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Mega spends, celebrated start-ups, and welcome returns dominate October’s biggest stories

The industry’s mood music lightened in October, as welcome good news outstripped the all-too-common doom and gloom in our monthly round-up of most read news articles.

Great fit for both parties

Park Communications acquires Geoff Neal

Park Communications has acquired fellow London print firm Geoff Neal Group – expanding continental owner Graphius Group’s presence in the UK market.

Reeves is the first woman to hold the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer

Chancellor’s 'new dawn' budget just a 'new storm' for print to weather, industry says

The print and packaging industry has reacted with scepticism to chancellor Rachel Reeves’ new budget, which she hailed as a “new dawn” for the British economy.

Still time to enter

Early-bird deadline looms for Printweek Awards

The early-bird deadline for the Printweek Awards expires tomorrow, but there’s still plenty of time to enter the industry’s flagship awards scheme.

‘Out of the box’ connection

Cerm and Screen unveil “fully automated” MIS-printer connection

Packaging and label printer MIS developer Cerm has unveiled inkjet manufacturer Screen as the first press manufacturer to have its kit directly integrated in an ‘out of the box’ connection with Cerm’s...

More efficient monitoring of items in network

Royal Mail in IoT first for real-time tracking

Royal Mail has partnered with an internet of things (IoT) tech firm to track the real-time whereabouts of nearly one million containers used to transport letters and parcels around the country.

Griffin Media Solutions entered administration on 16 October. Image: Google Maps
Business to be wound up

Print manager Griffin Media Solutions appoints administrators

Tunbridge Wells marketing and print management agency Griffin Media Solutions has fallen into administration and will be wound up.

Burgeoning merch range

Northside hosts celebrity canine client

Northside Graphics has experienced quite possibly the cutest press pass ever with a visit from therapy dog Henry Wee Wheels, who gave the firm a paw of approval for his annual charity calendar.

Meijs: "Meeting the needs of our customers is my primary focus"
Newly created role

Macfarlane supports European ambitions with senior appointment

Macfarlane Group has appointed a new managing director for Macfarlane Packaging Distribution, Europe as it strengthens its presence in the European protective packaging market.

Reinvention plans are 'a multi-year journey'

Xerox misses Q3 targets

Shares in Xerox have tanked after the group missed its quarterly sales forecasts again, and downgraded its outlook for this year and beyond.

David Stirling: proven track record in materials.
Joins in January

New CEO in wings at James Cropper

James Cropper has lined up a new CEO to replace Steve Adams, who will step down next year.

Provided false or knowingly inaccurate information

Data director disqualified

The director of a data science and marketing business that hoped to capitalise on know-how originally gained at Dunn Humby has been disqualified after applying for a Bounce Back Loan, even though the...

Heaford worked at the firm from age 17
Worked in export sales since 1993

Nigel Heaford retires after 41 years in industry

Nigel Heaford, export sales manager at JM Heaford, has retired, 41 years after he joined his father’s enterprise aged 17.

MD Joe de Wykerslooth: “We evaluated other pieces of kit and the Horizon system looked to be the best"
New service will open doors

Ashwyk brings perfect binding in-house with Horizon buy

Ashwyk has invested in a Horizon BQ-270V single-clamp perfect binder to bring perfect binding in-house.

The product has been launched under the Ecocaps brand
More than two million pieces of plastic already eliminated

Prodigi launches “first-of-its-kind” end caps for cardboard tubes

Print on demand firm Prodigi has launched a “first-of-its-kind” moulded fibre end cap for cardboard tubes.