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MANY A WIDE-FORMAT PSP HAS BEEN RE-ENERGISED SINCE COVID, BUT HAS THE REPOSITIONING SAPPED YOUR STRENGTH, AND IT IS TIME TO SELL-UP?

What’s having the greatest impact on your business at the moment?
Having a clear direction, rather than opting for a scattergun approach. By identifying the kind of customers we like to work with, and the work that we enjoy producing, we’re able to deliver a higher level of service to those customers.

HOW HAS 2023 BEEN FOR THE WIDE-FORMAT DIGITAL INKJET PRINT SECTOR, AND HOW DO WE EXPECT IT TO PERFORM IN 2024? THAT WAS THE THEME OF THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL WIDTHWISE DISCUSSIONS WITH PSPS AND SUPPLIERS. HERE’S THEIR THINKING…

Is it time to invest in dye-sub? Simply Beautiful Print director Michael Tyrrell thinks it is - and he’s putting his money where his mouth is.

There’s a lot of talk about the CRO role, but is it really just a new fangled way of labelling the head of sales? For some it is, but done properly it isn’t. Charlotte Graham-Cumming, CEO of marketing strategy and business development company Ice Blue Sky, outlines how to get it right.

Automating large-format print finishing - where are we, and where are developments taking us?

AI - are you concerned about how it will impact your business? Given it’s a topic on everyone’s minds I spoke with Precision Proco CEO Gary Peeling. As global chairman of DScoop - whose UK summit this October looks at the subject - he has his finger on the pulse.

Employee ownership advantages look good on paper, so should you bring your people on board with you? Specialist John Dormer of The RM2 Partnership talks you through the options.

“Who wants to own their own bank?” That’s how Matic Media founder and MD Richard McCombe pitched an alternative funding method to employees when he wanted to expand. He tells his story…

The 16th annual Image Reports Widthwise Report is being published alongside this issue and can be downloaded for free at: www.imagereportsmag.co.uk/widthwise. In the meantime, you may want to digest the key findings.