Business
Swallowtail fined after worker injury
Norfolk-based Swallowtail Print has been fined after a member of staff almost severed his index finger in an unguarded machine.
Books Are My Bag campaign is launched
A campaign described as 'the biggest ever campaign for bookshops' has been launched to celebrate and encourage engagement with bookshops and books.
Printers owed in latest CSDM collapse
Fundraising agency CSDM Fundraising, which fell into administration on 28 June, owed around 400,000 to printers and direct marketing firms, according to the administrator's report.
Newgate Concise in voluntary liquidation
South East London commercial printer Newgate Concise has appointed liquidators Bailey Ahmad after suddenly closing its doors in mid-August.
Polestar secures Titan contract extension
Titan Publishing Group has extended its print contract with Polestar for a further two years in a deal worth more than 1m.
New MD for Arctic Paper UK
Rob Slowe has been appointed to the position of managing director of Arctic Paper UK.
Gender imbalance is costing the industry and the country
Women need work and work needs women, concludes a report from a government-backed industry group that coincides with a new print initiative prompted by the same sentiment.
UK apprenticeships set for shake-up
Last month, the National Apprenticeship Service announced that up to 20,000 apprenticeships were available on its system, while the latest statistics from the Department for Business, Innovation and...
All Print Supplies appoints Peter Miles to digital textile division
Slough-based All Print Supplies (APS) has appointed Peter Miles as head of its newly created digital textile division.
Buyers share their print perspectives
You don't often get a group of print buyers from a range of disciplines together in the same room, but that's exactly what happened after the judging session for the PrintWeek Awards quality...
Closing sales is not about performing hat tricks
"How many people spent an hour last week practising sales?" I am sat in an introductory session for training organisation Franklin's Covey's new sales course, and co-practice leader Craig...
Can people really be taught the tricks of the sales trade?
It's 11am on a Friday morning, and I'm attempting to sell a suitcase. Have I fallen on particularly hard times as a hack and decided to write off all future holiday plans? Has PrintWeek decided it's...