
Q&A: Matt Galloway, sales and business development, Galloways Printers
Matt started out in engineering at 18, but quickly realised that sitting in front of a computer screen working on large scale jobs such as schools, stadia and large industrial units wasn’t for him....

60 seconds with Telford Repro
Telford Repro was formed in 1994 and has grown from its origins as a copy shop and plan printing specialist into one of the leading short-run digital print specialists in the West Midlands.

Overmatter: happy birthday, hot stuff
It’s been a while since Overmatter has had a nice print-related cake to write about, so thanks goodness for Systematic Print Management, which has saved us from our slough of sponge-deprived despond.

Killer app: Taylor Bloxham helps re-inter Richard’s royal remains
King Richard III’s remains were famously discovered under a council car park in Leicester in 2012. His historic reburial took place at Leicester Cathedral last month and a number of local businesses,...

Creating your own mailing super site
Setting up an entirely new factory, effectively from the starting point of a blank sheet of paper, is a luxury afforded to few print bosses and one that would be a dream for many.

Tips for a surer footing in the buyer’s balancing act
Buying print is not easy. Even with a working knowledge of the complexities of putting ink on paper, there are always going to be trip wires hidden in the shadows.

Heir line pilots: How to navigate a successful route to your next leader
To outsiders it seemed a natural succession: the young Scottish leader had been successfully running a rival, although much smaller, operation in the neighbouring county to that of the grizzled...

Take pride in your profitability
One of the many interesting topics thrown up in this issue’s interview was that profit is still too often seen as a dirty word in print.

How do the two main parties match up on election pledges?
While a coalition government is a highly likely outcome of the 7 May election, it will be led by one or other of the two big players. So, what are they offering?

The promise of sci-fi fibres
As the recent woes of merchanting giant Paperlinx show, the paper industry is under pressure. Like the print market it serves, the onslaught of alternative media is shrinking demand for its core...

Star product: Xerox Rialto 900
A quick and compact device for churning out A4 documents.

Me & my: Shuttleworth MIS
Discreet trade services for packaging and large-format point-of-sale work are the speciality of Swanline Print in Stone, Staffordshire. The confidentiality part is why the company bills itself ‘the...