Business

60 seconds with White Duck Screen Print
White Duck began as a means to pool the skills and passions of its two founders: Rebecca Cleal, photographer and designer, and Joshua Roberton, screen printer. The firm began printing t-shirts back in...

PwC confirms Polestar job cuts
Administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers have confirmed that 183 redundancies have been made at Polestar.
Pre-packing Armageddon
Jo Francis ponders the motivation behind Polestar's pre-pack

Avery Dennison set to acquire Mactac Europe
Global manufacturer Avery Dennison has agreed to acquire the European business of graphic and label media manufacturer Mactac, in a deal worth around $200m (£137m).

Print manufacturers react to IET Brexit warnings
UK print industry manufacturers Xaar and Morgana Systems have reacted to a claim that exiting the EU would be "a wholesale risk to engineering in the UK".

Offset blankets expert Chamberlain dies
Neville Chamberlain, described as a world-leading authority on offset printing blankets, has died aged 80.

The Plockmatic Group purchases KGS
The Plockmatic Group, owner of UK finishing product supplier Morgana Systems, has this week completed the purchase of Italian bindery kit manufacturer KGS.

FSB fear over weak economic growth
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has stated its concern over the UK's slowdown in economic growth in the first quarter of 2016.

Just Digital purchases new finishing kit
Digital print specialist Just Digital has invested in a number of new finishing systems from Duplo, including five bookletmakers.

Denmaur Independent Papers gives new life to Revive
Denmaur Independent Papers has re-launched the Revive carbon balanced recycled papers brand and sought to position it as a key tool in what was called the "new economics of a climate change world".