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Matt’s Cornish roots are evident in the fact that after leaving school he studied printing at Plymouth College of Art & Design. He subsequently embarked upon something of a tour of the industry’s...

Imagine changing your home decor as often as you buy new clothes and upgrade your phone. Chances are you won’t be finding this too much of a stretch – or at least you won’t be finding the idea as...

The year is 1947 and eight plucky theatre groups have turned up uninvited to the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival, established to “provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit”...

Becoming a magazine publisher enabled KPM to offer clients a broader marketing approach.

FSC – not, most would agree, the most popular acronym in print. The majority of printers of course wholeheartedly support the organisation’s ethos and are more than happy that the majority of papers...

Although he is clearly way too young to retire, that’s exactly what Les Manning plans to do come May after 43 years in print. His four sons all work at London-based Rapidity, so we guess he’ll still...

Print’s best-known eureka moment came more than 550 years ago, when Johannes Gutenberg figured out a way to print books using moveable type and a press based on the sort of screw press used for making...

A high-output SRA2 sheetfed printer that undercuts B2 rivals.

In early 2011, Midlands-based digital print outfit John E Wright detected a growing trend. The company, which is headquartered in Nottingham and operates seven offices in nearby locations, noticed...

Entering industry awards helped Screaming Colour to stand out from its rivals.

Necessity is the mother of invention, or so it’s said. This has certainly been true when it comes to raising funds for growth in recent years; it has been a lean time for securing business loans from...

Martin Mayo officially became head of Kodak’s UK operation last summer. An engineer by trade (his first job was as a service engineer for Radio Rentals, fixing video recorders) he’s possibly the first...

Oasis Graphic started out in 1988, based out of a lockup in Hillingdon. The firm’s client list, staff numbers and equipment soon outgrew those premises as the business branched out from exhibition...

Had things turned out differently Mark might have been taking on Ronnie O’Sullivan over the green baize. Instead, his maximum break came via a chance move into envelopes. He remains focused on winning...

In years to come, when we’re getting from A to B in Back to the Future-style floating cars, 2014 may well be remembered fondly as the year that the electric vehicle finally came of age.