PrintWeek has teamed up with financial and business adviser Grant Thornton to compile the survey.

Daniel Smith, head of Grant Thornton's printing industry group, commented: "This is the most comprehensive survey of the UK print industry. It highlights the industry's overall performance through the analysis of the combined turnover and profit before tax of the Top 500 print companies, which is expected to be in the region of 12bn and 0.42bn respectively.

"Hidden within these figures, but to be laid bare in the analysis by Grant Thornton and PrintWeek, are the industry's winners and losers over the last 12 months," Smith added.

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