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Better together: print M&A activity shows no sign of abating

While mergers and acquisitions are nothing new in print, the latest PrintWeek Top 500 found that there were at least 77 deals involving UK printers between March 2018 and March 2019 – the busiest...

BPIF rebrands and calls for renewal

Eyes were on the future at the BPIF’s annual general meeting, which took place in London on Tuesday 9 July as part of its yearly members’ day. The main focus of the all-day event, held at the St Bride...

Mind the gap: how printers can acquire digital skills they lack

With nine out of 10 British organisations lacking in digital skills, what means are available to modernise the workforce to face the changing world?

Will PVC recycling see off alternatives?

Recycling initiatives could help PVC to retain its dominant position in the wide-format market.

Help convert the unenlightened by preaching print’s power

Championing print’s effectiveness and engaging with end-users will help the industry’s cause while potentially opening new doors.

Can gov’t plan turn the tide for SMEs?

A new support package for the UK’s exporting SMEs could assist UK print’s global standing

Printers promoted to the Premiership

Last summer the England men’s national football team famously defied the nation’s low expectations to reach the semi-finals of the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.

Direct mail houses begin to settle into life with GDPR

It all seems so long ago – the spectre of GDPR hanging over the direct mailing sector in the run-up to 25 May 2018, with both the buyers and producers caught in a mad scramble to get themselves ready...

Print can profit from the unboxing fad

Online ‘unboxing’ videos are said to attract billions of views each year on YouTube and other content sharing platforms such as Instagram and Twitter, and can be incredibly lucrative for their...

Extravaganza celebrates wide -format power and potential

Returning to Messe Munich for the first time in five years, Fespa’s 2019 show tied together its sprawling threads with a single, simple core idea: possibility.

Is the future of your business in the hands of your staff?

Employee ownership schemes, which take the form of trusts, share programmes and co-operative structures, are not common in the UK.

Virtues of print hailed at comms event

Leading lights from the creative digital industries in the north of England and beyond converged at the Rose Bowl in Leeds last month to hear about the latest trends, developments and technological...

Attitudes have evolved but infrastructure is still lacking

While the well documented ‘Blue Planet effect’ has undoubtedly helped to raise awareness, consumer and business recycling rates had been on an upward trajectory even before the screening of this...

‘Somehow this has to be resolved’

Leaver, Remainer, Hard Brexit, Soft Brexit, People’s Vote – no matter your opinion I’m sure we can all agree if we ran our businesses like the government is ‘running’ this farce it would be CVAs,...

JICMail’s impact assessed one year on

In January 2018, a new ‘currency’ for measuring advertising mail engagement was launched, finally enabling the third-largest media channel in the UK according to ad spend to be considered by marketers...