Sales figures for Drupa beat all expectations with an estimated £7.9bn of deals done at the show, according to its organisers.

Excellent news on sales at Drupa. Most of the sales were on credit, so we will see the cost of this investment over the next two years! The main industrial sector to continue in decline through 2008 is the manufacturing market especially the Print sector with `mass` redundancies. Stop me if this sounds familiar: new leads, new ideas, new technology, value-added customer services, diversification, marketing and management. That`s right. those are items that will take you and your company to the next level of profitability and market share in this year of 2008. Savvy business leaders with an eye on growth - that`s you - already know that. More importantly, the question is how you get there! Invest in the `right` people and business models, do not spend all your money at Drupa on equipment if you have not already invested in people and business models! Take this step to invest in the future of your business, your employees and yourself. It`s a certain opportunity to prosper, which is one road sign that should be hard to miss if you invest now. Proactive maintenance of an existing customer base to improve your `bottom-line`. This is the future strategy for all to be successful in a global trading environment. Colin Thompson Cavendish www.cavendish-mr.org.uk

To ob ob I think he's trying to sell his ebooks!!!

Colin you wrote “Stop me if this sounds familiar”. It does please please stop.

Many very sane comments coming from Julie Cook especially regarding the transparent Mr T. Agree with David Brent, perhaps if comment was limited to 50 words life may be easier, if you can't say it in 50 words it's probably not worth saying.