Business

St Ives splits print ops in interim results
St Ives has unveiled a new corporate structure that sees print businesses Service Graphics, SP Group and St Ives Management Services (SIMS) paired with field marketing firm Tactical Solutions in one...

Killer app: Saxon uncorks the class for a boutique brand
Luxury drinks brand development specialist Boutique Brands has been sourcing the finest materials from all over the world for its drinks bottles, labels and corks for the past eight years. It recently...

Make more of a fanfare about print
It’s unlikely that anyone would ever accuse the print industry of hubris. In fact, when it comes to blowing our own trumpets we’re akin to a wheezy kid who’s only joined the brass section of the...

60 seconds with PNG Digital
Founder and managing director Mike Rawcliffe has been operating PNG Digital for just over a year from premises in Blackpool, Lancashire and the business has already experienced steady growth.

Overmatter: Mapplication
Apple, Samsung and other technology titans have missed the boat on an up-and-coming phenomenon.

Handy finishers find firm footing to stand alone
Back in their schooldays, friends Lynn Russell and Cath Maybin had no idea that in the future they would be joint directors of a successful contract packing, handwork and finishing company.

Proper motivation makes work seem less of a treadmill
There was a time buying a round at the pub on a Friday and offering a Christmas bonus would be enough to keep staff pretty content and settled enough not to look at other opportunities. Those times...

Niche specialists can look forward to a solid future
In the 12 months since PrintWeek first took a serious look at the prospects for 3D printing, the market has both evolved and stayed pretty much the same.

Event organisers prepare for biggest show to date
Expensive, irrelevant and out of date, with no accurate way of measuring tangible ROI – this is the view that some equipment manufacturers have of trade shows these days.

Interview: ‘Inserts may not be sexy, but they have massive scale’
It’s not often that that PrintWeek gets invited to media agency bashes, where the beards are short and the hair directional.