Green: Looking to embrace opportunity in 2022

New year predictions: Michael Green, MacroArt

MacroArt managing director Michael Green is hoping for a calmer year in 2022 after making major changes to his business throughout the pandemic, but will ensure that it remains reactive to...

Smith: Customer expectations will likely remain high in 2022

New year predictions: Duncan Smith, Canon UK & Ireland

Duncan Smith, country director, Production Printing Products at Canon UK & Ireland says ‘digital fatigue’ brought on by an excess of marketing emails during the pandemic has led some marketers to...

Watts: automation and investment in training were key in 2021

New year predictions: Andy Watts, TJ Books

TJ Books managing director Andy Watts is hoping the industry in general can cooperate more in 2022, and that the pandemic-induced onshoring trend will become a permanent choice.

The design of the new £50 note featuring Alan Turing was revealed in March. Image: Bank of England

Review of 2021: March

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Datagraphic MD Robert Hoon said: “Living hours is the right thing to do for every business"

Review of 2021: April

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Deadman: Looking forward to the launch of KCS' product label division in 2022

New year predictions: Zoe Deadman, KCS Print

KCS Print managing director Zoe Deadman hopes that more face-to-face interactions next year will enable printers and their customers to work more closely to create powerful print that achieves its...

Stewart: Businesses are more focused on efficiently increasing capacity

New year predictions: Erskine Stewart, SwissQprint UK

SwissQprint UK managing director Erskine Stewart expects sustainability and impact on the environment to continue to be important considerations for the industry in 2022.

The now ex-Navistar DM employee. Image via Twitter

Review of 2021: January

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Royal Mail/CWU accord mean new services will be possible

Review of 2021: February

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Jarrold: "We need to hear from you to inform our approach"

New year predictions: Charles Jarrold, BPIF

As CEO of the industry's trade body, it shouldn't come as a surprise that positivity is his watchword for the year ahead.

Kilcoyne-Guilliam: anyone with a specialism has a massive opportunity whatever the climate

New year predictions: Sarah Kilcoyne-Guilliam, Bluetree Group

Bluetree Group's autumn acquisition of Kingsbury Press resulted in a new challenge for Sarah Kilcoyne-Guilliam, who became head of client success as part of the integration of the businesses, with...

Direct mail has seen some recovery in 2021

Mailing leaders share sector predictions for 2022

Board members of the Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP), the industry body that represents mailing houses across the UK, have shared their thoughts on how the sector fared in 2021 and what they...