Business
What’s the secret behind keeping it in the family?
The UK economy is underpinned by family businesses. According to the Forum of Private Business, around 3m of the country’s 4.6m SMEs are run by families and these businesses contribute around 31% of...
Q&A: Dave Turnbull, operations director, L&S Printing
Dave has spent 25 years – more than half his lifetime – in print. He’s married with two children and has always lived on or near the beach, and tries to make the most of this luxury whenever possible....
Business inspection: Stakeholder staff ensure benefits for everyone
Eating fish and chips on a Saturday afternoon while on holiday might seem like a rather unlikely time to come up with a business brainwave, but for Colchester Print Group managing director Philip...
HRH delivers networking masterclass
Without wishing to name drop, ahem, last week I was lucky enough to meet Prince Charles when he visited the St Bride Foundation.
Print remains a powerful medium, but it still needs selling
One thing has the power to make every single one of your customers feel special.” That thing? A letter.
Interview: ‘Always build your business around what clients want’
Taking on one failed print business and converting it into a £38m-turnover firm that you then sell to a US corporate could be considered lucky. If you then go on to do it a second time, and make an...
Dixon and Taylor embark on new venture
Nick Dixon and Rick Taylor, who between them created the £53m Lateral Group, are poised to return to the industry with a new buy-and-build venture.
Quinn’s Belfast continues investment drive with Speedmaster XL 75 install
Online trade printer Quinn’s Belfast has bought an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 and a Muller Martini Bravo with Amrys stitching line to further increase its capacity.
My Print Partners brings stitching in-house with Horizon buy
Commercial printer My Print Partners has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch-fold-trim line to enable it to bring stitching in-house.
Print 2 Media eyes new work with DYSS cutting table buy
Wide-format specialist Print 2 Media has invested in a DYSS X7-1624C digital cutting table with Superhead to enable it to take on a wider range of work.