Business

Welcome to the 2014 Environment report
In many respects, the theme for this year’s Environment report is that small changes can make a big difference.

Arm yourself with stats to fight off the eco fallacies
How many times have you been making polite conversation in a taxi, paying in a shop or chatting with friends and heard those six, doomy little words: ‘print is bad for the environment’. Probably too...

Make sure you keep hold of your ISO 14001
Just when you thought developing, implementing and executing a watertight environmental management system that conforms to all ISO 14001 standards and works for your business was one of the biggest...

Sustainability superheroes
Some choose themselves. Some are chosen by others. But it’s not how a business goes about appointing its own green champion that matters. What matters is that every business has an individual in place...

Mergers and acquisitions return to pre-downturn levels
The past quarter brought such a flurry of global M&A activity that, with two weeks still to go, it had already reached a level not seen since 2007. In Europe, it was the busiest quarter for at least...

M&A jump is evidence of recovery
Over the past few weeks there seems to have been an unprecedented spike in the amount of print M&A activity taking place and, believe it not, I’m not just talking about distressed sales or worse, the...

Business inspection: Explore another dimension
Ten years ago, Callprint took the bold step of becoming an early adopter of 3D printing technology. It has since carved out a lucrative niche for itself and provides an essential service to its...

Retailers learn to tap into power of the subconscious
The Kunene is a remote, mountainous region of the southern African country Namibia, and home to the indigenous, semi-nomadic Himba people, distinctive for their reddish all-over body make-up.

Why putting on a different hat can help you get ahead
Ask a room full of printers whether or not they’ve attended a leading print trade show such as Drupa, Ipex or Fespa over the last few years and chances are everyone in the room will raise their hand....

Interview: 'We have the opportunity to create something special’
A little under three months ago former DST Output executive vice-president Yolanda Noble made a surprise return to the industry by buying £4m-turnover Kent-based direct mail business Print Logic out...