Features

Crossprint was established in 1972. It was subsequently acquired by the Isle of Wight County Press, one of the UK’s most successful community newspapers. After considerable investment the company...

Hannah has been in print since she was 18, for reasons that will become obvious in her answers to this Q&A. She is married to Laurence, her co-owner at Panda Press and they have two children Molly,...

Now that colour digital printing is ‘good enough’ for the sort of things most people want to do with it, attention is switching to the twiddly bits that catch the eye and add value to the print job.

It doesn’t look good. Cheque volumes in the UK have dropped from 4 billion in 1990 to around the 600-million mark today.

There is no doubt that technology is helping companies to collaborate in ways that were unthinkable 20 years ago. The internet is of course the main reason for this – but advances in video technology,...

Northwolds was started in 1978 by Norman Sykes and Pete Meggit. Norman retired a few years ago but his son Chris is still a director of the business, which was acquired by Gurdev Singh in August 2014...

That we must pay taxes is a given. But what upsets many is either the way taxes are levied or the size of the bills received. And business rates are no exception.

In a seasonal ritual that has become almost as traditional as a family feud or overcooked turkey, during the Christmas break PrintWeek published predictions for the year ahead from some of the...

When speaking with printers about JDF, you get a lot of negative responses. The managing director of one large commercial printer on the South Coast puts it diplomatically: “I’ve never really got on...

Sam, who had been homeless, was the first young person to join the 12-week volunteer programme at the Cheltenham social enterprise. He was such a success he gained a full-time post and in October his...

It is billed as “the story of the Beatles as you’ve never seen it before”, and where better to launch a book on the Fab Four than their home city of Liverpool. The book in question, Visualising the...

“Who can you trust more than your family?” asks Alex Cain, sales director at high-end London printer and stationer Mount Street Printers and son of founders Peter and Fridette Cain.

When discussing the merits or otherwise of ISO standards for printers with participants in the printing industry, you end up getting into quite a few conversations that conclude that these badges of...

If ever a year qualified for ‘annus horribilis’ status it would be 2016. In the past 12 months a slew of cultural icons from the world of music and cinema passed away, war continued to rage in the...

Michael is 62, and has spent 46 years in the industry. He recently reduced his hours to three days a week as part of a phased move towards retirement.