Briefing
The printer’s view of Brexit: two years on, six months out
In the small hours of 24 June 2016, seemingly almost a lifetime ago, David Dimbleby made an announcement to a stunned nation: “At 20 minutes to five, we can now say, the decision taken in 1975 by this...
Corbyn seeks to revive local papers
For each ally Jeremy Corbyn wins, he seems to make a new enemy too.
The power of print is not lost on the net’s biggest brands
As well as being among the world’s biggest brands, internet giants Facebook, Google and Amazon have something else in common – they have all started to embrace printed media in recent times.
High street reboot could benefit print
In his latest independent review of the high street published last month, former Wickes, Iceland and Booker chief executive Bill Grimsey said that UK town and city centres must be “repopulated and...
Are you feeling the ripples of the ‘Blue Planet effect’?
It started in December last year with David Attenborough.
Overcapacity woes can be overcome with forward planning
Sheetfed magazine specialist Pensord told PrintWeek last month that, as part of a future-proofing strategic investment, it was set to reduce its capacity by replacing two existing Heidelberg...
So long, St Ives
What was at one time without doubt the UK printing industry’s most-admired business is now not a printer at all.
IPIA event addresses GDPR concerns
Everything Is Possible In Print’, is the theme of an event held each year by the Independent Print industries Association’s (IPIA) in London, the 2018 edition of which took place last week.
Should print businesses call time on zero-hours contracts?
You don’t always know what the year might throw your way. For printers, demand is often seasonal. Periods of plenty can be followed by pockets of drought.
Apprenticeship Levy under fire for failing businesses
More than a year has passed since the Apprenticeship Levy was launched last April and many feel that it is not working as intended.
Caledonian printers search for rays of hope in the Brexit fog
Scotland is at a crossroads. The twin, closely fought issues of Brexit and Scottish independence have divided the country – and the former is now reigniting the latter.
Can membership declines be halted?
Figures from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) provided to the BBC earlier this month revealed that trade union membership levels have dropped sharply in recent times, particularly among young people.
Forecast worsening for paper supply
Earlier this month PrintWeek reported on the ‘perfect storm’ of global events that have tightened the supply of graphical papers and resulted in paper mills resorting to allocation for the first time...
Textiles and corrugated sparkle as expo returns to Berlin
Just over a decade after the show last visited Germany’s capital, Fespa returned to Berlin earlier this month, packed with popular returning features and a number of well-received new initiatives.
Buyers have been slow to pick up on digital’s image problem
While printers have had to face up to many challenges over the past few years, consumer trust hasn’t been one of them.