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A £10.2m goodwill write-down at SP Group has helped propel St Ives to a £5.7m pre-tax loss for the year, but the group said all its operations are now back on track.

Tony Garnish has stepped down as chief executive of European packaging group ASG Worldwide after 23 years with the business.

Staff at newspaper and magazine distributors Menzies have called off two, planned one-day strikes after voting to accept an improved pay offer.

Ron O’Donnell, the “larger than life” founder of commercial printer and stationer L G Davis, has died aged 88.

Fujifilm is set to install its Jet Press 720S in at least three more UK print houses before April 2017.

Proprint Group has become the first UK printer to invest in an FFEI Graphium hybrid flexographic and UV inkjet label press.

Opal Print was the big print winner in this year’s Antalis Review awards.

LGP Print has bought its first LED-UV machine, an SRA1-format Ryobi RMGT 924, taking total spend in 2016 for the Leeds-based outfit to almost £750,000.

Order books are steady and confidence is strong as members of the paper and print manufacturing industries move out of summer uncertainty, according to industry body.

Indigo and Landa Digital Printing founder Benny Landa has been named “entrepreneur of the decade” by Israeli business daily Globes.

Catherine Burke has parted company with Banner Managed Communication (BMC) four months after the business was acquired by Adare Group.

Deutsche Post DHL Group has bought independent UK postal operator UK Mail Group as it continues to expand its European parcel operations.

Card Factory aims to grow its personalised gifting business after bringing digital printing in-house with a £1m spend on new kit.

A move to a new site has prompted commercial printer Quoin Print to invest in a Grafcut 52H fully hydraulic guillotine.

Commercial printer Minprint has purchased a second unit to house its wide-format kit as it looks to expand its wide-format operation.