Industry bodies
Printerman wreaks havoc on behalf of Bytes Document Solutions
Under the slogan 'Don't let an office printer ruin your day', Bytes Document Solutions took its new mascot, Printerman, to wreak havoc in some of London's busiest hotspots to promote the company's...
Northern Print steamrolls Newcastle skyline
Newcastle-based printmaking studio and gallery Northern Print gathered artists, local residents and children from the Inky Print Club to create a panoramic view from Newcastle's famous Swing Bridge to...
BPIF wins 1.1m industry management training funding
The BPIF has secured a 1.1m funding package from the Government to offer 200 fully-funded places on a degree-like qualification developed specifically for the print industry.
A stream of alternative finance options
If you thought the recession had forever diminished the finance sources available to printers - think again. A wide variety of options has surfaced online in recent years and ingenuity is often all...
UKAS accreditation for BPIF Colour Management Scheme certification body
The BPIF ISO12647-2 Colour Quality Management Scheme is the first of its kind in the world to have an independent certification body that has been accredited by UKAS.
If Ipex draws in the buyers, printers will surely follow
Informa no doubt hopes its 1m Ipex VIP programme will once and for all put paid to exhibitors' fears over the show's international credentials.
'Mis-sold' IRSAs: Bully Banks takes on high-street lenders
A campaign group of SME business owners harmed by mis-sold IRSAs, Bully Banks, raises questions over the practice's effect on print. But what's next?
Heidelberg blow struck Ipex hard, but the show goes on
As hard as I try, it's difficult to put a positive spin on Heidelberg's decision to withdraw from Ipex.
Cost of green policies is putting UK at global disadvantage
According to a new report, ever-increasing power prices are attributable to the UK's climate change policies and are likely to stymie recovery
Confused energy strategy is hobbling UK manufacturing
The recently published BIS report on future electricity costs for energy intensive industries (EIIs) only reinforces the view that many have held for some time - that current costs are higher here...
Cross-media needs print as its first point of contact
Despite the burgeoning panoply of fancy-pants ways to woo consumers that online and mobile provide, firms often find that good old print offers a cost-effective and reliable way of breaking the ice
Exhibitors welcome MediaPro and Cross Media merger
Exhibitors have called Cross Media organiser Informa's acquisition of rival show MediaPro from CloserStill Media a positive move for the events calendar.