Disciplines

Eight year ban for rogue print farmer
Notorious print farmer Neill John has been disqualified from acting as a director for eight years.

Fujifilm pre-tax profit reaches record high
Fujifilm’s pre-tax profit reached a record high of ¥212.8bn (£1.48bn) in its fiscal year ended 31 March 2019, but its revenue was down marginally to ¥2.432tn.

Print in decline as digital dominates ad spend
Print and other traditional media are either “stagnant or in decline” according to the latest figures on advertising expenditure in the UK.

60 seconds with Lost Heritage
Lost Heritage started six years ago when founder Claire McDivitt was on maternity leave and felt it was the optimal time to take a chance and try to turn her hobby of traditional printing into a...

Overmatter: card sharps
When opportunity has the potential to knock, make sure you’re suitably prepared.

Signs Express opens the book on Brum’s Floozie
The River, a sculpture designed by Dhruva Mistry, has reclined in the fountain outside Birmingham’s historic Council House since 1994. In all that time, the affectionately named ‘Floozie in the...

Best of British: Essex business plotting to exceed your expectations
Blackman & White today is known as a builder of flatbed plotting and cutting tables that are mainly bought for large-format CNC applications including print signage, textiles and packaging.

Star product: CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2019
Latest edition adds new features and sees a return to the Mac OS.

Is the future of your business in the hands of your staff?
Employee ownership schemes, which take the form of trusts, share programmes and co-operative structures, are not common in the UK.

Acquisition couldn’t help square Circle
Oh, how the might have fallen. Again. The abrupt bankruptcy of Helio Charleroi at the end of January. The ‘fire sale’ of CPI Group. Further sell-offs, further closures. And now, the end.