Galloway: Printers have a huge breadth of skills. We should recognise this

New year predictions: Kirk Galloway, Buxton Press

We strongly suspect that the item topping the Buxton CEO’s Christmas wish list featured in a lot of print bosses’ letters to Santa.

Overmatter: Rise of the rollbots

Anyone who’s visited a high-volume printing superplant will be familiar with the sort of robot that transports huge reels of paper smoothly to the presses, as needed. Clever stuff indeed and a great...

QPS pulls out the stops to revamp district of Columbia

When outdoor clothing retailer Columbia wanted to refresh its London showroom with a suite of new graphics it called on its preferred creative and print provider, Fenton, Staffordshire-based QPS...

The announcement of an election led to more work for leaflet printers

Review of 2019: November

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

GF Smith was established in 1885

Review of 2019: December

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Bakergoodchild managing director Paul Brough

New year predictions: Paul Brough, Bakergoodchild

Paul Brough, the former boss of Opus Trust Marketing who became managing director at Birmingham-based mailer Bakergoodchild in August, believes the ongoing consolidation of the industry should create...

Print names make the Sunday Times Top Track 250 rankings

Review of 2019: October

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Macfarlane CEO Peter Atkinson described acquired Leyland as "high quality and well run"

Review of 2019: September

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Glossop Cartons joint managing director Jacky Sidebottom-Every

New year predictions: Jacky Sidebottom-Every, Glossop Cartons

Glossop Cartons' joint managing director Jacky Sidebottom-Every hopes that print will start to shout louder to young people about the attractiveness of the industry as a career option.

Smith wants the division caused by Brexit to become a distant memory

New year predictions: Simon Smith, CS Labels

What the managing director of the award-winning label and packaging specialist really wants for Christmas is a new crystal ball, well, that and a fairer view of plastic’s purpose.

A potential collapse of the Whaley Bridge dam threatened homes and businesses in Derbyshire

Review of 2019: August

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Arjowiggins' Fine Papers Chartham mill

Review of 2019: Arjowiggins – the great unravelling

At the end of 2018, Arjo owner Sequana had agreed to sell the Graphic and Creative papers arm to Dutch firm Fineska in a deal worth €125m, but the deal collapsed in early 2019 after the buyer got cold...