Interview
Interview: The need for closer print partnerships
In our second series of interviews with a selection of judges from the PrintWeek Awards, we once again take the opportunity to quiz some leading buyers and experts on the internal and external...
Interview: We laud failure, because you learn new things by failing
In 1993, Webmart chief executive Simon Biltcliffe, working at the time as a regional sales director for web offset print at BPC, was sent to Japan on a supplier visit.
Interview: 'Even our accountant is keen for us to spend money’
Earlier this month, The Printing Charity (TPC) awarded a total of £36,000 to 24 young people looking to further their careers in the graphic arts sector.
Interview: 'If you’re not attacking your market, someone else will’
Dave Broadway has been managing director of CFH Docmail since the mid 1990s. The firm was founded by Broadway’s father, Geoff, in 1977, and he joined in 1980 after completing a degree in chemistry,...
Interview: 'We have the opportunity to create something special’
A little under three months ago former DST Output executive vice-president Yolanda Noble made a surprise return to the industry by buying £4m-turnover Kent-based direct mail business Print Logic out...
Interview: 'The market is what it is and that’s what we plan for’
Next month, Pensord managing director Darren Coxon will be celebrating the fourth anniversary of the MBO he led with operations director Karl Gater at the 148-staff Welsh magazine printer.
Interview: "We saw digital for what it was and set out to be experts"
As managing director of PrintWeek’s reigning SME of the Year, clearly Prime Group managing director Jon Tolley knows a thing or two about running a successful business. However, it seems that one of...
Interview: ‘When you’re young, you think you can do anything’
By her own admission, Glossop Cartons sales director and de facto figurehead Jacky Sidebottom-Every is a natural born worrier. However, that hasn’t prevented her from building a 53-staff, almost £5m...
Interview: ‘Sell the big idea and then work out how to produce it’
It’s fair to say that Inc Direct isn’t your traditional print business. In fact, according to chief executive Noel Warner, it’s not a print business at all, traditional or otherwise, and to be fair,...
Interview: ‘Keep learning – and keep trying’
By his own admission, Label Apeel managing director Stuart Kellock hasn’t always been the easiest of bosses. After all, not many people would sack a sibling from the family firm. But in his 20-plus...