Industry bodies

131 of the organisations Two Sides engaged with in 2019 have removed or changed their messaging

Busiest year yet for Two Sides’ anti-greenwash campaign

Two Sides’ anti-greenwash campaign experienced its busiest year to date in 2019, with 131 companies removing misleading anti-paper statements.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said firms should focus on training up UK workers after Brexit

Immigration law could block skilled print workers after Brexit, BPIF warns

The BPIF has criticised the government for not going far enough to allow in skilled print workers from the EU to work in its proposals for post-Brexit immigration policy, announced yesterday.

Jardine: "Things are now becoming more certain again"

Industry exceeds expectations in worst Q4 for seven years

The fourth quarter of 2019 was the worst in years for the UK print industry, but nevertheless saw it outperform expectations in terms of both output and orders.

Last year's Apprentice event saw 3,000 students attend

Stationers' Apprentice event set for Guildhall return

The Stationers’ Company will take its apprenticeship event into its third year with another two-day run at Guildhall, London.

The small matter of fraud

According to PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, only 49% of global organisations said they’ve been a victim of fraud and economic crime. While some might question the percentage...

Training tracks

Print business owners face a major dilemma. There is currently a significant skills shortage within the industry, which has a rapidly ageing workforce. There is also a lack of young people entering...

Shout louder

Earlier this month the BPIF organised its annual Apprentice Conference, which this year was hosted at the Antalis Academy at the merchanting group’s head office near Leicester.

Treat your clients like kings to help reap a royal reward

In today’s highly competitive print environment many printers can feel pushed into slashing prices to retain a regular client or win new work to keep their presses full.

Micklethwait: "The Printing Charity does a fantastic job looking after people of all ages"

Printing Charity appoints Bloomberg ed as new president

Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait has accepted an invitation to be the Printing Charity’s president for 2020.

Cerf is known as one of the "fathers of the internet"

Stationers' innovation awards open as internet father announced for annual lecture

The Stationers’ Company has introduced a new category for start-up companies in its latest Innovation Excellence Awards as internet pioneer Vint Cerf is teed up to give this year’s annual lecture.