Business

Print and packaging firms saw their invoices paid more than two days earlier in quarter two compared to the same period last year, according to new data.

Metsa Board is to increase the cost of its papers by 6-8% from September 2012.

The expansion is set to include a new, state-of-the-art printing press and aims to add 50% to the factory's production capacity.

<i>We Love Pop</I> magazine is celebrating the first anniversary of its launch as the third-highest circulating magazine in its market.

Bodmin-headquartered MPG's capital investment programme includes a Timsons' T-Print System and an HP B2 Indigo 10000, both destined for MPG Biddles.

Former Tall Group subsidiary ID Data Cards was losing money at an estimated rate of 100,000 a month in the run up to its sale to CPI Group in May, according to the administrators report.

Heidelberg chief executive Bernhard Schreier will step down at the end of this year after 13 years at the helm of the world's largest press manufacturer.

Commercial printer Severnprint has installed two new Xerox presses along with a Morgana DigiFold in a 430,000 investment.

Informa has acquired the MediaPro marketing event from CloserStill Media and will integrate it into its forthcoming Cross Media 2012 exhibition.

ASAP UK has continued its kit upgrade programme after installing three Seiko II ColorPainter W-64S wide-format printers.