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Cross: The new business opportunities are there

New year predictions: Robert Cross, Micropress Printers

The Suffolk, family-run print business’s commercial director is excited about the future because he believes the post-Covid landscape will create opportunities that were perhaps never there before.

Peek: 2020 has allowed people to appreciate the power of physical print a lot more

New year predictions: Trent Peek, CCM Group

The group director of Nottinghamshire creative agency CCM has overseen one of 2020's big industry success stories – with the company tripling its headcount and moving to larger premises after pivoting...

TopShop was one of the many brands under the Arcadia umbrella

Traditional goodwill in short supply in December

The trials and tribulations of retailers at what should be their busiest time of year dominated December headlines, but so did the big ‘D’ which finally succumbed to the domino effect of exhibitor...

Stephenson: If you work hard, someone will always recognise it

New year predictions: Joanna Stephenson, PHD Marketing and Women in Packaging

PHD Marketing managing director and Women in Packaging co-founder Joanna Stephenson believes that digitisation and automation are key to the future success of the industry, but stresses that the...

Kelly: the market is anticipating a move to hybrid events for the future

New year predictions: Rob Kelly, Displayways

For Rob Kelly, CEO of the Displayways group of companies, the impact of Covid-19 became abundantly apparent in the first quarter of 2020 as exhibitions and events became the first casualties of the...

Joss: Covid-19 has been a catalyst for change at Tradeprint

New year predictions: Charlene Joss, Tradeprint 

Like many print bosses Tradeprint managing director Charlene Joss has been focused on stabilising her business during 2020, and she’s now in a position to look ahead to the longer-term with...

Chouhan: Work hard and smart – not just hard

New year predictions: Mitesh Chouhan, Central Mailing Services

Never afraid to speak his mind, the Birmingham mailing house boss believes firms that moved quickly to diversify will emerge the strongest in 2021 and beyond.

Bar-Shany walks away from HP Indigo

The cutbacks begin in June, as do the ‘Drupa’ launches

While vendors battle for attention for their planned Drupa launches, the cutbacks began across some of print’s biggest players as the end briefly loomed for the furlough scheme, but one departure in...

Print on the box in April

One media channel embraced another as printers secured their 15-minutes of fame, while former Polestar execs, perhaps less willingly, find themselves in the Printweek spotlight again.

January offers a taste of things to come in a momentous year

While coronavirus was still largely considered a problem in other countries back in January, in what was perhaps a sign of things to come the year started off with a glut of insolvencies and M&A...