Jon Severs

Can you win sales from your kit’s star quality?

So you have spent months researching a new kit purchase. You’ve read all there is to read, you have tested it, you have asked other users for their views, you have thought of every possible use and...

If you’re looking to bring in punters, join the club

In a Victorian warehouse in Margate, a group of people who have never met each other are carefully cutting out pieces of lino.

Ways to expand your sphere of influence

Like it or not, networking is a hugely effective way to increase your profile, and it’s no secret that it pays to make friends and influence people.

National treasure: printers trading on ‘brand Britain’

When was the last time you bought something that was made in Britain? For many of us that’s likely to be a tough question to answer. We’re so accustomed to a global market that we barely bother to...

Fairytale machines are rewriting bedtime reading

Once upon a time, the personalisation of a children’s book simply meant having a particular child’s name appear on the cover. At the time, it was mind-boggling, like something out of, well, a...

Digital print tech lifts fabric creatives to new levels

Chris Childs is a convert. The managing director and founder of Contrado, a fabric printer that also operates the Bags Of Love online business, believes digital fabric printing isn’t just transforming...

Keep an eye open for warning signs

If you have spent many years driving the same roads, you will have become familiar with them, probably to the extent that you no longer need to check road signs or maps. Once-prominent landmarks now...

Speed specialists supply the want-it-now generation

You could blame Amazon; its relentless focus on shortening delivery times infected the rest of high-street retail and ultimately spread further afield, including to print.

Retro is the new fashion for faster, cleaner operations

Updating your existing kit to UV curing could help you speed up turnarounds but the higher costs need to be weighed against the benefits

What it takes to join the 100 club

Winston Churchill once said that “the farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see”.