Industry bodies
BPIF teams with advertising trade bodies to call for clarity on zero-rated VAT
The BPIF has joined forces with a number of advertising and marketing trade federations to call for clarity on which elements of DM campaigns can be VAT zero-rated to "stem the threat of financially...
BPIF rejects R3 claims that administration acquisition potential is still strong
The BPIF has warned print bosses of the pitfalls of acquiring an insovent business after R3 claimed that there was a "window of opportunity" this year to buy "potentially profitable" firms out of...
50 jobs at risk as Archant proposes outsourcing of some weekly titles
Archant Print has entered a consultation period with the 97 staff at its Thorpe Print Centre as it looks to outsource the printing of some of the group's newspaper titles.
UK manufacturing hits out at banks' loan claim
UK manufacturers have hit out at the banks for claiming that small businesses are not looking for finance at the moment.
Kathy Woodward named as new BPIF chief executive
The BPIF has announced that Kathy Woodward is to step up to the role of chief executive when Michael Johnson leaves in July after a nine-year tenure.
ViP event extols the virtues of lean
More than 130 delegates heard valuable insights into how effective waste control and lean manufacturing techniques can mean the difference between a business failing or flourishing at last week's...
Employers and unions team to tackle print's structural crisis
High-level employer and union representatives have shared a platform for the first time at a joint conference aimed at addressing the structural crisis in the European printing industry.
Print's support will prevent the historic YMP from reaching the end of its run
It seems that we have come to the end of an era for the YMP as we know it, as the current members of the committee will all be stepping down at the YMP Reunion, being held in Blackpool on 25-27...
Award winners and opportunity celebrated at BAPC conference
Last weekend's BAPC Conference focused on the challenges facing UK printers, how firms can rise to them and turn them into opportunities and unveiled the winners of the body's 2010 awards.
Learn to thrive through BAPC
BAPC chairman Sidney Bobb has said the organisation's annual conference is the "perfect opportunity" for printers to discover how to thrive in the current economic climate.