Business

Elizabeth Bowerman sets up shop with Thistle and Rose consultancy
Elizabeth Bowerman, former head of UK sales for Stephen Austin and co-founder of the Young People in Print action group, has founded a print consultancy focused on helping print firms grow their...

Currency orders boom at De La Rue
Business is booming at De La Rue’s Currency business, with growth at the unit now expected to be “significantly higher” than previous guidance, amid the PLC’s ongoing sale process.

Footprint picks up marketing expertise in new merger
Hampshire marketing and print business Footprint has completed its third acquisition in 12 months, bringing onboard the seven-person marketing firm Freedom-CS to launch a dedicated marketing business...

Football and Taylor Swift boost Reach results
Reach CEO Jim Mullen has again hailed the “expert management” of the group’s print business, as it continues to underpin growth at its digital operations.

Quad/Graphics European print ops now under new ownership
Quad/Graphics has completed the $42m (£33m) sale of its European printing operations, including its huge web offset and sheetfed plant in Poland.

Blue Sky Printing eyes further expansion as it turns 10
A printer that started as a small Christmas market stall in Chelmsford and has grown into two stores in Essex and a London location is celebrating 10 years in business this month and targeting further...

HP plans up to 2,000 job cuts to secure against macro threats; posts 2.4% growth
HP has said it plans to cut between 1,000-2,000 jobs this year as part of a structural savings programme that will save the business an additional $300m (£234m) for its Future Ready restructuring...

Fedrigoni invests in packaging tech start-up Papkot
Fedrigoni has acquired a minority stake in packaging technology start-up Papkot.

Reflections shuts, employees left in lurch
Staff at Reflections Print Finishers have been left out of work and unpaid after the business was abruptly shuttered.

Service Graphics exits Cheadle, expands Skelmersdale
Service Graphics is relocating its Cestrian and Image Group operations to Skelmersdale after the landlord decided to terminate the lease on its Cheadle site.