CWU votes overwhelmingly in favour of DSA boycott
A consultative ballot of Communication Workers Union (CWU) members has resulted in a 92% yes vote in favour of the boycott of downstream access providers.
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Big formats don't have to mean spending big bucks
10 June 2013In the past commercial and wide format print businesses were very different animals. One happily dealt with those leaflets, brochures, flyers and smaller posters that would fit comfortably on their kit, while their large format counterparts down the ...
Why consumers need to see the big picture
10 June 2013When it comes to photography, the received wisdom is that consumers rarely think big. While they will happily create a photobook full of smaller images, the thought of picking one photograph to blow up into a large canvas or poster seems to be a step...
Innovation and service top list of customers' demands
10 June 2013Here's a riddle for you: what can look like molten metal, be applied to floors, and be written on and have magnets stuck to it? We'll give you a clue: not a digital billboard.
How to stretch your cut of the material world
10 June 2013It's the fastest growing print technology at the moment, but until recently if you wanted to produce dye-sublimation prints you had to splash out tens of thousands of pounds.
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