Profile

Keogh: Marmite hater

Q&A: Maz (Marian) Keogh, new business manager, Showcase Creative 

Marian has been working in print for 20 years, and is married with one teenage daughter. She is coming up to 53 and no doubt speaks for many when she says ‘how did that happen!’

Rising star: Kyle Miller, pre-press operator, McAllister Litho Glasgow

Kyle is 19 and has been working in the printing industry for nearly two-and-half years. He is currently undertaking an apprenticeship focusing on pre-press technology at family-owned McAllister Litho,...

Davies: "Dream bigger"

Q&A: Heather Davies, finance director, Fuller Davies

Heather retired in mid-April, having worked at Ipswich-based Fuller Davies since the firm’s inception some “35-plus years ago”. Her retirement plans include “spending special time with my three...

Rising star: Ronan McKechnie, lithographic apprentice, CPI William Clowes

Ronan is 20 years old and has been working in the industry since the summer of 2017. Earlier this year he was awarded Learner of the Year by specialist training provider Learn2Print, which provides...

Q&A: Del Simmons, operations director, Dayfold

Del is 40 years old, and has been working in the industry for 25 years. When not at work you can find him on his canal boat “moving at 4mph”. Or perhaps sat on the bank fishing if his fiancée Emily...

60 seconds with Apprintable

Apprintable was conceived in spring 2015 when co-founder and managing director Peter Haddad noticed a “huge gap in the print market” while at university.

Wellerman fan

Rising star: Ben Ellis, finance and operations analyst, Mail Handling International (MHI)

Ben is 23 and found his way into the industry, and his role at MHI, via a recruitment agency in the autumn of 2019.

Best of British: Inkjet insiders

Global Inkjet Systems in Cambridge is another of those world-class British tech companies that hides its light under a bushel. Or in this case, NDAs from its customers.

60 seconds with... Balcony Shirts

Balcony Shirts is a printwear shop in West London. Partner Scott Raison explains the back story: “From humble beginnings printing t-shirts in our bedrooms and selling them on eBay, we soon graduated...

Scott hopes to become a print boss

Rising star: Neve Scott, Account handler, Northern Flags

Neve is 22 and began working in the printing industry in May 2018, when some part-time work turned into a full-time role at Leeds-based Northern Flags