If you’re the bee’s knees, say it loud
Following on from our interview with Gary Peeling in the last issue, our online poll question this week was what term best describes your business?
Overmatter: Desperate Marketing
Overmatter loves Private Eye and is not at all surprised that the satirical fortnightly can lay claim to being the UK’s best-selling news and current affairs magazine.
Q&A: Alex Cain, director, Mount Street Printers
Alex has spent 15 of his 37 years in print, working at the family print business located in the one of the most upmarket areas of London – Mayfair. When not at work Alex and his wife are kept busy and...
60 seconds with Kingsline
Kingsline was set up seven years ago in a converted milking parlour by David Saunders with the objective of offering a targeted bespoke mailing service. Since then it has developed into a full-service...
Can greener wheels help keep print on the road?
Last year, Dave Broadway, managing director at CFH Docmail in Bristol, took delivery of a new car – a Tesla Model S. The slick-looking saloon is fast and powerful, but crucially, it’s got a whopping...
Print’s tactile nature ensures other media can’t touch it
One clue of how important touch is as a sense, is in how closely the language of emotion is entwined with it. When we talk about emotional states, we talk about ‘feelings’.
Star product: Mimaki TS300P-1800
This Fespa-launched dye-sub device is intended to fill mid-level market.
'People are returning to print because it achieves results’
As one of the biggest brand-side print spenders in the UK, Sky’s head of print management Mark Cruise in many ways bears a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
The right recruit will bolster your energy and fuel your growth
Sales are vital to any print business. The hum of the presses may be the heartbeat, ink may be the blood, but sales is the fuel that keeps the whole body of production moving forward.
An integrated MIS helps keep eyes on the prize
Regardless of size, one thing that every print business should bear in mind at all times is how profitable a job is likely to be as, after all, making profit is essential for any company that wants to...
Me & my: Derprosa Soft Touch
Pushing the boundaries of digital printing is second nature at 1st Byte. The Clerkenwell-based printer has specialised in fast-turnround digital printing for almost 20 years, mainly using a succession...
Moo wins £3m from Barclays Fast Growth Tech Fund
Web-to-print company Moo has secured a £3m revolving credit facility from Barclays to help it grow its global business.