Features
Now is the moment to net finance for investment
In terms of interest rates, there has never been a better time to borrow money. And as the economy begins to pick up, more lenders are looking to loan money to SMEs.
Q&A: Zack Sutherland Digital printing and finishing apprentice, Pureprint
Zack is 19 and has spent six months in print – he was attracted to the industry because he wanted an apprenticeship that was “hands-on with some thinking involved”. His outside of work activities...
60 seconds with Tudor Bookbinding
Ian Chamberlain set up Tudor Bookbinding in 1992, after spotting a gap in the market for a print finishing service while working as a binding room manager. The firm started off in the centre of...
Exhibitors focus on more automation in pre-media kit
As we start the countdown to Drupa at the end of May, it’s evident that increasing automation of the end-to-end workflow will be a major theme on a lot of stands.
Reawakening of franchise brings a plethora of print
It’s not for nothing that movie and cultural critics have called the omnipresent Star Wars movies a cradle-to-grave entertainment experience. Appearing in regular installments throughout the past...
60 seconds with John Good
John Good was founded in the mid 1980s primarily to serve the UK arts industry. The firm now supplies programmes and brochures to over 100 theatres and concert halls throughout the UK and Ireland.
Capitalising on the trend for printed textiles
James Birch can sense when he’s on to a good thing and this time he can feel it too: fabrics. Last week saw the official launch of a textile-printing arm of the company he directs, Colourgrpahics....
Put the love back into commercial relationships
In the increasingly digitised age in which we live, direct interaction between businesses and their customers has been reduced to a bare minimum, due to the greater levels of automation offered by...
Q&A: Terry Shortland New business sales, Moore division DG3
Terry has been in print for 15 years now, although he’s been a salesman since the day after he left school. “I just dipped my toe into a few other marketplaces before settling into ink.” He’s getting...
Putting old kit to new uses keeps artisan skills alive
Nick Loaring, owner of The Print Project in Shipley, is an honest man. When asked about letterpress and the workshops he runs for the public, teaching the print laity how to wield type, he responds...
60 seconds with Lustalux
The Lustalux story began 25 years ago when two friends merged their small window film companies. Since then, founder Richard Lancaster says the firm has grown its services, staff and premises, as...
Alpha mail: print is retaking ground in the marketing mix
A few weeks ago PrintWeek reported on some survey findings with the headline ‘Public sees direct mail in fonder light’.
‘We will continue to grow, but it has to be sustainable’
SMP Group managing director Bradley Slade might not have the diverse CV of some his peers, but in his 23 years at the out-of-home and POS specialist he’s certainly learned a thing or two about the...
The do-it-all options for short-run specialists
Short runs and fast turnarounds have been a particular feature of digital printing since the start. Most people will be aware of the concepts and challenges of variable data and runs lengths of one,...
Q&A: Andy Simpson Operations director, Plastic Card Services
George Clooney lookalike Andy first stepped into the world of print when he started work at Plastic Card Services 18 years ago.