your face

Over the past decade or so review sites have become part of our daily lives. If you want to find a nice holiday resort and hotel, you visit Tripadvisor.