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Walters: customer communications landscape has been transformed

New year predictions: Jeremy Walters, Paragon CC

Jeremy Walters, chief executive at Paragon Customer Communications (UK, Ireland and Luxembourg), shares his thoughts on the decade ahead including the opportunities to be found in leveraging customer...

Galloway: Printers have a huge breadth of skills. We should recognise this

New year predictions: Kirk Galloway, Buxton Press

We strongly suspect that the item topping the Buxton CEO’s Christmas wish list featured in a lot of print bosses’ letters to Santa.

Overmatter: Rise of the rollbots

Anyone who’s visited a high-volume printing superplant will be familiar with the sort of robot that transports huge reels of paper smoothly to the presses, as needed. Clever stuff indeed and a great...

QPS pulls out the stops to revamp district of Columbia

When outdoor clothing retailer Columbia wanted to refresh its London showroom with a suite of new graphics it called on its preferred creative and print provider, Fenton, Staffordshire-based QPS...

The announcement of an election led to more work for leaflet printers

Review of 2019: November

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

GF Smith was established in 1885

Review of 2019: December

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Bakergoodchild managing director Paul Brough

New year predictions: Paul Brough, Bakergoodchild

Paul Brough, the former boss of Opus Trust Marketing who became managing director at Birmingham-based mailer Bakergoodchild in August, believes the ongoing consolidation of the industry should create...

Print names make the Sunday Times Top Track 250 rankings

Review of 2019: October

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Macfarlane CEO Peter Atkinson described acquired Leyland as "high quality and well run"

Review of 2019: September

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Glossop Cartons joint managing director Jacky Sidebottom-Every

New year predictions: Jacky Sidebottom-Every, Glossop Cartons

Glossop Cartons' joint managing director Jacky Sidebottom-Every hopes that print will start to shout louder to young people about the attractiveness of the industry as a career option.

Smith wants the division caused by Brexit to become a distant memory

New year predictions: Simon Smith, CS Labels

What the managing director of the award-winning label and packaging specialist really wants for Christmas is a new crystal ball, well, that and a fairer view of plastic’s purpose.

A potential collapse of the Whaley Bridge dam threatened homes and businesses in Derbyshire

Review of 2019: August

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Arjowiggins' Fine Papers Chartham mill

Review of 2019: Arjowiggins – the great unravelling

At the end of 2018, Arjo owner Sequana had agreed to sell the Graphic and Creative papers arm to Dutch firm Fineska in a deal worth €125m, but the deal collapsed in early 2019 after the buyer got cold...

Malpas: We all need volume but there are more ways to be successful

New year predictions: Mike Malpas, Hampton Printing

While this MD’s highlight of the past decade was buying the award-winning business, looking into the 2020s his next big challenge is getting his work/life balance sorted.

Jarrold: The industry needs to work together to help strengthen its image

New year predictions: Charles Jarrold, BPIF

Standing still will be the biggest threat to printers in the next decade, according to the Feds CEO, but for those willing to take calculated risks, the future will be bright.