Business

Redfern Machinery appointed Nordmeccanica UK agent
Coating and laminating machine manufacturer Nordmeccanica has appointed Redfern Machinery as its new exclusive agent for the UK and Ireland.

Rumours of Archant sale
Independently owned regional newspaper and magazine publisher Archant could be put up for sale, according to reports.

Pulford steps up at Domino as Bond retires
Robert Pulford has been appointed as the new chief executive of Domino Printing Sciences as his predecessor Nigel Bond has elected to retire.

Fontain understood to have closed
Fontain is understood to have closed its doors following the failure of its recent company voluntary arrangement (CVA).

Ex-Tradeprint man strikes out with digital flipbook service
Tradeprint’s departing business development manager, and former owner of Sense Creative, has launched a new digital flipbook production service for print companies.

Fujifilm pre-tax profit reaches record high
Fujifilm’s pre-tax profit reached a record high of ¥212.8bn (£1.48bn) in its fiscal year ended 31 March 2019, but its revenue was down marginally to ¥2.432tn.

Is the future of your business in the hands of your staff?
Employee ownership schemes, which take the form of trusts, share programmes and co-operative structures, are not common in the UK.

Acquisition couldn’t help square Circle
Oh, how the might have fallen. Again. The abrupt bankruptcy of Helio Charleroi at the end of January. The ‘fire sale’ of CPI Group. Further sell-offs, further closures. And now, the end.

Pay heed to employees’ rights and aspirations
Whatever the Bible may say about the love of money being a “root of all kinds of evil”, as Paul wrote in his first letter to Timothy, there aren’t many of us who wouldn’t be happier with a little bit...

Virtues of print hailed at comms event
Leading lights from the creative digital industries in the north of England and beyond converged at the Rose Bowl in Leeds last month to hear about the latest trends, developments and technological...