2015 review: November

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

Prince Andrew spoke on the importance of encouraging young people into print and the value of apprenticeships at The Printing Charity’s 188th Annual Luncheon...

Americk Packaging bought Adare Advantage, the Adare packaging business, and rebranded it Americk Advantage...

Bauer suspended publication of lads’ mags FHM and Zoo...

The BPIF launched a new training programme for people who want to gain a vocational qualification without classroom time or exams...

The St Bride Foundation launched a ‘Foster-A-Book’ scheme to help raise much-needed funds...

Shares in Communisis fell to a year low after the group warned that profits would be lower than expectations after a disappointing performance by its latest acquisition, shopper marketing agency Life Marketing Consultancy...

1st Byte was put into administration by its directors, who blamed “two very slow months” over the summer for the firm’s travails...

Bertelsmann said it would create Europe’s biggest printing group by bringing all its print ops under one umbrella, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, on 1 January...

EFI bought UK-based MIS developer Shuttleworth Business Systems...

DMA Print was bought out of administration by its parent company, Thames Print, in a phoenix deal...

And then Thames Print closed just seven days later...

Polestar owner Sun Capital Partners put a further £10m into the group by way of new equity...

Kevin Dunstall’s year, which had begun so brightly, closed with the Cogent B2B business, which he used to acquire St Ives Direct Bradford two years ago, being compulsorily struck off at Companies House...

Whistl completed the MBO led by chief executive Nick Wells, which was started in the summer...

Nine national newspapers added augmented reality poppies to their mastheads in a fundraising link-up with the Royal British Legion and Blippar...

Thomson Print & Packaging ordered a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75, due for installation in February...

Springfield Solutions marked its 40th anniversary with a complete rebrand of the business and the launch of a new website...

CPI UK was to install a second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 and undergo a pre-press upgrade as part of a strategy to grow its commercial printing division...