Industry bodies

Business inspection: Printworks North

Getting to know your clients and implementing a service-based approach to business can help retain existing customers and win new ones

Turnaround times : 'We're another emergency service - we save the day'

It wasn't long ago that the standard turnaround time for a print job was a few weeks; now it's down to just a few hours, but it is ensuring print's place in the 21st century media mix

Printerman wreaks havoc on behalf of Bytes Document Solutions

Under the slogan 'Don't let an office printer ruin your day', Bytes Document Solutions took its new mascot, Printerman, to wreak havoc in some of London's busiest hotspots to promote the company's...

Northern Print steamrolls Newcastle skyline

Newcastle-based printmaking studio and gallery Northern Print gathered artists, local residents and children from the Inky Print Club to create a panoramic view from Newcastle's famous Swing Bridge to...

BPIF wins 1.1m industry management training funding

The BPIF has secured a 1.1m funding package from the Government to offer 200 fully-funded places on a degree-like qualification developed specifically for the print industry.

A stream of alternative finance options

If you thought the recession had forever diminished the finance sources available to printers - think again. A wide variety of options has surfaced online in recent years and ingenuity is often all...

UKAS accreditation for BPIF Colour Management Scheme certification body

The BPIF ISO12647-2 Colour Quality Management Scheme is the first of its kind in the world to have an independent certification body that has been accredited by UKAS.

If Ipex draws in the buyers, printers will surely follow

Informa no doubt hopes its 1m Ipex VIP programme will once and for all put paid to exhibitors' fears over the show's international credentials.

'Mis-sold' IRSAs: Bully Banks takes on high-street lenders

A campaign group of SME business owners harmed by mis-sold IRSAs, Bully Banks, raises questions over the practice's effect on print. But what's next?

Heidelberg blow struck Ipex hard, but the show goes on

As hard as I try, it's difficult to put a positive spin on Heidelberg's decision to withdraw from Ipex.