Dominic Bernard

1 week ago | hrmagazine.co.uk | Lara Bryant |Dominic Bernard

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex, and that the legal concept of sex is binary. We asked commentators how this could impact HR. During the Supreme Court hearing yesterday (16 April), Judge Lord Hodge stressed that the law still protects against discrimination to transgender people, and that the ruling should not be seen as "a triumph of one or two groups in our society at the expense of another".

1 week ago | printweek.com | Dominic Bernard

The independent, family-run print firm, which has provided local businesses with signage and vehicle graphics since 2016, has steadily expanded into new verticals including engraving and branded workwear. With the installation of the Xerox Versant 280 from First Copy in early April, it has now directly entered the small-format print market, having previously shopped it out to local firm Blackwell Print, with which it enjoyed a close relationship.

1 week ago | printweek.com | Dominic Bernard

Curating its stand under the theme 'Where visionaries meet', the Japanese manufacturer will share its vision for large-format print with the “power to move businesses and create unforgettable brand experiences”. Exhibiting a collection of machines across its existing portfolio, Canon will highlight its flagship flatbed model, the Arizona 2380 GTF with FLXflow technology and roll media option, used with its Prisma XL Suite software to create printed layers of up to 4mm.

1 week ago | printweek.com | Dominic Bernard

Installing a Ricoh Pro C9500 toner press to replace one of a pair of C9200s used for direct mail, Platinum also purchased an Autobond B1 double-sided laminator, a Polar N 115 high-speed guillotine and an ATS MSX 420 bander. All machines were installed over February and March. “We’d usually invest in something new that we couldn’t do before. But I thought, rather than do that, let’s do [our current work] a bit better and a bit faster,” Anthony Wyvill told Printweek.

1 week ago | printweek.com | Dominic Bernard

Moving site on 28 March, the firm has transferred work just a stone’s throw from its previous 185sqm facility to a 325sqm building on a new industrial development on the outskirts of Lincoln. Moving the print workshop and offices into the site’s ground floor, the firm has set aside the new building’s mezzanine floor as a showroom for merchandise print, a sector that Visual Print and Design has identified for growth.