Start up Infinity Finishing goes live
A new perfect and PUR binding company targeting printers in the south-east is set to produce its first live job today.
Employee absence down in paper and printing
The average number of days lost per year for each employee in the paper and printing industry has fallen for the second year in a row, according to the latest annual Absence Management survey from the...
Finat warns label printers over new EU food regs
Self-adhesive label industry association Finat has warned label printers that they could be struck off supplier rosters if they fail to comply with the latest EU food safety regulations.
Heidelberg UK's Mark Hogan promoted to global sales role
Heidelberg UK marketing director Mark Hogan has been promoted to head up worldwide sales of finishing equipment for the manufacturer in a newly-created role.
Light heavyweights carve out a niche in finishing depts
It is arguably the second-most famous scene in Goldfinger. James Bond is strapped to something not dissimilar to a present-day graphics cutting table, albeit one made of gold. Auric Goldfinger gives...
Royal Mail shares leap 36% as CWU blasts 'greedy' private investors
Royal Mail shares began conditional trading this morning at 450p, up more than 36% on their 330p offer price.
First steps to help expand your finishing capabilities
To outsource or not to outsource? That, when it comes to print finishing, is very much the question. The affordability of initial capital investment is obviously the first consideration which needs to...
Business inspection: Alternative strategies for sales success
A sales team might seem like an essential part of any business, but that's not always true
Clearer contracts will oil the wheels for trade suppliers
Print outsourcing is a bit like Strictly Come Dancing - no one will admit to being partial to it, and yet levels of outsourcing, like ratings for Bruce and Tess, are tellingly high.
A printer's roadmap for the communications landscape
Keeping up to speed with the latest developments in digital communications is no mean feat. Take your eye off the ball for just a short while and, as others enthuse knowledgeably - and perhaps a tad...
Interview: 'Whatever it takes to do the job well'
There probably aren't many people that would contemplate starting a business in the print industry at 21, but that's exactly what First 4 Print Finishing managing director David Nestor did. And, as if...
Results bear out a radical restructure
It is 2009 and St Ives' chief executive Patrick Martell, who joined the group as an apprentice in 1980, is giving his first major interview since taking the reins in April of the worst year in the...