Disciplines

Cost-cutting bears fruit for GMG
After the first stage of its three-year cost-cutting programme the Guardian Media Group (GMG) has driven down losses by a third and seen revenue and membership gains.

St Ives in £5.7m property deal
St Ives has made another asset sale as part of its ongoing strategic review.

Paperlinx liquidators settle Protective Award claim
Former employees of Paperlinx will now not have their day in court after liquidators from Deloitte made an eleventh-hour offer to settle the Protective Award claim.

Last Bros to merge and invest
Last Bros is to merge its two subsidiaries, Last Bros (Tabs Direct) and Last Bros (Labels), to form one company, along with initiating a £350,000 kit investment.

GGS moves into wide-format banner market
Gardiner Graphic Supplies (GGS) has taken its first step into the wide-format banner market with the launch of its Print-On textured banner roller material.

Rotary early adopter of new Versant
Midlands-based Rotary Printers has become the third printer to take the new Xerox Versant 180 digital press.

Showcard upgrades fulfilment division
Large-format POS printer Showcard Print has invested in new kit for its fulfilment and logistics department, in a £200,000 spend.

Blake embraces UK manufacturing with Rapid assets buy
Blake Envelopes has moved into UK manufacturing with the purchase of the plant, machinery and order book of Shrewsbury-based Rapid Envelopes, which recently went into administration.

Communisis opens new digitisation facility
Communisis has invested in a new processing facility for its ECM Connect digitisation platform in Leeds.

Printondemand nearing 'book of one' with latest investment
Printondemand-worldwide has become the first company in the UK to invest in Muller Martini’s InfiniTrim fully variable three-knife trimmer, rounding off a £1.8m investment initiated at the end of last...