Opinion

New year predictions: Jon Marsh, CFH Docmail

CFH Docmail's commercial director Jon Marsh hopes for more of the same for his company in the Brexit uncertainty of 2018.

How. Can. It. Be. Christmas?

Where did 2017 go? Looking through our review of the year, it most definitely happened – and while it might not have been a vintage year for print, it was certainly an eventful one.

Don’t fret over bad decisions, learn from them

I can’t imagine there’s a single business leader reading this who hasn’t made a dodgy decision at one time or another that they later regretted.

You have to be in it to win it

The industry’s great and good descended on London’s Grosvenor House last week to celebrate the best of UK print.

We need to broadcast print’s positive stories

Will the day ever come when the sustainability of print and paper will be accepted without question? Probably not.

Inspired customer service always wins

There are few things I look forward to more than the PrintWeek Awards judging days, because they’re a fantastic way to observe how the industry is evolving.

Proof positive of print’s innovation

Following our usual summer hiatus in print and this issue’s resulting catch-up on the industry’s comings and goings, you could be forgiven for thinking that the past few weeks have been pretty painful...

As a business evolves so must its staff

In separate conversations this week, two print bosses detailed at length their belief that the days of the ‘traditional’ print business are numbered.

Cash is king. Long live the king

How many times have you heard variations on ‘Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is reality’?

Keep calm and carry on, again

Once again, an overly confident PM and disgruntled electorate have combined to give business confidence a kick in the nether regions, at the worst possible time – on the eve of the traditional summer...

Youthful drive can still conquer print

This issue’s interview features Aron Priest, who, along with business partner Andy Smith, is co-founder of Solopress, which, until very recently was one of the UK’s largest, independent online print...

Who will be print’s flag-bearer?

Despite it being more than a year since its demise, if you put the word Polestar in a PrintWeek headline then it’s still guaranteed to be one of the most read stories.

Printers on trend in election poll

This week’s PrintWeek poll shows our readers largely reflecting the national mood ahead of next month’s snap general election.

The many benefits of a PrintWeek gong

What is it that makes winning a PrintWeek Award so special?

Don’t drop prices if things go tits up

Sad news from Essex, with what looks like the imminent demise of the UK’s largest single-site commercial sheetfed printer, Anton Group.