Opinion

Q&A: Kevin Godfrey

Kevin Godfrey is marketing and communications manager at Service Point. He is 45 years old and enjoys rugby, sailing and fly fishing. He once worked in a marzipan factory's laboratory and his biggest...

The print business is too intimate to get away with lying to potential employers

It seems not a year goes by without a media storm building about people lying on CVs and job applications. High-profile cases such as those seen on The Apprentice do little to help. The public is at...

Reader Reaction: Is legislation stifling the growth of print businesses?

We ask whether you support the the FSB's call for a simplification of business regulations

The plantation you source paper from is still an important issue for customers

Globalisation has become a part of modern business life. For large paper buyers, it raises many important issues. On the one hand, new and exotic sources of paper from all manner of countries are...

Reader Reaction: Do you agree that trading conditions are now improving?

We ask whether you have noticed the upturn reported in the latest BPIF Directions survey

Print 09 was not a success but Kodak's stand did give a glimpse of the future

Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to Print 09, but I followed the event and comments about it on a wide range of media. I think that first and foremost, though some of the attendees may not...

Q&A: Scott Allaway

Scott Allaway is sales director at Xenith Document Systems. He is married with two children and his dream job would be a paid athlete. Fortunately, this could become a step closer to reality as Scott...

Reader Reaction: Could belonging to a consortium bring printers benefits?

We ask whether the POP consortium is a business model to be followed by others in the industry

A 'double-dip' recession is possible if the MPC again fails to read the market

There is now a solid body of opinion that the recession has ended, or is at least drawing to a close. The huge de-stocking has probably run its course, the mood of industry has been improving for five...

Q&A: Mike Jones

Mike Jones is an account director at Howard Smith Paper Group. An avid West Ham FC fan, Mike's dream bit of kit is not an all-singing, all-dancing printing press, but West Ham's home kit. Despite...

Reader Reaction: Is the Big Business Refit campaign a good deal for print?

We ask whether the Theo Paphitis-backed Carbon Trust loan deal will benefit the print industry

Transactional print suppliers

Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles

Reader Reaction: Could reconnecting with designers be a lifeline for print?

Following calls at PrintPlusX, we ask if a stronger bond between design and print is beneficial

Barcodes have had a modern makeover and print can bene?t from the redesign

Print's interaction with online/digital media channels should be of interest to anyone in this industry with an eye on the opportunities presented by evolving consumer behaviours. The 'flick-to-click'...