Good news for Printing Market.
I know bad news sells, but I am sick of hearing about the poor state of the UK economy, the housing market declining and potential loss of jobs(which hasn't happened yet, if ever).
Hallelujah, the demand for printed products actually grew in 2007, with an estimated value of £11.62bn.(Source Research and Markets) This is great news for our industry and an excellent opportunity to take advantage as every UK business sector uses printed material.
Of course margins will be tight, but when haven't they been!
It's not all doom and gloom! The facts speak for themselves, stop listening to the media and take advantage of today's opportunity.
Hallelujah, the demand for printed products actually grew in 2007, with an estimated value of £11.62bn.(Source Research and Markets) This is great news for our industry and an excellent opportunity to take advantage as every UK business sector uses printed material.
Of course margins will be tight, but when haven't they been!
It's not all doom and gloom! The facts speak for themselves, stop listening to the media and take advantage of today's opportunity.
posted by Heidi Whitelock @ 09:33
3 Comments:
At 18 April 2008 at 12:32 ,
Anonymous said...
That’s because of the number of Northern rock, “we’ve lost all of your money for you” letters and consequent repossession orders being printed up and down the country!
At 29 April 2008 at 09:50 ,
Mr Doom & Gloom said...
Recession is that old word from the 80's dressed as 'credit crunch' a Goverment word not the media. Figures are falsly being put about to make us feel the enconomy is doing well, Its the media actually printing the facts that the infaltion figures are incorrect we have all seen prices in our local shops and petrol forecourts spiral up and we are being told its ok by our Goverment who in turn slap us on the back with another stealth tax. Jobs have just started to filter through, this months figures so far for the city business losses stand at 40,000 + http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/7717.cntns and now the print Industry is started to wobble, all 287 workers at Butler and Tanner Printers Ltd in Frome received a letter on Saturday telling them the company is being liquidated. 25 made redundant at Capital Print in Beckton London, this is just the start, there will be one big major company in the print industry that will go this year as clients hold back on advertising.
At 29 April 2008 at 10:06 ,
Unknown said...
Hi Doom and Gloom,
I would just like to comment on the Butler and Tanner story, this happened not because of the so called credit crunch or "recession", but because of the employment agreements that the unions were insisting on retaining. The concept of paying people overtime that were not even working is absolutely ludicrous when we operate in a global competitive market!! No wonder Butler and Tanner couldn't compete!
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