Overmatter: just deserts

Overmatter loves a good cause. Pensord Press managing director Darren Coxon has billed his upcoming charitable adventure, somewhat harshly, as “an overweight bloke in the desert followed by vultures”....

Q&A: Patsy Taylor Sales account manager, Emtone Print

Hot on the heels of the special feature in our last issue about family-run print firms, we have a new joiner at family-owned Emtone Print in Bath. It’s Patsy’s first year in print, no less.

Bringing post-press depts up to speed

There’s an apocryphal, but believable, story of an early Indigo press user sending a 100-copy job to a trade finisher, who duly phoned up the next day and said “Right, we’ve set up on the overs, can...

Star product: Bodoni pressSign V6

Software designed to manage press performance across multiple sites and devices.

Me & my: EFI H1625 LED

As an avid Aston Villa fan, Crescent Press managing director Andy Matthews has scored an impressive home win with his latest signing, an EFI 1625.

Business inspection: Keep your eyes focused on the prize

With more than 20,000 orders a day and projected growth of 50% over the next year for its Docmail service, CFH Docmail handles a lot of mail for a lot of people. With that many customers relying on...

60 seconds with Battlefield Printing Group

Battlefield Printing Group started out 25 years ago with a Multilith press in the company owner’s garage. It quickly became known as the ‘friendly print and copy shop’ and built a reputation in...

Interview: ‘A business lives or dies on cashflow, not just profit’

According to Delta Group chief executive Mike Phillips, the firm’s clients regard it as one of the industry’s best kept secrets. But with sales expected to nudge £70m in 2015 and an ambitious plan to...

Tributes pour in for an inspirational, one-of-a-kind leader

Law’s loss was most definitely printing’s gain.

Few people achieve legendary status in their field, and legend is a much over-used descriptor. But it is an entirely accurate one for Bob Gavron,...

Killer app: Americk and Amberley brew up 57 tartan varieties

To coincide with last month’s Burns Night celebrations, Scottish drinks manufacturer AG Barr embarked on a £1m campaign to promote its Irn-Bru brand, which saw two-litre and 500ml bottles of the...

Shock news is perhaps no surprise

It’s safe to say that Andrew Price’s unceremonial sacking by Paperlinx came as something of a surprise last week.

Drupa's cycle change reflects digital’s growth

When Messe Düsseldorf first floated the idea of switching Drupa's four-year cycle to a three-year cycle in 2012, vendors, with one notable exception, were falling over themselves to explain why it was...