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Balcony Shirts: "to raise so much money was brilliant”

Balcony Shirts turns spoof design into charity gain

Balcony Shirts has raised more than £800 for homeless charity Shelter after producing a one-off t-shirt inspired by the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal.

Dalton (L, with Costigan): “It feels fantastic to have won”

AlphaGraphics North East scoops global gong

Stockton, Teeside-based print and marketing franchise AlphaGraphics has been crowned franchise of the year out of 300 independent global businesses.

Minuteman Southampton has been under new ownership since September

New lease of life for Minuteman Southampton

Hedge End-based Minuteman Press is set for growth with new kit and new blood, since being taken over in September.

Nettl: several new partners in the US signed up in the first half

Grafenia boss likens first half to Squid Game

Grafenia has almost halved its losses in the first half, with CEO Peter Gunning likening the period to “a perverse, real-life Squid Game” as business activity was affected by a series of green and red...

Arizona takes centre stage in First Colour's wide-format ‘showroom’

First Colour lives up to its name

As it looks to capitalise on bounce-back growth, on-demand specialist First Colour has secured a UK first with its first significant spend since merging with a London rival last year.

The R1000 has various speed settings from 11sqm/hr for white overflood and 15sqm/hr for high quality indoor to 56sqm/hr for outdoor

Humphreys adds R1000 to HP battery

Humphreys Signs has boosted its green credentials and flatbed firepower with a new HP Latex R1000.

New Nettl partners have come on board in UK and USA

Grafenia reports sales uplift

Grafenia recorded its highest sales figure last month since November 2019, with “even litho” growing since the start of the group’s new financial year in April.

The new owners undertook Minuteman’s industry training via Zoom

Duo launch new print business

A father and daughter team have expanded Minuteman Press’s footprint in the South East with a new business, their first foray into print.

PTM7006: Designed to run inline, but can also run offline

Canon expands finishing options

Canon has expanded the finishing options for its light- and mid-production printers with a new inline booklet trimming unit aimed at commercial printers and inplants.

Gunning: "With our new cost base, modest increases in revenue will improve profitability"

Grafenia cuts costs for new life post-Covid

Grafenia has published a full year of pandemic-impacted results, with CEO Peter Gunning describing the firm as “the canary in the coronamine” in terms of the knock-on effects across its customer base.