The printwear and promotions industry has not emerged unscathed, so it is extremely gratifying to hear of companies that are not just treading water, but are thriving.

The institute is Europe's leading skills and qualifications provider for direct, data and digital marketing professionals.

Greeper laces are the world's first ever shoelaces that can never come undone. And the good news is that they can be easily branded.

In the modern business world, tenders will stipulate a high level of criteria against a range of disciplines and services. It can be detailed and time consuming; but with planning and some prior knowledge it is certainly manageable.

With dye sublimation (also known as dye sub, or subli printing) you're not just transferring an image on to an item - you're imprinting the image in to the surface of the product, so it's permanent.

A lot of people got very excited and England won back the Ashes. Add to that the hoop-la over Freddy's retirement and there was plenty of material for the media to feast on. Only one problem: it was poor cricket. I can't remember an Ashes series featuring so few top class players nor so many sub-standard individual performances. The question is, does it matter? Especially from the perspective of printwear sales, does the quality of the sport count for less than the excitement level or an England win?