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Established in 1975 by the Fogarty family, TT Litho Printers has been established for over 40 years and has a reputation for high quality service. Starting out in a shed in the late Tom Fogarty’s...

Thomas has been in the industry for about 18 months in his apprentice role at Accrington-based print finishing business Point Control, where his father Richard is one of the firm’s founding directors....

Gone are the days when finishing could be called ‘the Cinderella of print’. While today’s industry mourns the commodification of print, there’s a greater awareness that it is the post-print processes...

Peter Llewellyn and his team are good at filling gaps: first it was the town, then it was digital print. Now it’s foiling.

My oh my, how the trade printing market has changed.

Many print businesses use temporary workers and there are many reasons for doing so. Seasonal peaks in demand, new clients or unexpected orders, cover for full-time staff absence, boosting capacity in...

It is tempting to put photographers into two distinct categories: the professionals at one end armed with a Hasselblad or a big fat Canon and an artistic temperament; and the amateurs at the other...

Picture the scene. A client calls and urgently needs a job printed on uncoated stock, finished and ready by tomorrow. Not a difficult scenario to envisage in this day and age, but a job that many...

White Duck began as a means to pool the skills and passions of its two founders: Rebecca Cleal, photographer and designer, and Joshua Roberton, screen printer. The firm began printing t-shirts back in...

Josh is new to the print industry, and is just three months into his apprenticeship in this marvellous industry of ours. When not at work his hobbies including football, music, cinema, and watching...

It’s a double celebration for Warwick Printing Company, which is marking both its 70th anniversary and 30 years under the current ownership. The firm was established in 1946 by Moric Schwarz, a...

The rise and rise of artisanal food shops, craft breweries and other niches in food and drink sectors sends out growth opportunities not only for the home-spun businesses and micro distillers that...

Up and down the country, businesses including print and packaging companies, are experiencing something the industry has been particularly bereft of over the past few years: commercial optimism....

After being told by numerous university tutors that there are ‘no jobs in a dead trade like bookbinding’, Hayley set out to make them eat their words.

The second in a series of round-ups of all the launches attendees can take a closer look at at Drupa 2016.