Q&A: Jameson Smith, founder and director, Assembly Direct Mail

Jameson, 42, has been in the print business for 24 years. Since 2004 he has built Colchester-based Assembly Direct Mail up to provide a range of services including litho/digital printing and...

Founding a low-cost start-up

For new firms, keeping costs to a minimum is certainly sensible, but how low can you go?

Print insight from the buyer’s perspective

It’s not often that you get a group of leading print buyers together in one room, but that’s exactly what happened last month at one of the three judging days for the PrintWeek Awards. So rather than...

The UK will never be the same again, whatever the outcome

This Thursday, some 4m Scottish residents will head to the polling booths to answer a simple yes or no question: Should Scotland be an independent country?

Me & my: Fuji Brillia plates, PlateRite platesetter and processor

For many printers, beta testing a prospective bit of kit is something akin to a Top Gear challenge. The kit is put through its paces on all sorts of different jobs, the data’s crunched and pored over,...

ProCo to roll out Tharstern Primo MIS

ProCo has signed a six-figure deal with Tharstern to upgrade its MIS to the vendor’s flagship Primo platform.

Apex heralds LED-UV as the future of litho

Ryobi’s UK agent Apex has said that the UK print industry is on the verge of reaching a tipping point in the adoption of LED-UV litho, which it believes represents the future for litho.

PressOn strengthens project planning with new hire

Large-format digital printer PressOn has appointed Nick Lake as key project manager to help the firm to explore new business opportunities.

Polestar poised to fire up first of its new webs

Polestar is set to begin printing on the first of its two new 96pp web presses at the end of this month.

Pureprint installs second HP Indigo 10000 in UK first

Uckfield-based digital and litho printer Pureprint has become the first company in the UK to install a second HP Indigo 10000 B2 digital press.

GJ Plastics buys HP Latex 360 to expand market reach

GJ Plastics has invested in a new 1.62m HP Latex 360 printer to expand its services and increase its productivity.

Imail launches personalised greetings card app

UK Mail's hybrid mailing service, imail, has launched a new personalised greetings card app SWALK (Sealed With a Loving Kiss).