7 April 2014

Neopost has released the results of its UK Printing Industry

Neopost has released the results of its UK Printing Industry - Future Focus survey, carried out jointly with the BPIF at Ipex. It highlights the transition print service providers are undertaking.

Key findings are that 44% of respondents predicted a decline in turnover over the next three years, and that two-thirds are planning to widen their service offering, with the most popular diversification area multi-channel communications.

"We were very pleased that the industry is looking to have conversations with customers to increase the value they offer," said Antony Paul, head of marketing programmes at Neopost.

He added: "44% is about right in terms of what we expected."

The three biggest challenges identified by respondents were overcapacity, competition from other media changes and technological changes, identified by 54%, 53% and 41% of respondents respectively.

On why Neopost commissioned the research, he added: "Print is an increasingly important sector for us. We started out in traditional mail but we can now help printers with multi-channel communications too."

The Neopost/BPIF research is available in draft form, please contact Marcus Clifford at the BPIF for a copy of the report.