
Packaging Innovations: Broadening the debate
You can’t talk about packaging these days without being keenly aware that there is an impassioned and important debate about its impact – particularly plastic packaging – on the environment, and...

The small matter of fraud
According to PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, only 49% of global organisations said they’ve been a victim of fraud and economic crime. While some might question the percentage...

Training tracks
Print business owners face a major dilemma. There is currently a significant skills shortage within the industry, which has a rapidly ageing workforce. There is also a lack of young people entering...

Scoring a line (of credit)
Bread, dough, moolah, dollar, cash – call it what you want – we all have a need and use for it. While the physical is clearly giving way to the digital, money as a medium of exchange, in whatever...

Charlesworth reproduces Insta’s capital hotspots in book form
An enduringly popular festive gift, book sales routinely go through the roof in the run-up to Christmas and publishers do their best to ensure that all tastes are catered for, even those that...

Shout louder
Earlier this month the BPIF organised its annual Apprentice Conference, which this year was hosted at the Antalis Academy at the merchanting group’s head office near Leicester.

‘Creating a recipe for success’
Last month’s EFI user conference in Las Vegas may have marked a number of debuts, most notably the inaugural Connect for its new private equity owners, new CEO and new CTO, but the overarching message...

Brands switching away from plastic could increase their carbon footprint
The findings of a new report about the grocery sector have found that the switch by many brands and businesses from plastic packaging to alternatives is both confusing consumers and, in some cases,...

Treat your clients like kings to help reap a royal reward
In today’s highly competitive print environment many printers can feel pushed into slashing prices to retain a regular client or win new work to keep their presses full.

Young business with a refreshingly customer-oriented attitude
It was my privilege to visit Bluetree Group this month, one of the UK’s fastest-growing printing businesses (sales up 31% to £41.5m in its most recent accounts), and one of our most interesting...

HP to update on Q1 earnings before responding to Xerox
HP wants its shareholders to have “full information” on its earnings and inherent value before it responds to Xerox’s increased bid for the company.

Sappi Paper Machine 2 future under consultation
Sappi Europe has started a consultation process with employees at its Stockstadt mill to identify viable alternatives for its Paper Machine 2, as it aims to “adjust its capacity in line with market...