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Make sure you keep hold of your ISO 14001

Just when you thought developing, implementing and executing a watertight environmental management system that conforms to all ISO 14001 standards and works for your business was one of the biggest...

Sustainability superheroes

Some choose themselves. Some are chosen by others. But it’s not how a business goes about appointing its own green champion that matters. What matters is that every business has an individual in place...

Can ISO 15339 deliver on cross-process promise?

Colour is the lifeblood of any self-respecting printer. And so any opportunity to further assure all colour is exactly as it should be –particularly where the printer is dealing with highly sensitive...

60-seconds with Carillion Print

Carillion Print has been providing Bristol and beyond with high-quality screen printed and embroidered garments for over 22 years. The firm’s ethos is built around providing a top-quality service and...

Business inspection: Explore another dimension

Ten years ago, Callprint took the bold step of becoming an early adopter of 3D printing technology. It has since carved out a lucrative niche for itself and provides an essential service to its...

Retailers learn to tap into power of the subconscious

The Kunene is a remote, mountainous region of the southern African country Namibia, and home to the indigenous, semi-nomadic Himba people, distinctive for their reddish all-over body make-up.

Q&A: Paul Denne, managing director, Manor Creative

After leaving school, Paul became a trainee at an accountants in Eastbourne, and from there moved to property search specialists Strutt & Parker as a client accountant. Wanting to move into industry,...

Interview: 'We have the opportunity to create something special’

A little under three months ago former DST Output executive vice-president Yolanda Noble made a surprise return to the industry by buying £4m-turnover Kent-based direct mail business Print Logic out...

60-seconds with Octink

The firm was founded in 1962 as Allsignsgroup, supplying signage to the oil industry before developing a specialism in the construction sector. A re-brand to Octink in 2009, using the image of an...

Why printers need to get better at self-promotion

Doctors are notoriously bad at diagnosing themselves, while police officers and lawyers have been known to forget the law when it comes to their own actions. And so it should come as no surprise that...

Interview: 'The market is what it is and that’s what we plan for’

Next month, Pensord managing director Darren Coxon will be celebrating the fourth anniversary of the MBO he led with operations director Karl Gater at the 148-staff Welsh magazine printer.

Q&A: Phil Wright, managing director, Paramount Labels & Tags

Phil has spent all his working life in print, and got into label printing 21 years ago. In 2008 he set up Cannock-based trade label printing specialist Paramount Labels with a friend, now sadly no...

Business inspection: building on your digital successes

A wide-format investment opened up lucrative new applications, including vehicle wraps.

60-seconds with: Ruddocks

Ruddocks has been going since 1884 and lays claim to being Lincoln’s largest commercial print business. Since the forebears of current chairman Henry Ruddock took over the business it has grown from a...

Q&A: Cassie Moulton, director, Moulton Printing

Blackpool-based Moulton Printing was founded in 1927 by Cassie’s grandparents, Bob and May Moulton. Her father, David, took over the reins in 1965. Cassie and her sister Helen form the third...