Business

Welcome to the 2015 Wide-format report

Writing this on the eve of what looks set to be a record-breaking Fespa, it’s easy to see why there remains such a buzz around the wide-format sector.

Putting yourself in the hot seat

An MBO may be a daunting prospect but it can be a liberating experience and can revitalise a firm’s fortunes

Don’t focus on the technology, sell the dream

The technology never used to matter. Not to the client. Printing was a dark art, something only a printer with ink in his veins could truly comprehend. As the buyer, you didn’t even try and work it...

Simple four-step system to help you break bad habits

Plan Do Check Act’ (PDCA) may sound a bit like a governmental directive or a health and safety missive, but this little known business methodology – which is also known as ‘Plan Do Check Adjust’ – is...

‘My aim is always to find the next scalable business’

Tony Rafferty is chief executive of the rarest of beasts: a print PLC. However, while those three letters usually denote a faceless corporate behemoth, Grafenia is far from any of those things.

Whistl suspension hits market evolution

The decision by the UK’s second biggest postal services provider Whistl to suspend final-mile delivery services last week, putting 2,000 jobs at risk, has put back the evolution of a market economy...

Brother's Domino deal clears competition hurdle

Brother's proposed 915p-per-share acquisition of Domino Printing Sciences has been approved by the European Commission, meaning it has now been cleared by all relevant competition authorities.

Universe of print on display as Fespa Global Expo 2015 opens

The biggest Fespa yet has opened in Cologne, Germany, with 770 exhibitors and more visitors registering than ever before.

Paperlinx announces sale of Paperlinx Poland

Paperlinx has announced the sale of its European subsidiary Paperlinx Poland to a private equity-backed management buyout team.

Cyril Luff upgrades pre-press to Agfa VLF CTP system

Cyril Luff Metal Decorators has invested around £60,000 to upgrade its Imagesetter based pre-press to a large-format Agfa VLF CTP system and Xitron Harlequin workflow to enhance its quality and...