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Ipex's woes reflect the state of the global print industry
Inkjet Ipex, Nano Ipex or Excel Ipex? The show may still be two years away but so many column inches have been devoted to it already that we may as well start trying to come up with a suitable...
Trade shows still play a vital role in investment decisions
HP's decision not to exhibit at Ipex 2014 came as a surprise to the industry and, naturally, we're disappointed. The move goes against the trend we're seeing among other key digital players in the...
SMEs must match and outdo the big players' capabilities
In print management, there is opportunity for the SME that can match the language, presentation and technology of the big players and offer something different.
Print managers must look for a new raison d'tre
The print management model is broken. Discuss.
Crowd funding aims to give freedom back to businesses
The recent news from that the government will commit 100m in funding through non-traditional channels, such as peer-to-peer lending, is welcome news for small business owners.
June looks set to be the month of the hard sells
It's hard to imagine a combination of words that is likely to cause hearts in the web offset community to sink as fast as 'web-offset' and 'supersite' - except, perhaps for 'paper', 'price' and...
GrowthAccelerator is worth a try, in spite of misgivings
There's little doubt that many SME print bosses are crying out for support, simply because all too often they have to be the managing, finance, HR, production and marketing director rolled into one.
Proposals would benefit UK but may get lost in red tape
The recommendations set out in the Beecroft report would, broadly, be good for UK businesses. However, implementation of the most controversial employment reforms is likely to get tangled up in...
Beecroft's proposals won't help business, finance will
The bonfire of employment law proposed in the Beecroft Report is unlikely to be realised to anything like the extent its author has envisaged. For one thing, relations within the Coalition are...
Despite contraction, '12 show has kick-started investment
Back from Drupa with, among other things, a carpet burn*, a cough** and three notebooks full of scribblings that now need to be re-read and assimilated into coherent thoughts on the show.
Even if Nanography is years away, the show is still a hit
The curious case of the Landa Nanographic presses continues to baffle and excite in equal measure. Having attended one of Benny Landa's five daily theatre presentations at Drupa, I can see what the...
Oscillating parental time off will be a logistics nightmare
Under new regulations, mothers of babies born on or after 3 April 2011 will be able to transfer up to six months of their maternity leave to the child's father when they return to work.