Opinion

Welcome to the 2014 Wide-format report

In many respects digital is a mature technology, certainly insofar as the stranglehold it has on many wide-format markets. But, that’s not to say that as a technology it has exhausted its growth...

The PrintWeek Awards are well worth the effort

There are many things in life easier than winning a PrintWeek Award. However, there are few things that will have a more positive effect on your people, on your customers and on your business.

Chancellor urged to boost business support in the Budget 2014

Business groups including the BPIF, Institute of Directors (IoD) and Forum of Private Business (FPB) have called on the chancellor of the exchequer to step up support for businesses in his penultimate...

Think about who’s in, not who’s out

In exactly two weeks’ time Ipex will open its doors and the show’s 400-ish exhibitors will be waiting with bated breath to see if their decision to hold fast and exhibit was the right one.

Improving outlook tempts printers to re-equip and diversify

Positivity is in the air. Unemployment is at a four-year low, the economy is beginning to gain traction (the Office for Budget Responsibility expects economic growth to reach 2.4% this year) and with...

Looking forward to a successful 2014

What does the new year hold for print? We asked 16 industry players to assess the year just closed and forecast their fortunes for the year ahead.

Forecasting the future fortunes of print tech

A new year, a new technology landscape, potentially, for printers to get their heads around. So what should printers be keeping their eyes on?

New year predictions: Andrew Thornhill, Cross Media Production and Cross Media 2014

Cross Media 2014 marketing manager Andrew Thornhill is, perhaps not surprisingly, an enthusiastic advocate of the potential of multi-channel marketing as a source of revenue for printers willing to...

New year predictions: Dave Broadway, CFH Docmail

CFH Docmail managing director Dave Broadway urges other printers to get busy saving the planet next year, and explains why print is now the value-add and not the core business driver.

New year predictions: Alison Branch, Park Communications

Park Communications managing director Alison Branch knows the value of good customer relations - and gravy! Here she shares her forecast for the year to come and thinks printers should be preparing...

New year predictions: Jacky Sidebottom, Glossop Cartons

Jacky Sidebottom, sales director at Glossop Cartons, warns that being busy is not the same as being profitable and encourages more print businesses to shout about the quality of their work in the new...

Growing appetite for communication

"The more conversation goes on between printers and designers, the more we can keep taking things forwards,” says Rapidity’s Paul Manning, during PrintWeek’s roundtable discussion with students on...

Power of Print 2013 introduction

It’s no coincidence that our annual Power of Print supplement, which celebrates all things ink on paper, comes out at a time of year when print’s power is at its pinnacle.

Speak out, because it’s good to talk

As Bob Hoskins used to say in BT’s advertising campaign of the early 1990s: ‘It’s good to talk.’

60 seconds with: Remous

Remous founder Graham Bunter started off writing and publishing a magazine about stock cars, which he printed in his garage. More and more people asked if he could supply print for them, and the...