Business

Balcony Shirts moves high street shop to appointment-only
Balcony Shirts has limited its Uxbridge shop to appointed collections and deliveries only, after the pandemic significantly reduced footfall from passers-by.

Supply chain woes hit Polar
Supply chain delays for critical components have forced guillotine manufacturer Polar to seek court protection in order to restructure.

Chester Medical Solutions in Bobst investment
Pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer and contract packer Chester Medical Solutions has added to its portfolio of Bobst kit to boost production capacity at its site in Deeside, North Wales.

Wahooti prints Ukrainian embassy flag for global campaign
Large-format printer Wahooti helped celebrate Ukrainian independence day by printing and installing a banner for Ukraine’s Holland Park embassy.

CMS brings bookletmaking in-house with Duplo install
Central Mailing Services (CMS) has taken on a refurbished Duplo System 5000 DBM bookletmaker to bring work that it had been outsourcing in-house.

Print firms call for government action on energy price crisis
As consumers are hit by news of the huge increase in the energy price cap, print business leaders are urging the government to help firms cope with spiralling energy costs.

Macfarlane revenue and profit on the up
Macfarlane Group has recorded increases in both its sales and pre-tax profit in its half-year results.

Kwarteng uses national security powers over Royal Mail investor
Secretary of State Kwasi Kwarteng will take action under the National Security & Investment Act if a foreign investor increases its already substantial stake in Royal Mail.

Increase in households retaining their mail
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q2 2022, which found there has been a significant increase in the amount of households retaining their mail, with more...

Royal Mail outlines strike contingency plans
Royal Mail has laid out its contingency plans, with the first of four strike dates planned by its CWU union grade employees set to begin at 4am on Friday (26 August).