Business

Can new regulations right the wrongs of late payments?
It is the bane of an SME’s life: late payments from a large customer can leave a smaller company in dire straits. For too long, it appears the government has sat back and allowed the big companies...

Antalis poised to float as parent hit by $138m court claim
Antalis and Arjowiggins parent Sequana has lost the latest round of its long-running High Court battle with BAT Industries and has filed for temporary creditor protection in France while it looks to...

IST (UK) to promote UV retrofit service at PrintWeekLive!
IST (UK) has signed up for next month’s inaugural PrintWeekLive! and will inform show visitors about its UV retrofit service.

Focus on the future for a longer life
January is always one of the toughest months for print, and this year seems to have been no exception.

Spend smart and enhance your portfolio
Oriel Printing Company had high hopes for its new print-enhancement service offering UV-based polymer varnishing and spot foiling. It was to be, according to the business, the first trade Scodix...

The publishers who put it all together
Which part of the magazine publishing sector has a colossal advertising spend yet doesn’t sell advertising in its titles, publishes new products every year, in two tightly defined timeframes and knows...

'Talk about value, not just the price’
It’s safe to say that the Independent Print Industries Association is not exactly the best-known trade body in print. But that’s not a concern for chief executive Marian Stefani, nor part of her...

Serial phoenixers give us all a bad rep
The print industry, like many others with room for consolidation, has a bustling M&A market, which in an ideal world would be characterised by honest, straightforward transactions where jobs are saved...

Can the unions keep pace with big changes in the industry?
With the free world seemingly in freefall and the Brexit process under way, you could be forgiven for having missed the fact that print’s union Unite’s leadership election is just around the corner.

Setting up pay strategies for long-term love affairs
Salespeople are the beating heart of a business; without the revenue they generate no other parts of a business will function for very long. The question is, how best to incentivise sales to work...