Interview
‘Things go wrong – it’s how suppliers react that separates them’
Last month, PrintWeek hosted three judging days for the 2016 Awards, so we took the opportunity to ask our august panels on the main judging day about the challenges they face, what the opportunities...
‘We want to offer support, not create a dependency’
Becoming chief executive and secretary of The Printing Charity after heading up the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, might seem like trading in the Ferrari for a safe and sensible Volvo, in terms of...
Sitting comfortably II: more views from the red sofa
There was never any doubt that digital was always going to be a hot topic at Drupa. In terms of product launches, star turns, largely from the show’s birthday boy, and the sheer scale of the digital...
Sitting comfortably? Notes from the big, Red Sofa
In the first of our series of interviews from the DrupaDaily Red Sofa, Darryl Danielli talks to one of the oldest companies exhibiting at the expo, as well as one of the youngest attendees. Words...
‘In five years 50% of print will be digital’
Author, book collector, college professor, historian, museum director, technology expert and friend of the rich and famous and printers everywhere. Frank Romano has many hats, but in print circles...
‘My proudest achievements at GI are around people’
Despite being the lead (well, strictly speaking only) guitarist in indie rock cover band The Hoo Haas, it’s safe to say that Patrick Headley is better known, outside the Midlands music scene at least,...
‘We will continue to grow, but it has to be sustainable’
SMP Group managing director Bradley Slade might not have the diverse CV of some his peers, but in his 23 years at the out-of-home and POS specialist he’s certainly learned a thing or two about the...
'I just enjoy working in the industry too much. I still do’
After he received his 50th or so rejection letter, Tony Hards could have been forgiven for thinking that perhaps finding a position as an apprentice compositor just wasn’t his destiny.
‘Growth is vital, but we’re not about chasing a number’
Geoff Neal Litho was founded in 1976 by managing director Sam Neal’s dad, Geoff, almost by accident.
'St Bride’s is a living, breathing thing that pulls you in’
As chief executive of the St Bride Foundation, Glyn Farrow is in many respects the de facto trustee of print’s proud heritage.