Putting it all back together again

It was while he was on his dream holiday that Andy Martin’s nightmare began. The weather in Thailand on Christmas Day 2015 was near perfect, but clouds gathered elsewhere. From that other place came a...

Fairytale machines are rewriting bedtime reading

Once upon a time, the personalisation of a children’s book simply meant having a particular child’s name appear on the cover. At the time, it was mind-boggling, like something out of, well, a...

Adding up the eco impact of your business

Richard (not his real name) is the owner of what is probably one of the UK’s most environmentally friendly printing businesses.

Star product: Inca Onset M

Both an automated flatbed inkjet and a low-cost sheetfed B1 press.

Me & my: Duplo PFi Di-Cut 300

Spingold director Ed Oakes came to be the proud owner of Europe’s first Duplo PFi Di-Cut 300 by an interesting route.

Ashes to ashes

It’s a sad fact of life that businesses can and do fail and the fallout impacts many – owners, shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers alike.

How is the print industry supporting the hardest to help?

Many of us have been told to ‘man up’ or ‘get a grip’ at some point in our careers – but the days when they were the stock response to someone suffering from mental illness are, thankfully, by and...

New IPIA chairman calls on industry to attract talent

Mike Roberts, the Independent Print Industries Association’s (IPIA) new chairman, has called upon the print industry at all levels to work to attract potential talent.

DPS Digital invests in Indigo

DPS Digital has invested in an HP Indigo 12000 digital press to supplement a site move, in a circa-£1m investment.

Apprenticeship take-ups down as levy sets in

The number of people starting an apprenticeship has fallen by almost two thirds since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy earlier this year.

Ultragraph chooses Versafire to attract new business

Marketing services and packaging printer Ultragraph has installed a Heidelberg Versafire CP digital press to increase its competiveness.

Nettl pulls plug on post-apocalyptic advert

Nettl has been forced to remove an advert after receiving a complaint about its content.