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Printers urged to take action to plug skills gap
BPIF president Gerald White has urged all the federation’s 1,300 members to take on “at least one” new apprentice in order to plug the industry’s looming skills gap.

'Leaders of the future' graduate from BPIF scheme
The BPIF is celebrating the success of more than 120 printing industry professionals who are the first-ever graduates of its Level 5 Graduate Management Programme.

Tunisia shooting victim was retired printer
A retired printer and his wife were among those gunned down in Tunisia in the worst terrorist attack on Britons since 7/7.

Sun Chemical is Innovator of the Year in Stationers' Awards
Sun Chemical’s SunJet division has won the Stationers’ Company overall Innovator of the Year Award for its low-migration inkjet ink, which is safe to use for food packaging.

Q&A: Alex Cain, director, Mount Street Printers
Alex has spent 15 of his 37 years in print, working at the family print business located in the one of the most upmarket areas of London – Mayfair. When not at work Alex and his wife are kept busy and...

60 seconds with Kingsline
Kingsline was set up seven years ago in a converted milking parlour by David Saunders with the objective of offering a targeted bespoke mailing service. Since then it has developed into a full-service...

Can greener wheels help keep print on the road?
Last year, Dave Broadway, managing director at CFH Docmail in Bristol, took delivery of a new car – a Tesla Model S. The slick-looking saloon is fast and powerful, but crucially, it’s got a whopping...

Print’s tactile nature ensures other media can’t touch it
One clue of how important touch is as a sense, is in how closely the language of emotion is entwined with it. When we talk about emotional states, we talk about ‘feelings’.

Star product: Mimaki TS300P-1800
This Fespa-launched dye-sub device is intended to fill mid-level market.

'People are returning to print because it achieves results’
As one of the biggest brand-side print spenders in the UK, Sky’s head of print management Mark Cruise in many ways bears a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.