Star product: Scodix Ultra 6000

This B1 digital packaging embellishment press can deliver a wide range of finishing effects and will fly through in minutes makereadies for complex jobs that would take hours on analogue alternatives.

Woodhead: Daco customer service “is absolutely second to none”

Me & my: Daco DF350SR 037 Flex

When Ian Woodhead, managing director of Sudbury, Suffolk-based Anglia Labels, decided to invest in a new piece of equipment to bring more finishing functions in-house he knew exactly where to turn.

Incorporate in haste and err at leisure

Company tax law can trip up many a business and its owners, especially when the rules around owning and running a company are not properly understood.

Porteous: “I can get hold of another one fairly easily if need be”

Business inspection: Old tech, new opportunity

Carving out a USP as a trade print finisher might not be the simplest of tasks but Edinburgh-based Taskforce inadvertently managed to do just that by having the open-mindedness to choose old...

Going postal

When the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced members who worked for Royal Mail planned to strike on four different days in August and September it was viewed by many as a minor irritation...

Buying with diligence

In the second part of our focus on MBOs, we look at the buyer’s perspective and assess the advantages and pitfalls of buying the business you are working in.

Defend your data 

Data held by firms is central to their continued existence and needs protection from those that would wish to abuse it. But while there are countless malevolent external actors, hackers and...

WPG provides the personal touch for Down syndrome story book

Building a reputation for reliability is vital in the printing industry, but there are some jobs where it is worth more than just money to get it right.

Mill race: Stora Enso’s Anjala production facility in southern Finland

Paper landscape taking new shape

Do you know of Aurelius? This is not a quotation from the film Gladiator, it’s a reference to Aurelius Group, the huge investment business that owns a diverse range of businesses from comfy shoes...

Investing in mental health makes good business sense

‘Once in a lifetime’ events have almost become day-to-day occurrences of late, with the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and resulting effects including rising inflation, interest rate hikes,...

Printweek editor Darryl Danielli

U-turn if you need to – there’s no sense sticking with a flawed plan

I’m a little cautious about making references to politics, because, well, as recent calamitous events have proven a lot can happen in a very short space of time.

Terry Boland has worked in door-drop marketing since 1999

LDM recruits first sales director

London and Manchester-based Leaflet Drop Marketing (LDM) has appointed Terry Boland as its first sales director.