Overmatter: Check your cheques
Cheques are just so last century, aren’t they? But not for Overmatter, oh no. So it was exciting to see a cheque doing a very 21st-century social media thing – going viral – thanks to a data file...
Q&A: Neil Martin, print post and paper procurement manager, Tesco
Neil is “a young at heart, sixty-something singleton” who started his print career in 1977. He enjoys eating out, going on the occasional holiday, and spending his time with his daughter.
Rising star: Josh Phizacklea Procurement assistant, James Cropper
Josh is 26 and has been working in the industry – in his case papermaking at Cumbrian manufacturer James Cropper – since 2014.
60 seconds with Maskot
Is this the UK’s most northerly printing company? Established in 2015, Maskot started as a small graphic design company providing brand identity and development services.
Business inspection: Incremental automation sends revenue rocketing
In 2008, Matt Dahan was living and working as a freelance photographer in Australia when he had something of a lightbulb moment.
The consequences of failure
Businesses are aware of what follows from any failure to adhere to, or fulfil, a contract. They know they’ll suffer non-payment, loss of reputation and risk legal action.
Shops could ditch newspapers over costs row
Independent retailers have warned that spiralling costs could force some outlets to drop newspaper sales altogether.
Grauf takes up new role at Inkcups
Bobby Grauf has become the new – and first – managing director of Inkcups Europe.
Mimaki unveils new printers and more at Innovation Days
Mimaki has launched a new wide-format inkjet printer range as well as new cutting plotters to kick off its Global Innovation Days event, which is taking place online this week.
Unite plans strike action at Envases Liverpool
Metal packaging specialist Envases Liverpool is facing strike action this month after the Unite union rep was dismissed from his role at the business.
Top health & safety myths
Health and safety law is central to regulatory intervention. But this wasn’t always so, and as a result, myths have become entrenched in operations leaving some unable to tell fact from fiction. But...
An international affair
Margins in print can be slender. Looking at the most recent Printweek Top 500 report, compiled in association with business advisory and accountancy firm Grant Thornton, the average industry operating...