Overmatter: island life
Overmatter has been informed that quite a few people are apparently glued to the telly at the moment, gripped by the goings-on at a place called Love Island, where one of the industry’s very own (well...
Q&A: David Daw, managing director, Print 4 Business
David is 48, has spent 23 years in print, is married with two children and his hobbies include eating out and sport.
Killer app: Signs Express Plymouth gives hospice charity facelift
St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth has cared for more than 3,500 people in the past year and its significance in the community is reflected by the success of its 30 charity shops across Devon and Cornwall....
Caledonian printers search for rays of hope in the Brexit fog
Scotland is at a crossroads. The twin, closely fought issues of Brexit and Scottish independence have divided the country – and the former is now reigniting the latter.
Can membership declines be halted?
Figures from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) provided to the BBC earlier this month revealed that trade union membership levels have dropped sharply in recent times, particularly among young people.
Print’s future is in safe hands
We all have great work days, not so great work days and then, every so often, we have one of those amazing days where it feels more than a little fraudulent to use the word work as a descriptive.
‘It’s so much fun to be in a dream team’
At one time, printers were his customers. Now, after spending many years working at industry equipment manufacturers, Konica Minolta Marketing Services global chief executive Yves Rogivue finds...
Me & my: Esko Kongsberg C66
One of the newest recruits at Data Image Group doesn’t want a pay rise and works through lunch. Director Robert Farfort is well pleased with his robot.
Finishing kit with a kind of magic
The embellishment market is booming at the moment. From spot UV coating through to hot foiling, more and more printers and trade finishers are looking to invest in embellishment technology driven by...
Snatch success from the jaws of failure
His first response was stark: “Oh my god, what are we going to do?” Claremon managing director John Conroy had just been told his neighbouring print company, Wheelden Print, had gone out of business.
Make sure you get a fair slice of the action
It wasn’t that long ago that former Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, who lost his seat in the 2017 General Election, was being pushed toward the chairmanship of Johnston Press by Custos, a major...
Print and publishing names make International Track 200
A handful of print and publishing companies have been recognised in this year’s Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200.