Business Inspection

Having a 1.5m press fall through the floor would be enough to dampen the spirits of even the most tenacious printer. Family-run firm Richard Edward, however, has made a theme of overcoming disaster,...

Have you heard the one about the rise of automation in printing, asks Neil Parr-Davies, digital services manager at Cambrian Printers. In the not-too-distant future, he says, the only handlers manning...

When chief executive Tony Jones joined Pensord in March 2000, his brief from owners Allen, McGuire & Partners was simple: to steady a floundering ship. During those early years, Jones admits survival...

Scotsmen are rumoured to possess no natural love for spending, but Glaswegian Stuart Mason has cause to dispute this longstanding myth. Over the past 15 years, as founder and managing director of...

Seven years ago Derek Faint, managing director of Essex-based SME Redlin Print was faced with a stark decision: either increase the size of his firm or risk becoming just another printer ripe for...

Scarborough isnt at the end of the universe, but its pretty close, jokes Pindar group marketing director David Jesson. But his quip is a respectful one: over the past 130-odd years, as one of the...

While many firms located on the site of the Olympic Park resented their need to relocate to make way for facilities for the 2012 games, Park Communications seized it as an opportunity. The firms old...

Darren Briers has a problem with estimating. Hes fixed the problems that his own business, Northampton-based B2 printer Avalon, had in that area. But he believes the situation it faced before...

Buckingham Colour Quest (BCQ) started with a bang literally. The blast at the Buncefield oil storage depot in Hertfordshire, to be precise, in 2005. The damage this inflicted on B2 litho and digital...

If there are two things printers notoriously lack, and dont often do anything to improve, its their management and marketing skills. Fortunately for HPM Creative Solutions (or Hillprint as it used to...