Business

Pitch perfect: the art of selling smart
Sniffing out the main chance and flogging it may be the Sugar way, but it’s not always the best.

Doing business for good will be good for your business
The idea that a commercial organisation should also be a force for good is gaining ground as adherents find it can boost profitability.

Get your site right and watch your business take off
Websites that convert potential customers into actual customers are essential in today’s marketplace – if yours doesn’t, your rivals’ might.

Micropress in £4m press and premises spend
Micropress has supported its continued growth with a £4m investment in a ‘Push to Stop’ specified Heidelberg Speedmaster XL106-8P with Autoplate XL and Inpress Control and a new paper warehouse.

Crystal & Son relieves cutting bottleneck
Crystal & Son is set to install a Polar 78 Eco guillotine to ease a production bottleneck and support its rapid growth.

Jacobson joins EFI buyer Siris
Former Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson has joined private equity firm Siris Capital as an executive partner.

Alba enhances bookletmaking with Horizon spend
Commercial printer Alba Printers has bolstered its bookletmaking offering after investing in a highly automated Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker and two VAC-1000 tower collators.

Baker Labels enhances capabilities with Screen spend
Baker Labels has expanded its kit portfolio and capabilities after investing more than £500,000 in a new Screen Truepress Jet L350UV+LM.

Gemini buys Foundry Press from administrators
Gemini Print Group has acquired Foundry Press out of administration in a pre-pack deal.

Calendar printers speak out on Bank Holiday change
Two of the UK’s biggest calendar printers have spoken out about the impact on their businesses of the government’s decision to change the date of next year’s early May bank holiday.

Fujifilm's Dalton exits the business
Former Fujifilm Graphic Systems UK head Keith Dalton, who stepped up to a European role two years ago, has left the business.

DS Smith revenue and profit continues to grow
Packaging giant DS Smith has reported revenue and profit increases as its recent acquisitions start to pay off alongside organic growth.