Business

John Good establishes digital arm with £500,000 investment
Theatre programme specialist John Good has invested £500,000 to establish an in-house digital operation.

Research finds 41% of print SMEs run apprenticeships
Print companies are doing better than other industry sectors at taking on apprentices – but still only 41% of SMEs in the sector do so, according to new research.

Former Paperlinx chief Price gets top HH Global job
Paperlinx’s former chief executive Andrew Price has secured a top job at HH Global.

JR Print buys bulk of rival business
Commercial printer JR Print has acquired the assets, equipment and assignment of lease of fellow Horsham, West Sussex-based business Kool Kat, an ex-Kall Kwik franchisee, for an undisclosed sum.

Coveris expands global packaging empire
Global plastic packaging company Coveris has moved into South America with the acquisition of Olefinas.

Countrystyle secures three major recycling contracts
Resource management and recycling specialist Countrystyle Recycling has secured contracts to provide recycling services to three printers based in the South East.

New envelope print company launches
A new envelope printing and manufacturing company has launched in Blackburn, Lancashire this week, with hopes to grow to a turnover of £15m-£20m within six years.

Austrian Post launches in the UK
Austrian Post has launched an international wholesale service in the UK after signing a deal with a British mail services company.

55 jobs go as Dobson & Crowther searches for buyer
55 of Dobson & Crowther's 79 employees have been made redundant as the litho printer continues to operate with a skeleton staff while administrators work to find a potential buyer.

Ofcom launches new Royal Mail regulation review
Ofcom is to review Royal Mail regulation, following the withdrawal of Whistl from the end-to-end (E2E) delivery market last week.