Ya?ar G?venen is the new president of Fespa. Here he sets out his stall in his own words.
Special: In praise of global perspectives and local initiatives
Business
Way to go with W2P
As a wide-format PSP that runs a W2P service, the Simpson Group is well placed to offer advice on how to successfully integrate the offering. The group’s online print manager Rachel Tait explains.
IR talks to... Richard Clark, Founder, Racoon
Raccoon, in Kent, has been going since 1992 and has become synonymous with vehicle wrapping. But it is branching out. A few years ago it introduced Promohire - a promotional vehicle hire service. Now it’s launched www.bigprintfast.com for creatives and trade work. So why has such a specialist print company decided to diversify and is it yet paying off? I asked founder and MD Richard Clark.
By Lesley Simpson
Lascelle Barrow, Co-founder and joint MD, Augustus Martin
Las Barrow keeps his poker face when asked what he thinks makes him a managerial ‘Leading Light’, which he undoubtedly is having turned a £2 stake in a new business venture back in the mid ‘60s into the £53m turnover Augustus Martin of today.
A change for the better
Walter Hale looks to the past to help you face a future where change is all around.
IR talks to... John Kampfner, CEO, Creative Industries Federation.
Is print a creative industry?
That’s the question I recently put to John Kampfner, CEO, Creative Industries Federation.
Tim Hill, Co-founder and MD, Speedscreen
“I’ve never wanted to own a big company; I want a small company where I know what’s going on but that punches above its weight. My philosophy is to keep one step ahead of the competition in terms of technology to do that.
Walk the Talk
You know the saying “If you’ve got it, flaunt it”. Well Displayways is doing just that with its new printed graphics flooring application.
IR talks to... Paul Banks, Managing Director, Image Alchemy
Image Alchemy, a technology company that develops and supplies digital printing solutions, is seeking crowdfunding for a refillable large-format ink cartridge that its MD, Paul Banks, believes will revolutionise the inkjet market.
Stuart Maclaren, Founder and MD, Your Print Partner
When first interviewed for Image Reports, the then 23 year-old Stuart Maclaren had set-up Your Print Partner in Lincoln just eleven months beforehand, and having spent £70,000 on his first output device - a Mimaki direct-to-textile printer - he was predicting a first year turnover of £600,000.
Changing your score line
Jo Bostock from the Forum of Private Business explains how you can improve your business's credit rating.
Simon Tabelin, Founder and MD, ithastobebrilliant.com
You’ll probably think of ithastobebrilliant.com as Brilliant Media, or just plain Brilliant, or maybe you won’t even know it at all, which is understandable as its founder Simon Tabelin has “wanted it to be the industry’s best kept secret to lend it that air of exclusivity”.
IR talks to… Gary Peeling, CEO, Precision Printing
Towards the end of 2014 Barking-based Precision Printing took a controlling stake in Sunderland-based large-format PSP First2Print and became a partner in YourWalls.co.uk, a bespoke printed wallcoverings operation that that officially launched this January.
So what’s the thinking behind the move into large-format by the still privately owned, £15m turnover company led by high profile CEO Gary Peeling. I asked him!
By Lesley Simpson
All set for Shared Parental Leave?
A new system of Shared Parental Leave (SPL) means parents with babies due on or after 5 April 2015, will be able to take time off together or independently, to care for their child. The concept is simple but the regulations governing the new system are complex and likely to be challenging for employers to administer. Here Emma Capper,?associate at legal firm?HillHofstetter, talks you through preparations for that first request.