Business
Poll positions: what the parties mean for industry
For the second time in two years the electorate is being asked to decide the shape of government. While some think Theresa May is lacklustre and grey, she certainly knows how to throw the cat among...
Will the printing industry get hip to the social scene?
In July 2009, a former PrintWeek staffer made an astonishing prediction: “This time next year no one will be talking about Twitter”, positing the idea that, one year to the day, Twitter’s traffic...
MBO secures future for Lincoln printer
Three directors at Lincoln-based printer Elpeeko have ensured the continued operation of the 112-year-old firm by taking over the business through an MBO.
Calendars acquired out of administration
Calendars & Diaries of Bristol, which trades as Brunel Promotions and BrunelPrint, has been acquired out of administration by Novercal, a sister company to Rose Calendars.
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...
Don’t let late payers get the upper hand
Every business will, from time to time, encounter problems with late payment of its bills.
Prevent web piracy with preparation
Last week’s ransomware attack that forced the NHS to cancel operations and affected organisations as diverse as FedEx, Renault and the Russian interior ministry may have been unprecedented in scale,...
Who will be print’s flag-bearer?
Despite it being more than a year since its demise, if you put the word Polestar in a PrintWeek headline then it’s still guaranteed to be one of the most read stories.
Setting out a plan for long-term viability
Jason Short jetted off to Barcelona last week. For a man who went a long way, he’s come a long way. The managing director of Qualvis Print & Packaging was in the cosmopolitan capital of Catalonia for...
Former Polestar book site calls in administrators
Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing facility, has fallen into administration just under a year after it was bought in an MBO following the collapse of Polestar.