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Derek is 83 and has been in the trade since he was 14, a whopping 69 years – beat that! He still goes into the office twice a week and likes to keep up with advances within the trade.

As the brilliant industrialist Henry Ford once said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80.” The quote has stood the test of time and arguably is more relevant today than ever.

It’s often said that the most effective salespeople in any business are its customers. A few well-placed words from a current client to a prospect can do more to win a deal than even the smoothest...

There aren’t many things that worry ProCo managing director Jon Bailey, after all he’s made a career out of embracing change.

Take his word for it, acquiring a company can be a great way of growing your existing one. In the last decade Witherbys’ managing director James Greene has helped secure not one but two takeovers of...

If you look up the plant list on MetroMail’s website, you’ll learn that it has “two yuccas, 15 cacti, three devil’s ivy, seven ferns, nine cheeseplants, one orchid and a lovely bit of bamboo.”

Essentra’s Kimbolton print site is set to close as well as its Hull site, as all of the group’s print operations look likely to move to Newport, South Wales.

Paragon Group has confirmed that it has acquired the trade and assets of Magnadata, for an undisclosed sum, saving more than 90 jobs.

Essentra is reportedly set to move its print operation to South Wales, in a move that will put up to 60 jobs at risk.