Opinion

SMEs must match and outdo the big players' capabilities

In print management, there is opportunity for the SME that can match the language, presentation and technology of the big players and offer something different.

Printed mags trump digital editions in YouGov survey

Printed magazines have a healthy future, according to recent research from YouGov SixthSense, which found that 40% of UK magazine buyers prefer print to digital.

Print managers must look for a new raison d'tre

The print management model is broken. Discuss.

Crowd funding aims to give freedom back to businesses

The recent news from that the government will commit 100m in funding through non-traditional channels, such as peer-to-peer lending, is welcome news for small business owners.

June looks set to be the month of the hard sells

It's hard to imagine a combination of words that is likely to cause hearts in the web offset community to sink as fast as 'web-offset' and 'supersite' - except, perhaps for 'paper', 'price' and...

GrowthAccelerator is worth a try, in spite of misgivings

There's little doubt that many SME print bosses are crying out for support, simply because all too often they have to be the managing, finance, HR, production and marketing director rolled into one.

Vocal opposition likely to scupper most of Beecroft's ideas

The report on employment law produced by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft for the government last week has polarised opinion and, due to the ensuing furore, its proposals are unlikely to be adopted...

Proposals would benefit UK but may get lost in red tape

The recommendations set out in the Beecroft report would, broadly, be good for UK businesses. However, implementation of the most controversial employment reforms is likely to get tangled up in...

CPI blasts governmental red tape on corrugated sector

CPI director general David Workman is calling for a five-year moratorium on government regulations across the paper industry.

Beecroft's proposals won't help business, finance will

The bonfire of employment law proposed in the Beecroft Report is unlikely to be realised to anything like the extent its author has envisaged. For one thing, relations within the Coalition are...

Despite contraction, '12 show has kick-started investment

Back from Drupa with, among other things, a carpet burn*, a cough** and three notebooks full of scribblings that now need to be re-read and assimilated into coherent thoughts on the show.

Even if Nanography is years away, the show is still a hit

The curious case of the Landa Nanographic presses continues to baffle and excite in equal measure. Having attended one of Benny Landa's five daily theatre presentations at Drupa, I can see what the...

Will the Children and Families Bill cost jobs in printing?

The Queen's Speech last week confirmed that the Children and Families Bill would be the latest legislation to attempt to make parental leave more flexible - most notably giving fathers increased...

Oscillating parental time off will be a logistics nightmare

Under new regulations, mothers of babies born on or after 3 April 2011 will be able to transfer up to six months of their maternity leave to the child's father when they return to work.