Dominic Bernard

'Lovely, lovely guy'

Robert Dryburgh RIP; Farquhar & Son to close after 154 years

Robert (Bob) Dryburgh, managing director of historic print firm Farquhar & Son, has passed away, with the firm closing its doors after 154 years in business.

Over 450 exhibitors

Packaging Innovations packs out NEC

Packaging Innovations saw one of its “biggest and best-attended” days in the show’s history on Wednesday (12 February), as organisers welcomed visitors to Hall 3 of the NEC in Birmingham.

Bourne (far L): The scheme will bring needed investment into the UK's recycling industry
EPR 'cornerstone' of waste reforms

EPR lead PackUK launched at crowded Packaging Innovations panel

The government’s packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme administrator, PackUK, was officially launched this week at Birmingham’s Packaging Innovations trade show.

The VarioPrint iX3200 is Print Plus' first inkjet press
XL 106 work put on inkjet

Print Plus switches short runs to digital with Canon install

Bradford litho and digital house Print Plus UK has installed a brand new Canon VarioPrint iX3200, bringing new firepower to the firm’s short-run jobs.

Staff find jobs in solvent closure

Meshtex sells up in orderly exit

Cheshire fabric and wallpaper printer Meshtex Limited has sold its intellectual property, kit and goodwill as it prepares for an orderly wind-down later this month.

Return to growth after two years

Direct mail advertising spend jumps 13%

Direct mail advertising spend returned to growth in the third quarter of 2024, beating the country’s overall average of advertising spend of 9.7%, according to the latest figures from the Advertising...

iCE HT300 three-knife trimmer installed

Bluestar sharpens up production with Horizon trimmer

Bluestar Print Finishers has installed a brand-new Horizon iCE HT300 three-knife trimmer, clearing a bottleneck on its guillotine and boosting its trimming capacity by 25%.

The Ask Agency established

Former Acorn employees launch print agency

A print agency founded by two former employees of Swindon’s shuttered Acorn Press has been met with a wave of enthusiasm after launching just a day after Acorn officially ceased trading.

Solvent sale to focus on core business

Customark acquires Goldcrest from ESP

Industrial labelling firm Customark has acquired eight-person labelling operation Goldcrest (Adhesive) Products from Handel Group, the parent company of Swindon’s ESP Colour.

Hoyle (2nd L): This major investment is creating high-quality jobs
New rotary plate engraver and £1m press

Pincroft welcomes MPs for ribbon-cutting ceremony

Military fabric printer Pincroft today (7 February) welcomed the speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, and minister for defence procurement and industry, Maria Eagle, for a ribbon-cutting...