People

Simpson secures silver IIP rating, invests in new kit

Simpson Group has become one of a select few companies across sectors to win the coveted Silver Investors in People (IIP) accreditation and also revealed a £230,000 spend on new kit.

Stronger teams build stronger businesses

Lindsey Halewood was scared of heights until she went on a staff engagement exercise for Prinovis, where she works in the press room.

Ensure you keep your staff out of the danger zone

On the whole, print has a reasonably good safety record. According to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) annual statistics, the printing sector has a lower accident rate than associated...

60 seconds with Lollipop Print

Lollipop’s roots can be traced back almost 25 years under the name of Document Options, which was started in a boarding house in Brighton. As the business evolved, new premises were acquired and the...

Overmatter: star turn

What better way to celebrate the installation of the UK’s first Fujifilm Jet Press 720S B2 sheetfed inkjet press than by having a legendary rugby player pop in to cut the ribbon?

Q&A: Ben Manning, production director, Rapidity

Ben is slightly older than London-based Rapidity, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. Unsurprisingly given his family connections to the industry, he has also been “working in the print”...

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...

Encore appoints new business development manager

Encore Packaging Solutions has appointed Martin Burrows as its new business development manager, as the sister company of Encore Envelopes looks to continue its expansion.

Kerridge takes new role in packaging

Packaging industry heavyweight Mark Kerridge has joined the board of acquisitive UK-based group Americk Packaging.

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...