Disciplines

Print in decline as digital dominates ad spend

Print and other traditional media are either “stagnant or in decline” according to the latest figures on advertising expenditure in the UK.

60 seconds with Lost Heritage

Lost Heritage started six years ago when founder Claire McDivitt was on maternity leave and felt it was the optimal time to take a chance and try to turn her hobby of traditional printing into a...

Overmatter: card sharps

When opportunity has the potential to knock, make sure you’re suitably prepared.

Signs Express opens the book on Brum’s Floozie

The River, a sculpture designed by Dhruva Mistry, has reclined in the fountain outside Birmingham’s historic Council House since 1994. In all that time, the affectionately named ‘Floozie in the...

Best of British: Essex business plotting to exceed your expectations

Blackman & White today is known as a builder of flatbed plotting and cutting tables that are mainly bought for large-format CNC applications including print signage, textiles and packaging.

Star product: CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2019

Latest edition adds new features and sees a return to the Mac OS.

Is the future of your business in the hands of your staff?

Employee ownership schemes, which take the form of trusts, share programmes and co-operative structures, are not common in the UK.

Acquisition couldn’t help square Circle

Oh, how the might have fallen. Again. The abrupt bankruptcy of Helio Charleroi at the end of January. The ‘fire sale’ of CPI Group. Further sell-offs, further closures. And now, the end.

Pay heed to employees’ rights and aspirations

Whatever the Bible may say about the love of money being a “root of all kinds of evil”, as Paul wrote in his first letter to Timothy, there aren’t many of us who wouldn’t be happier with a little bit...

‘Trying new things is very important’

As a former bank manager and managing director of PrintWeek’s reigning SME of the Year, CS Labels, there can’t be many small business owners better placed to offer advice on running a successful...