Opinion

Welcome to print Utopia

By the time you’re probably reading this the biggest print show on earth, Drupa, will have opened its doors.

Awards give print a shot in the arm

For fairly obvious reasons, there doesn’t really seem to have been a good time to launch the 2016 PrintWeek Awards in recent weeks.

Give your clients a simpler life

In this issue’s interview, GI Solutions’ Patrick Headley talks about the increasing need to make clients’ lives easier.

The countdown to Drupa begins...

With a mere eight weeks to go until the big show opens its doors, the excitement surrounding the impending Drupa in PrintWeek Towers is palpable.

Inkjet exit may help Kodak prosper

Kodak’s decision to offload its Prosper division, at first glance at least, seems a little bizarre.

It’s back and this time it’s personalised

Print is back, it’s official.

The world has changed and so must we

The imminent demise of The Independent in printed form, unsurprisingly, triggered a rush of commentators to once again predict the end of printed publications.

Hindsight always comes too late

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but by its nature it’s a gift that is always received too late.

Be on the right side of the great divide

It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that this issue of PrintWeek is slightly slimmer than usual. However, unless you’ve purloined your copy from a colleague, you’ve hopefully also noticed the...

New year predictions: Mark Handford, Pureprint Group


It’s safe to say that Christmas 2015 was slightly more relaxing for Pureprint chief executive Mark Handford than 2014, partly because this Christmas was spent on the beach but largely because this...

New year predictions: Ian McCloskey, My Print Partners

My Print Partners client services director Ian McCloskey reflects on a year of growth - following the firm's first birthday in June - and discusses why the industry should better promote itself.

New year predictions: Malcolm Lane-Ley, Anton Group

As chief executive of the print industry’s largest Employee Ownership Trust, it’s hardly surprising that Malcolm Lane-Ley is looking forward to some splendid isolation at the wheel of his track day...

New year predictions: David Nestor, First 4 Print Finishing

What possible gift could you buy the managing director of PrintWeek’s SME of the Year for Christmas? Simples, the exact same present he got when he was an impressionable eight-year old, well that or a...

New year predictions: Charles Jarrold, BPIF

12 months into the job as the Fed’s chief executive, Charles Jarrold, is pretty happy with the way 2015 panned out. Next year, however, his hope is that the industry turns its perceived threats into...

New year predictions: Kirk Galloway, Buxton Press

As managing director of PrintWeek’s reigning Company of the Year, it’s safe to say that Kirk Galloway has been pretty happy with his 2015 lot. And it sounds like he’s planning to carry that ‘feel-good...