Business

Trinity Mirror has named former HMV boss Simon Fox as its new chief executive.

Agfa has struck a deal with equipment supplier Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT) to offer discounts across its UV inkjet printer range.

Rotherhithe, London-based SPM Print has invested 850,000 in a new Speedmaster XL 75-5 plus coater to replace two older SM 74-5 presses.

The government has pledged to introduce a series of measures aimed at helping SMEs to recruit apprentices following the publication of Jason Holt's apprenticeship review.

The Alderson Print Group has said it expects to start making up to 90 of its staff redundant as early as next week.

US-based Bitstream subsidiary Pageflex will lose 26% of its staff across all of its functions, but primarily research and development (R&D), in a bid to save $2.6m (1.6m) a year.

A dormant Agfa-Gevaert photographic emulsion manufacturing plant in Shoreham, Long Island has become the subject of a preservation campaign that has already raised $1.2m (735,000) in donations.

Alpha Colour Printers has secured a two-year contract renewal with Gloucestershire County Council to provide both digital and litho print.

Book printer CPI UK has renewed its waste management contract with J&G Environmental for a further two years.

The number of companies seeing an increase in the cost of credit has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to new research.