Opinion

Back in September, a consortium of printing industry trade bodies gloomily wrote to the chancellor Rishi Sunak warning him that 3,000 print business would be at risk of sinking without a trace if...

If you’re anything like me, then the end of 2020 can’t come soon enough.

I know we’re all supposed to be getting used to the ‘new normal’, but seriously we’re eight months into this pandemic and I’m starting to wonder if anything will ever be normal – new or otherwise.

It is clear that Covid-19 has impacted every area of business and recruitment is no different.

Running a business at any time is challenging – running a business during a global pandemic when the majority of your customers have been forced to close is, well, a nightmare no one could have...

Ruddy hell, no sooner were we starting to breathe a little easier after the constraints of Brexit uncertainty relaxed a tad, when a new potentially calamitous situation starts to bite – coronavirus.

So, a new decade, a new hope. That’s the plan anyway  (and the title of this month’s issue, funnily enough), and  after the past few years, I think  a little bit of optimism is long overdue for our...

As traditional as turkey and Brussels sprouts – and sometimes just as tough or distasteful to chew – our review of the year, sadly, highlights many of the lowlights of the UK’s print year.

In this month’s issue we’ve dedicated no fewer than 33 pages to last month’s Awards.

In a few short weeks, the business landscape in the print industry might have changed dramatically, because by the time the next issue of this magazine hits your desk, the UK might have crashed out of...

Welcome to your new-look, monthly Printweek.

**Klaxon** Important announcement to follow: from September, PrintWeek will become a monthly magazine.

As highlighted in this issue’s briefing pages, it seems that there has been something of a summer growth-spurt of M&A activity across the printing industry.

This issue’s interviewee Adam Carnell started his print business with partner James Kinsella when they were both just 21 – 10 years ago to the day tomorrow.

So, what are the lessons to be learned from the collapse last week of Howard Hunt and the sad loss of 250 jobs?