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GOING FOR GROWTH


How has 2024 started for you? The British weather aside, things seem rather bright for many of you if those I’ve spoken to this side of the New Year festivities are anything to go by. And now we have show season practically upon us, kicking off with SDUK. Will you be there? I will, and I’m looking forward to meeting up with PSPs, old and new, to have face-to-face ‘state of the nation’ conversations before this year’s Widthwise survey kicks off in early March. I’ll be asking about investment again of course, and about what it will take for you to part with your money.


In this issue a handful of print chiefs tell us what technical innovations they’d like to see in the large-format print sector. Turn to p20 and see if you agree. Hopefully, some of those dreams will be realised in products and solutions being introduced this year, which segues nicely into the first of our 2024 trade show previews on p10. Given SDUK is under new ownership we’re also carrying a Talking Point interview with the fair’s organiser Tony Gardner, asking some of the more strategic questions. That’s on p12.


As always, we continue to look at ways to help you grow your business, and at the issues that may stymie its development. This issue that includes: a Zeitgeist piece on how to get your hands on more money, p26; revisiting the idea of bringing digital signage into your offering, p19; a look at how the circular economy is impacting MacroArt, p23, and a Q+A with member so the Fespa UK Next Generation youth committee on bringing in and retaining new talent, p14.


Here’s hoping you all manage to get some positive takeaways from all that.


Editor: Lesley Simpson lsimpson@datateam.co.uk


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