Join us as we discuss how being part of the community can have an important and strategic impact on your business. Guest: Charles Rogers, Managing Director of Portland Media and Chairman of the IPIA. In the final episode of series 2, we welcome Charles Rogers from Portland Media, who is a strong advocate for not only the industry as a Chairman of the IPIA; but a long standing business owner, a believer in the craft, the creativity and the community in print. Tune in to dis...
Learn how The Printing Charity provides practical, emotional and financial support to those who work, have worked, or are retired from our great industry. Guest: Neil Lovell, Chief Executive of The Printing Charity In this episode, we welcome Neil Lovell from the Printing Charity, an organisation dedicated to supporting people working in the print sector and looking after their wellbeing. Under Neil’s leadership, the charity works to make a positive difference in people’s ...
Discover his award-winning approach with Green Gift Cards; an innovation that is revolutionising the market by reducing plastic waste. Guest: Graham Lycett, Managing Director of Jellyfish Livewire marketing agency & Green Gift Cards. Join us as we chat to Graham Lycett, MD of Jellyfish Livewire marketing agency & Green Gift Cards who is championing print and driving innovation in a niche gift card market. With his unrivaled passion for sustainability he is not only revolutionist the...
Discover exactly what it takes to gain a leadership position in the highly competitive Customer Communication Market (CCM) Guest: Ben Haynes, Director of Operations at Adare SEC In the 7th episode, we welcome Ben Haynes, at Adare SEC who via his leadership has been driving continuous improvement activities across the business. This approach is adding a tremendous amount of value to the organisation which is now one of the top tier CCM service provider in ...
Join us as we discuss all things Sign & Digital . Guest: Craig Brown, CEO at ISA - International Sign Association UK We welcome Craig Brown, CEO of the ISA - UK, who has over 30 years industry experience, has run his own signage businesses and now leads the UK division of the International Sign Association. In this podcast we do like to discuss key verticals & opportunities and in our view, sign & display market is definitely one of them. As it happ...
How the world’s largest online network of women in the printing industry empowers change. Guest: Deborah Corn at Print Media Centr & Girls Who Print Join us as we celebrate the International Women’s Day and look at the role of women in the print industry. In this episode we are joined by Deborah Corn from Girls Who Print to discuss practical advice for women in the print industry as well as print businesses wanting to improve diversity in their teams. The podcast also...
Join us as we look back at the print industry in 2022 and how it is likely to change in 2023. Guest: Brendan Perring, General Manager at IPIA As we wave goodbye to 2022, it's time to reflect on and consider the major trends in the print industry, what’s driving them and how to make a success in this ever evolving marketplace. What is the best practice and what can an average print business do to grow business in 2023? In this episode we welcome Brendan Perring, General Manager at...
How the UK’s leading digital and print communications provider is using a joined-up approach to transform customer journeys and improve team satisfaction, as well as drive the sustainability message. Guest: Sue Evren, Site Director of Tewkesbury and Bristol at Paragon Customer Communications As we often look up to the biggest print businesses in the UK, we also often wonder how operations like these manage their complexity, different customer requirements and keep their services consis...
Discover how this brand leader is combining innovation and operations to power personalisation and customer engagement. Guest: Cara Walker & Christina McMinn, at Communisis. There are business leaders within the industry who are bold, innovative and best embody the new mindset needed to succeed in the ever changing print industry. The Champions of Print, as we call them, are not only incredibly inspirational in a way they lead their business to success but also have the confidence to be...
Get ahead of the game with the latest in print and how to make a success of new markets! The shape of the UK printing industry is constantly changing, although the rate of this change - and the extent of it - is different in various sectors. It's often referred to as a barometer for economic stability. This makes it a very interesting and appealing sector to the people who are passionate about print, but is it as appealing on the outside? Is the evolving landscape easy enough to navigate for...
Physical vs digital - what do your people really need? Guest: Dan Moscrop, CEO & founder of Them Design Ltd. creative agency. Branding has a real impact on the wider success of a company and can create an emotional connection with your business. There has never been a more important time to build brand engagement and workplace design plays a vital role in this process. The companies such as Them can help transform how your business engages with the people it interacts with; internally ...
Add value and remain relevant by learning what role print can play in this big trend Guest: Matt Irish, European Partner Manager at Objectif Lune With a long history of reinvention and overcoming adversities, print service providers (PSPs) are once again adapting to the new digital reality. There is an important mind-shift taking place here. Where print used to be THE means of communication, the industry now comes to terms with the fact that print is A means of communication...
Pay attention to paper trends to help predict opportunities and minimise risk Guest: Jim Whittington, Channel Sales Manager at Mondi Group. While the shape of the UK printing industry is always changing, the rate of this change and extent of it, is different for different sectors. Declines, according to the official statistics, continue in newspapers, magazines, catalogues and advertising material, suggesting that buyers are cutting print runs or reducing the numbers of sections ...
Why developing a younger generation of digitally-savvy talent is a must for many printers Guest: Karly Lattimore, Managing Director of Training at BPIF Print is everywhere. It informs and illuminates, brings us beauty and entertainment, it communicates, educates and inspires. Who wouldn't want to be involved in this industry? However, with digital transformation also prominent in the print sector, we need the digital-savvy young talent to be encouraged to join and lift it off. In this e...
Be at the heart of a green recovery from Covid-19. The print industry has been under constant scrutiny for being wasteful, unsustainable and less green than digital communications. In this episode, we speak to invite Steve Lister, Sustainability Strategist & influencer and Head of Sustainability at POPAI UK & Ireland, who gives us his view on the topic and shares his simple method of how any printer can improve their sustainability agenda. The big push - how the prin...
Learn how Gelato’s founder & CEO Henrik Müller-Hansen is disrupting mass production and placing digital print at the heart of the e-commerce industry. In this episode, we welcome Henrik Müller-Hansen, the CEO of Gelato, a Norwegian production-on-demand platform that allows e-commerce entrepreneurs to localise the production and delivery of customised print products to customers all over the globe. We discuss the accelerated shifts in cloud and on-demand printing, the challenges these tren...
Insights from a customer communications consultancy on how to ensure your multi-channel approach is fit for purpose. Guest: James Shand, Chairman at TriPartum and Director at The Rubicon Network In this episode, we speak to James Shand, Chairman at TriPartum, a customer communications management (CCM) firm, to explore the accelerated shift from physical and printed communications to digital, the main challenges and consequences this shift presents to an average print service prov...
How printers can apply best practice from the successful 365 calendar project Guest: Danny McNeil, Co-Founder & Creative Director at TM In this episode, we welcome Danny McNeil from TM creative agency, the people behind the famous 365 calendar, and have an inspiring conversation about collaborating your way to innovation. We also share a winning formula you can replicate when you go after a big creative print contract: The story behind the famous calendar, why creatives love t...
Guest: Scott Russell Vice President, Inline Systems & Group Marketing at Plockmatic Group In this episode, we catch up with Scott Russell at Plockmatic Group and have an inspiring discussion about innovation, automation and telling a story through print: What technology innovations are available for every size of a business to take advantage of nowadays and why format is the last frontier How finishing can make it easier for printers to tell the story through the printed pageHow it...
Practical tips to help you market your print business more effectively! Guest: Lucy Swanston, Managing Director at Nutshell Creative Marketing In this episode, we welcome Lucy Swanston at Nutshell Creative and have a fascinating discussion on the power of print, the impact it can make on campaign ROIs, how we can all invigorate the future print industry by working with our communities and what simple steps a printer can take to win more work from creative agencies or consumers: How print c...