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Connecting paths of cooperation

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,...

60 seconds with Northwolds

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...

Rates hikes could be a timebomb for UK businesses

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.

What do the next 12 months hold in store for print?

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...

Not yet a silver bullet for workflow woes

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...

Q&A: Sam Jackson Production operative, We Do Print, Commercial Foundations

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...

Add another string to your bow

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...

Can blood ties ensure success is in a firm’s DNA?

“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.

Do print industry standards stand up to the test?

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...

All I want for Christmas...

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...

Q&A: Michael Collins Printer five-colour B1, Print 4 Nottingham

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.

60 seconds with Woodmansterne

Woodmansterne started in 1953 and for 35 years was the leading publisher and manufacturer of colour slides in the world.

A heavenly outcome for match made in Harrogate

Like the company he manages, Mark Plummer likes the direct approach, and where better for such an approach than the home county of direct talking: Yorkshire.

Playful presents and festive finds

Once again we’ve trawled the high street and the interwebs for a range of print-themed prezzies for ink-on-paper enthusiasts.

Skills schemes to attract bright young things

Whenever I thought of the print industry I pictured big warehouses printing stacks of newspapers: I guess I just thought of print as being quite old-fashioned,” recalls one of them.