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"Post-digital letterpress.” Erik Spiekermann is always good with an apt phrase that works just as well in English as his native German.

One of life’s minor pleasures is reading old predictions for the future and observing how wrong they were. Flying cars, fusion power stations and consumer 3D printing have all been past examples.

Curtis may not be looking to build an empire, but it recognised when the time was right to step up to the next level.

If technology has rendered print a commodity, then it’s up to printers to get more involved and become providers of expertise and excellence.

Commercial law is extremely complicated and drawing up sufficiently precise set of T&Cs is both essential and difficult. Ensure yours are right.

Like it or not, networking is a hugely effective way to increase your profile, and it’s no secret that it pays to make friends and influence people.

Graham has been in print for around 28 years, starting in advertising. He lives with his partner Catherine and loves watching cricket and football (Sheffield Wednesday), music, art and architecture,...

KMS Litho was established in 1993 by father and sons Keith, Mark and the late Stuart Willis as a family-run general print business. These days Keith has retired (although often lends a hand) and the...

A little over 12 months after getting back into print, and almost a third of the way into his journey to double sales by 2020, the new chief executive of Hobs Group, James Duckenfield, shares his...

Moving premises is the most stressful thing that most business owners will ever have to endure.

It has now been 18 months since the big Drupa exhibition in Germany in May 2016, so it’s a good point to look at what’s happened to the many digital production presses that were unveiled there, plus a...

In 2002, Ron Fothergill was working in a Blues Brothers show. “Many of the acts we worked asked us to design their posters and leaflets. We saw an opportunity and started off running two machines in...

Transactional corporate finance is, in the words of printer Tim Black, a “movable feast”. Or should that be a ‘moving target’? Regulators have had a field day in recent years following the dotcom...

Chris has worked for 37 years as a hand bookbinder, and his expert skills have been called upon to give demonstrations and teach classes in the art. He loves music and football, his wife, and his...

When was the last time you bought something that was made in Britain? For many of us that’s likely to be a tough question to answer. We’re so accustomed to a global market that we barely bother to...