Briefing
Do consumers understand packaging?
As the end of 2018 comes into sight, it has been nearly a full year since the plastic packaging debate was famously thrust into view by David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II documentary series.
Christmas comes early for bookworms
Christmas is coming – regardless of any protests that autumn has barely begun. The retail sector is revving up for the festive season already. For print, this means production will step up on all...
Great British manufacturers taken on in latest M&A flurry
A busy year of M&A action among manufacturers appears to have come to a head with Heidelberg’s MBO buy, Plockmatic Group’s acquisition of Watkiss Automation and Kolbus Group’s purchase of Autobox...
Merchants can advise as prices rise
Printers are bracing themselves for another wave of paper price rises, the fourth this year, which are set to come into effect next week.
Former franchisees rebuild family ties after independence
Kall Kwik and Prontaprint used to be two of the biggest names in the UK high-street print market. At their peak, the two businesses ran a combined total of around 550 outlets in towns up and down the...
The printer’s view of Brexit: two years on, six months out
In the small hours of 24 June 2016, seemingly almost a lifetime ago, David Dimbleby made an announcement to a stunned nation: “At 20 minutes to five, we can now say, the decision taken in 1975 by this...
Corbyn seeks to revive local papers
For each ally Jeremy Corbyn wins, he seems to make a new enemy too.
The power of print is not lost on the net’s biggest brands
As well as being among the world’s biggest brands, internet giants Facebook, Google and Amazon have something else in common – they have all started to embrace printed media in recent times.
High street reboot could benefit print
In his latest independent review of the high street published last month, former Wickes, Iceland and Booker chief executive Bill Grimsey said that UK town and city centres must be “repopulated and...
Are you feeling the ripples of the ‘Blue Planet effect’?
It started in December last year with David Attenborough.
Overcapacity woes can be overcome with forward planning
Sheetfed magazine specialist Pensord told PrintWeek last month that, as part of a future-proofing strategic investment, it was set to reduce its capacity by replacing two existing Heidelberg...
So long, St Ives
What was at one time without doubt the UK printing industry’s most-admired business is now not a printer at all.
IPIA event addresses GDPR concerns
Everything Is Possible In Print’, is the theme of an event held each year by the Independent Print industries Association’s (IPIA) in London, the 2018 edition of which took place last week.
Should print businesses call time on zero-hours contracts?
You don’t always know what the year might throw your way. For printers, demand is often seasonal. Periods of plenty can be followed by pockets of drought.
Apprenticeship Levy under fire for failing businesses
More than a year has passed since the Apprenticeship Levy was launched last April and many feel that it is not working as intended.