Disciplines

McMurtrie: Seeing many commercial printers diversifying into labels and packaging

New year predictions: Keith McMurtrie, Tharstern

Tharstern CEO Keith McMurtrie hopes that businesses will become more data-led in 2022 and make use of the information that’s stored in the software they use.

Historic papermaker Zanders Papers went into liquidation

Review of 2021: May

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Northside Graphics set up a Training Academy to offer apprenticeships for young people aiming to get into print

Review of 2021: June

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Green: Looking to embrace opportunity in 2022

New year predictions: Michael Green, MacroArt

MacroArt managing director Michael Green is hoping for a calmer year in 2022 after making major changes to his business throughout the pandemic, but will ensure that it remains reactive to...

Smith: Customer expectations will likely remain high in 2022

New year predictions: Duncan Smith, Canon UK & Ireland

Duncan Smith, country director, Production Printing Products at Canon UK & Ireland says ‘digital fatigue’ brought on by an excess of marketing emails during the pandemic has led some marketers to...

Watts: automation and investment in training were key in 2021

New year predictions: Andy Watts, TJ Books

TJ Books managing director Andy Watts is hoping the industry in general can cooperate more in 2022, and that the pandemic-induced onshoring trend will become a permanent choice.

The design of the new £50 note featuring Alan Turing was revealed in March. Image: Bank of England

Review of 2021: March

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Datagraphic MD Robert Hoon said: “Living hours is the right thing to do for every business"

Review of 2021: April

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

Deadman: Looking forward to the launch of KCS' product label division in 2022

New year predictions: Zoe Deadman, KCS Print

KCS Print managing director Zoe Deadman hopes that more face-to-face interactions next year will enable printers and their customers to work more closely to create powerful print that achieves its...

Stewart: Businesses are more focused on efficiently increasing capacity

New year predictions: Erskine Stewart, SwissQprint UK

SwissQprint UK managing director Erskine Stewart expects sustainability and impact on the environment to continue to be important considerations for the industry in 2022.