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2024 Printweek Awards winners revealed

The brightest stars in the galaxy of print were celebrated in style last night at the UK’s flagship awards scheme, where Solopress was crowned Printweek’s Company of the Year.

O'Brien now leads a sales team of more than 250 people

Paula O’Brien joins Ricoh UK as sales director

Paula O’Brien has joined Ricoh UK as its director of sales, taking over sales duties from CEO Glenn Griggs.

Thirlby joined Inktec in 2017 as business operations manager

InkTec Europe makes operations director promotion

InkTec Europe has promoted Michelle Thirlby to operations director, where she will manage the daily operations of the firm, including overseeing its finance and service teams.

Oldershaw: huge potential to expand offering to new and existing clients

Eight Group makes strategic hire, plans expansion

Eight Days a Week Print Solutions (EDWPS) and sister business Eight Plus have appointed a new strategic solutions director at the same time as implementing a group structure.

Industry veterans launch new venture

Four well-known industry names have teamed up on a new venture aimed at helping printers identify systems and products that deliver high ROI at a reasonable cost.

Sadly, shortest month sees no shortage of business failures

February’s listicle once again highlighted several struggling and closing print businesses, although there was still room for Walstead’s powerful new CEO Debbie Read, plus the tale of a major cannabis...

McClements: a stalwart advocate of the Yorkshire print trade

Robert McClements retires from BPIF after 25 years

Robert McClements has retired from the BPIF after 25 years of service.

KM: print volumes at commercial printing companies “on a recovery trend”

Konica Minolta streamlines business units

Konica Minolta is streamlining its business units into three – a move that means Professional Print will be combined with its workplace operations in a huge new division.

The route to success

For any one of a myriad of reasons, certain people manage to rise above others. But what makes a great leader – someone who is successful in their chosen field, a person that is revered and admired,...

Edmundowicz: “As soon as I learned about Gelato and met the team, I was all in”

Gelato takes on CRO to accelerate growth

Gelato has appointed a new chief revenue officer as the global print-on-demand network targets growth.