Q&A: Giles Foden, managing director, Quantum Print & Packaging
Giles has been in the print and packaging game since 1989. He’s 55, married and has a daughter. His hobbies include tennis (Quantum is a sponsor of the ITF World Tennis Tour W100 tournament in...
60 seconds with Cotswold Letterpress
After a career in print sales Pete Roberts started his own business hand-printing letterpress stationery, and slowly grew to become the town printer ending up with a five-colour litho press and all...
Rising star: Brandon Smith, HP digital printer and ABG finisher, Harkwell
The electrical trade’s loss is print’s gain. Brandon is 20 and has been working at Poole-based Harkwell, which specialises in labels and pouches for a wide range of customers, since the spring of...
Efficiency is key for capitalising on direct mail opportunities
Driving down inefficiencies in direct mail has never been more important if we want to emphasise print’s advantage and rise to meet market challenges and opportunities.
Solopress expands into B1 as part of mega-spend
Solopress has completed a near-£5m investment round with a strategic step up into B1 litho production to increase capacity, with the firm also on track for a record year.
James Cropper profits hit by energy, raw materials costs
James Cropper has slashed its profit forecast by more than half due to the soaring price of energy and raw materials.
Postal strikes postponed for next two weeks
Strikes involving over 115,000 postal workers that had been planned over the next fortnight have been postponed.
Pureprint ups capability with Quadient install
Pureprint Group has taken on an intelligent automated enclosing line to expand its direct mail capabilities and support significant contract wins.
Tradeprint fires up first inkjet
Tradeprint has installed its first inkjet commercial press, a Canon VarioPrint iX3200 B3 sheetfed.
The Imaging Centre installs UK first Duplo B2 cutter
The Imaging Centre has bought the UK’s first Duplo DC-20K B2 cutting system, after hosting the machine’s beta test.
De La Rue under pressure from investor again
De La Rue has been forced to hold a general meeting after activist investor Crystal Amber Fund called on the group’s chairman to resign.
Printt.com raises £1m to expand A4 print service platform
Printt.com, the app-based remote printing platform, has raised over £1m of investment to expand its operations across the UK.