Features
60 seconds with Solway Offset
Solway Print is run by Amanda Creedon Bass and Matthew Ronnie. It was founded 43 years ago by their fathers Mac Creedon and John Ronnie.
Business inspection: A spacious and secure IT set-up
Migrating IT to a hybrid cloud system boosted Romax’s security, scalability and ability to collaborate.
Aspiring authors need printers with the write stuff
Printed books are doing rather well. Bookseller Foyles posted an 8.1% increase, year on year, in printed books sales for December 2014, while Waterstones says sales of physical books rose 5% in the...
Q&A: Joanne Hindley Commercial director, Peter Scott Printers
Joanne Hindley is 39 years old and, after she turns 40 later this year, will have worked at Peter Scott Printers (PSP) for half her life.
Interview: ‘I bring knowledge of how to deliver value to members’
Despite the fact that he’s a biologist by training, by virtue of his degree at least, the BPIF’s new chief executive, Charles Jarrold, still feels he’s been involved with print for as long as he can...
Division of labour? How SPL will impact your business
Waiting for new employment legislation to hit is a bit like expecting a baby. There’s plenty of time to prepare, but when the momentous day arrives some of the demands can still prove a shock to the...
Souped-up offset delivers digi-beating performance
Conventional wisdom says that digital is the best way to go for short-run and quick-turnaround work.
Appy new year: print gadgets for your phone and tablet
Where are all the print apps? Since the launch of the Apple iPad just five years ago, tablet computers have seen a rapid take-up for both business and personal use. They’re now offered by all sorts of...
Q&A: Amy Chambers, managing director, Label Apeel
This year marks a full decade in the printing industry for Amy. She joined Label Apeel in 2010 as sales manager, and quickly progressed up the ladder to managing director at the Leicester-based...
60 seconds with Palmers Print
Palmers Print is a family company established in 1977 and now run by brothers Michael and Peter Healey. The firm stopped manufacturing in 2011 to concentrate solely on print management, although it...
Regular check-ups help keep you out of intensive care
When was the last time that you assessed the health of your business? When did you last take its pulse and check the vital signs? Recently? Six to 12 months ago? Never? If you fall into the last...
The art of repro in the digital world
What happened to repro? Around a decade or so ago most photographs were still taken on film and getting them into halftone print required high-quality scanners together with repro operators with the...
Stylish presents designed to enchant the print devotee
What do you buy someone who appears to have everything they need? The solution more often than not is ‘something that they don’t need’, but the correct answer to this conundrum should be to give...
Business inspection: Coatings lead to healthier performance
Geoff Neal Litho found inline aqueous coatings offer a low-cost way of adding value.
Interview: ‘We want to get back to our dynamic heyday’
When then managing director Nigel Toplis left Kall Kwik in 2002, after a decade in which he had worked his way up from marketing controller, the franchise chain had around 170 centres the length and...