Business

Avon Graphic Technologies in administration

Litho, digital and wide-format print supplies business Avon Graphic Technologies has been placed in administration.

Duncan Print invests to bite into food sector

Duncan Print Group is expanding into food packaging after a recent kit investment and accreditation.

Spectrum slashes makereadies with second XL 75-5+L

Spectrum Printing Services (SPS) has installed a second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L five years after taking one of the UK's first XL presses.

Xaar hails 'next important step' in the digital packaging market

Xaar has highlighted the first "direct-to-shape" digital packaging printer launches, from its OEM partners, as having the potential to "accelerate the digitisation of packaging" over the next five...

Fosco, Hayes & Hurdley upgrades HP Scitex FB7600 to run orange ink

The first European orange ink upgrade of an HP Scitex FB7600 has been carried out at Birmingham's Fosco, Hayes & Hurdley.

Former print finisher convicted of murder

Former print finisher Michael Carroll, 60, has been convicted of murdering his 64-year-old wife Elisabeth following a re-trial at Cambridge Crown Court.

Open days to boast UK first kit combinations

Distributor I-Sub Digital is to host three lots of open days to show off wide-format print and finishing kit from Agfa, Mimaki and Zund.

St Ives Direct Bradford sold to Cogent B2B

St Ives has announced the sale of its Bradford-based direct mail business, St Ives Direct Bradford, to Cogent B2B for 8m.

Tesco unveils new-look Tesco Magazine

Tesco has replaced its bi-monthly Tesco Real Food and A5 format Tesco magazine with a new-look A4 title that will have one of the highest circulations in the UK.

Don't throw away your tax comeback

Deficits, cuts and public spending have been the defining topic of political discourse in post-crunch Britain, which means the subject of taxation is never far behind.