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Nigel Toplis is Managing Director of The Bardon Group stable of franchises which includes Kall Kwik, Recognition Express and Techclean. The Group specialises in developing and growing franchised businesses in the UK.

Nigel started his franchise career with Kall Kwik, and has since acquired the master licence for Kall Kwik (from the US) and expanded The Bardon Group portfolio. In addition to running The Bardon Group, Nigel has written several business books including three on franchising, is a past Chairman of the BFA and is a Fellow of Lancaster University.

Nigel speaks with Marcus in this episode about his career in print and franchising and offers advice on how to run and grow a business during uncertain times, explaining the importance of what he calls the "communication chain."

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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In this episode, we talk to Courtney Lorenz, the Senior Director - Global Environmental Sustainability, for Matthews International. Courtney leads the sustainability programme for this large multinational business who is a global provider of brand solutions, memorialization products and industrial technologies. The SGK segment is a leading provider of global packaging solutions and brand experiences.

Courtney is a dedicated environmental professional, with over 15 years of corporate sustainability experience.  She focuses on internal cultural and performance changes, as well as external partnerships to improve client sustainability results. Courtney keeps environmental, social, and economic variables central to her work, to influence change across materials, energy, water and carbon.

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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Sue LaVerne is Xaar’s Chief People Officer, and in her newly created role leads Group HR. Together with her team, Sue ensures Xaar delivers on its ambition of becoming an ‘employer of choice’, a key part of the People pillar within the Group’s Sustainability Roadmap launched earlier this year.

In this discussion, Marcus and Sue talk about the importance of people in delivering every company’s strategy. From investing in apprenticeships and attracting new talent to developing those already within a business, there is a need to focus on people and an opportunity for the print industry to come together and build the skills needed for the future.

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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With a variety of different and exciting applications, the Archipelago Technology team have opened a number of new markets that might require efficient coating of 3D objects or very precise droplet targeting including packaging and agriculture. The difficulty with traditional liquid coating of manufactured products is the huge level of waste. Archipelago’s technology allows far greater targeted jetting and far less waste.

In this episode, Frazer chats to Guy Newcombe, CEO of Archipelago, about this exciting inkjet technology. Guy also talks about how they have most recently developed partnerships with companies who are replacing plastic packaging with coated paper packaging.

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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Chris Jordan is a product launch expert with a passion for selling and marketing tech, particularly print related. In his career, Chris has worked with leaders and amazing individuals over the decades which has given him the knowledge and flexibility to adapt at speed, read, translate and continually identify and deliver new opportunities. During the second half of 2022, many triggers moved Chris towards more of an interest in sustainability, with packing and labels being the main area of focus. 

In this episode, Marcus and Chris discuss software, marketing in the digital age, the importance of networking and collaboration, print and of course, sustainability. A very insightful conversation that's well worth a listen!

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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Having been in the wide format print industry for 20 years, Nathan Swinson Bullough has acknowledged the need for change in order to limit our environmental impact. Driven by creativity and sustainability, his mission is to do cool stuff whilst limiting environmental damage and wants to help influence change for the greater good.

In this podcast episode, Marcus talks to Nathan about how he arrived at the decision to become a leader in sustainability and what kind of things he has done to improve sustainable processes and products.

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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• Visit the Make UK website
• Connect with Charlotte Horobin on LinkedIn
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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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Fred Lill is a co-owner and director of Lil Packaging, Europe’s largest independent producer of e-commerce packaging, on a mission to eradicate plastics from e-commerce. The sustainable paperboard inventions of Fred Lill and his co-owner, brother Barry Lill, have substituted >20,000 tonnes of single-use plastics from the internet retailing sector.

In this episode, Frazer Chesterman sits down with Fred to discuss Lil Packaging's sustainable products and practices, what packaging and sustainability will look like in the future and the challenges facing the corrugated industry.

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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Following a successful 2022, FuturePrint is gearing up for an exciting year of face-to-face events! In this episode, Karis Copp talks to Marcus and Frazer about what FuturePrint has in store for 2023, discussing why sustainability is the major theme for this year. They preview the agenda for the EcoPrint Summit in June as well as introduce the numerous other events lined up for the year.

We hope to see you at one of our events in 2023!

Be a part of the community and the growing conversation around sustainability:

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany

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Elsie Hargate is the Sustainability Manager for Bluetree Group, one of the UK's leading print service providers. Bluetree employed Elsie in March 2022 to lead their sustainability programme, and since then has already become one of the UK Printing Charity's Rising Stars. Elsie is taking Bluetree on a journey to improve its sustainability performance by initiating a strategic programme to measure its success, the impact that they have on society, aligning its supply chain, and its contribution to the planet and people.

In this conversation, Elsie offers some great advice for being more sustainable, what steps to take and how to improve and most importantly, why!

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What is FuturePrint?

FuturePrint is a digital and in person platform and community dedicated to future print technology. Over 20,000 people per month read our articles, listen to our podcasts, view our TV features, click on our e-newsletters and attend our in-person and virtual events. 

We hope to see you at one of our future in-person events:

FuturePrint Packaging, Labels & DTS Summit, 29-30 September '26, Valencia, Spain

FuturePrint Industrial Print Show, 11-12 May '27, Munich, Germany