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'Deceased mail' rates on the rise
The number of pieces of direct mail sent to deceased people annually is set to cross the 200 million mark for the first time in 2017.
Bakergoodchild expands transactional mail offering
Bakergoodchild has invested in a raft of kit to expand its transactional mail offering and has relocated to larger premises.
Lonsdale celebrates centenary year with Duplo investment
Lonsdale Direct Solutions has invested more than £200,000 in two pieces of kit from Duplo and a Watkiss SquareBack bookletmaker on the occasion of its 100th year of trading.
KitKat is latest brand to embrace personalisation trend
KitKat is set to give away more than 55,000 printed personalised packs featuring photos and names of competition-winners.
Print supplier boss jailed for rape
Mark Carnelly, the former director of a number of print consumables suppliers, has been jailed for seven years for the rape of a 25-year-old woman in 1990.
Xaar appoints new CFO
Xaar has appointed Lily Liu as its chief financial officer, replacing the outgoing Alex Bevis.
Headley Brothers put up for sale
Long-established family-owned magazine printer Headley Brothers has been put up for sale and has filed for protection from its creditors while the sale process is executed.
Garnett Dickinson sold out of administration
Nick Alexander has thrown in the towel at Garnett Dickinson and the web offset printer has been sold in a pre-pack deal.
Alexander speaks out on GD sale
Nick Alexander, the former owner of Garnett Dickinson Print, has spoken out about the reasons behind the pre-pack sale of the business.
Rivals add Daily Mail print work to rosters
Johnston Press and News UK have taken on a chunk of DMG Media’s print work, which will see the rival publishers handle production of The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
GMG considering outsourcing its printing
Guardian Media Group (GMG) is considering outsourcing its printing and potentially becoming a tabloid as one of a series of cost-cutting measures.
Clients report history repeating itself at UK Print
UK Print, the company that rose from the ashes of the liquidated Houseprint, appears to be mirroring the practices of its former incarnation with clients reporting missing or late orders.
Minuteman Press Bath scores UK Valiani first
The UK’s largest Minuteman Press franchise, in Bath, has bought the UK’s first Valiani Optima V 250 flatbed cutting table.
John E Wright upgrades Xerox capacity
John E Wright has invested £90,000 in two Xerox Versant 80 digital presses, bringing the number of Xerox digital machines across its branches to 10.
Heriot-Watt upgrades textile printing facilities
Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design has become one of the first educational institutions in the UK to install Mimaki’s TX300P-1800 textile printer.