Nov 8, 2011 | Industry Mole
For the last two years I have taken advantage of the HMRC’s more liberal approach to the collection of corporation tax as they have allowed me to pay a small lump sum and then contribute a percentage of the debt monthly for ten months.
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Gilbert and George, David Hockney and Andy Warhol are just some of the geniuses who have found artistic inspiration in printing technology. French street artist JR has kept that grand tradition flourishing with the aid of a £63,000 grant from the TED conference and an HP Designjet Z6200 large-format printer.
Read MoreOct 10, 2011 | The innovation blog
You may be enthralled by the prospect of stealing a march on your rivals by changing your internet domain name when applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, to give them their official acronym) open in January. Certainly the opportunity to have a URL which ends in .polo rather than the prosaic .co.uk sounds intriguing. The bad news is that it will cost you around £116,000 to apply, £16,000 to register and around £6,000 a week to maintain the domain name. Clashes – where a number of companies all bid for the right to use, for example, .print – will be resolved through specific procedures set up by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICAAN).
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Companies that have barely adjusted to Web 2.0 – the user-generated content revolution which made it possible for anyone to become a publisher – may not want to here this but the digerati are already talking about Web 3.0. In essence, Web 3.0 is the customisation of the internet. Using services like Facebook, millions of internet users will use people they know or trust to help them navigate the billions of pages on the web.
Travis Katz, one of the founders of MySpace, says: “In the future, every page will be personalised. If I’m planning a trip to Paris, you shouldn’t see 900 hotels. You should see six, based on where you’ve been before, the places you’ve checked on Facebook and Foursquare and places where your friends are stayed”.
Oct 8, 2011 | Industry Mole
The Widthwise Report 2011 has come out stating that number one priority with us printers is that we would like the machine manufacturers to spend more on R&D to bring running costs down. Personally, I think there should be more transparency in cost. I bet my last pound that if every person who took part in the Widthwise survey had shopped around for ink and other consumables they would have found that the running costs of the machine they had bought could tumble.
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Where?
NEC Birmingham, UK • Hall 1
What is it?
The Print Show is committed to helping visitors discover new opportunities for their business, demonstrating that print is so much more than simply putting ink on paper. With access to exhibitors from all corners of the industry, all free of charge, The Print Show is an event that cannot be missed.
Now in its 10th anniversary year, The Print Show is established as the most important and best-attended industry event in the UK, and is still the only exhibition entirely dedicated to the UK print sector. The Print Show is the primary meeting point for the market, offering visitors the opportunity to see the latest technological developments, meet and network with peers, and access advice from some of the leading experts in print.
Where?
National Conference Centre, Birmingham.
What is it?
The Print Industry Awards celebrate excellence across the print and visual communications sector, recognising the achievements, innovation and talent that drive the industry forward. From outstanding print businesses and suppliers to individual professionals, the awards highlight the very best in print, digital and visual communications. Backed by decades of industry expertise, the Print Industry Awards provide a platform to showcase success, raise standards and honour those making a real impact.
