Business inspection: Bringing in new talent
Standfast & Barracks is synonymous with Lancaster.
Seeking an even balance
We may be three quarters of the way through 2024, but stereotypes of jobs and the sexes still exist with, in many cases, women still having to break through a theoretical glass ceiling.
Buy right or buy twice
New technologies may have found their way into the world of print, but ultimately, it’s people that make any business in the sector work.
Don’t byte off more than you can encrypt
The highly digitised world we inhabit would be alien to someone sitting on the Clapham Omnibus 20 years ago.
Killer app: Vale Press makes Intermission its mission
It’s rare to see a printed magazine launch these days – but at retro film TV channel Talking Pictures TV, nostalgia is stock in trade.
Sector suffers six months of misery
While company insolvencies and the merry-go-rounds that often accompany them happen in every sector, the last few months have felt like a particularly torrid time for print.
Dealt a challenging hand, Printing United comes up trumps
The Las Vegas Strip was made for salespeople, by salespeople. Cash is king; and judging by the number of Elvis impersonators, demand for The King is high.
Pre-pack sales are here to stay and done right, can be a force for good
It seems insolvency practitioners are trying to give the term ‘pre-pack’ a makeover, instead preferring the wordier ‘SIP 16-compliant sale’ because, funnily enough they think the shorter variant has...
Your October and November issue covers the usual smorgasbord of business topics, with the cover feature looking at best practice for bringing in a new leader and the risks of getting it wrong…
As usual the magazine opens with our news briefings which this time look back at Printing United and look forward to Power of Print, before analysing the worrying spike in industry insolvencies –...
CMS signs for fifth CMC paper wrap line
Central Mailing Services (CMS) has signed for its fifth paper wrap machine from CMC as demand for the service continues to grow for the company.
Prontaprint London refreshes Xerox lineup after MBO
Prontaprint London, the Marylebone branch of the B2B and retail print provider, has installed a pair of new Xerox digital printers following a recent MBO.
Smurfit Kappa UK sues caterer and Birmingham Council over 2022 fire
Smurfit Kappa UK is suing a small Birmingham catering firm, and Birmingham City Council (BCC), over the 2022 fire that saw 8,000 tonnes of compressed cardboard go up in flames.