Business inspection: Get your data security all locked up
For applications that demand customer data remains unassailable, PCI DSS is a prerequisite.
An ethical approach to the M&A game
Imagine being told the business you work for is being sold. Then imagine the horrible realisation that your new owner isn’t quite the business leader you had hoped he would be. Then imagine being...
Web’s decline has a way to go yet
It’s a depressing list, and a depressingly long one. The list (below) featuring a roll-call of more than 25 web offset printers that have closed since the year 2000 includes some of the industry’s...
Has Creditsafe put printers’ ratings at risk?
During the past month, a quiet crisis has been spreading across the print industry, sparked over the August bank holiday weekend by an upgrade to corporate credit report provider Creditsafe’s ratings...
Q&A: Darren Lyall, mailing operations manager, GI Solutions
Hats off to Darren who has become the first student to complete the BPIF’s graduate management programme. Apart from a six-week stint doing something dull in another industry, Darren has been in print...
Editor’s comment: Credit rate crashes put printers in A&E
If cash is the lifeblood of a business, then its credit rating could probably be best described as the heart monitor. And if your business’s ECG read-out flatlines, then it can be disconcerting to say...
Killer app: Service Graphics delivers an ‘Altered’ view of icons
Boxpark in Shoreditch – well known among London’s trendy types for its pop-up shops – is playing host to pop-up print this month. Artist Yoni Alter has taken the top spot, literally, at the big banner...
Make time for more flexible personnel
Flexibility is great, right? Fantastic if you’re trying out yoga. But only up to a point. It would be a bad thing if you were so bendy you tied yourself up in knots. While conversely, complete...
PrintWeek Power 100 goes live
The new look PrintWeek Power 100 goes live today, with more than one third of the industry figures in the listing making their debuts.
Flint Group announces offset inks price increase
Flint Group has announced a 5% increase in the price of all offset inks from 1 January 2015.
IFS relocates to Hemel Hempstead
Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) has moved from Perivale, West London to a purpose-built site in Hemel Hempstead to modernise its premises and enable easier access for its customers.
Gandy Digital launches ‘Softjet’ soft signage printer
Wide-format equipment manufacturer Gandy Digital has launched a new dye-sublimation printer, the Gandy Digital Softjet.