Business

Putting it all back together again

It was while he was on his dream holiday that Andy Martin’s nightmare began. The weather in Thailand on Christmas Day 2015 was near perfect, but clouds gathered elsewhere. From that other place came a...

Ashes to ashes

It’s a sad fact of life that businesses can and do fail and the fallout impacts many – owners, shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers alike.

DS Smith makes Eastern European push with Romanian acquisition

DS Smith has acquired Romanian packaging and paper firms EcoPack and EcoPaper in a bid to extend its Eastern European reach.

FFEI marks 70th anniversary

FFEI celebrated its 70th anniversary last week, lauding its evolution from an engineering firm specialising in printing press control systems in 1947 to its current incarnation as a developer of...

Baddeleys says forced relocation 'a blessing'

Specialist printer and stationer Baddeley Brothers has been forced to relocate from its east London home of 24 years as the result of rising costs.

More brands buy in to the luxury look

It’s an exciting time to work in luxury packaging, if a new study from Smithers Pira is to be believed. The print and packaging consultancy says more and more brands are recognising the value that...

Get out of the office. It’s show time!

Decisions, decisions. We’re well into industry’s peak season, when printrooms across the land are (hopefully) at their busiest.

Skills still make an impression

It’s apt that halfway through his interview with PrintWeek Patrick Roe spots an old Field-Marshall tractor trundling past his office window. Once a farm staple in the 1940s, these days such machines...

Fire preparedness is a burning issue

In ancient Greek and Roman tradition, fire was one of the four elements alongside earth, water and air that were used to explain the nature and complexity of matter. But irrespective of how it’s...

Sector stays upbeat on Brexit gamble

The past few weeks have been a white-knuckle rollercoaster ride for Britain’s Brexit negotiations. Speaking in Florence towards the end of September, Theresa May unveiled a bit more detail around the...