Business Inspection
Building a viable business out of a Bedroom Project
When Ed Snelson ran a printed clothing business as part of a year-long Young Enterprise project at school it sparked the beginnings of an idea that years later would evolve to see the now 28-year old...
Perfect planning is required for upscale projects
Little did the team at Preston-based Lustalux know that when a call came in from architect consultancy C4 Projects in 2015, a simple query about window film would be scaled into a complex and...
Find enough space to grow and grow
The need for bigger premises led GH Display to consider an acquisition and expansion in all sorts of ways
Open your doors to find workers with the best fit
Aberystwyth’s location on the west Wales coast just beneath the Snowdonia National Park is a pretty remote spot, which can make finding staff with the right skill set a challenge.
Two become one: bringing teams together
Resource had already taken the organic route to growth through smart investment and operational excellence. So the next logical step was to seek an acquisition that would allow the company to...
Flexibility and timing are key to easy succession
When Terry Scanlon started his commercial print company, the day he finished work for good was not perhaps uppermost in his thoughts.
Time, effort and dedication leads to excellence
It was almost off the scale. DCB Group recently scored 96% in the BPIF’s Seal of Excellence following extensive checks that culminated in not one but three seals of excellence – in health and safety,...
Happiness: the greatest gift that we possess
A healthy bottom line isn’t everything. Another way of checking the health of your company is to study the faces of your staff, according to Baker Labels’ chief happiness officer Mandy Baker. Look...
The softly-softly approach brings family together
Gently does it,” says Dean Latchford – a good adage when the company you work for thinks of consolidating different strands of business by merging into one identity.
Take the plunge and put strategy into action
It’s fizzing in the printroom at Plastic Card Services (PCS) and beyond. Last month Champagne flowed a few miles away in Chester Cathedral to toast the winning of a company-of-the-year gong at...