Business

Regular check-ups help keep you out of intensive care
When was the last time that you assessed the health of your business? When did you last take its pulse and check the vital signs? Recently? Six to 12 months ago? Never? If you fall into the last...

Baker Goodchild expands plant list with new investments
Direct mail fulfilment and print management services provider Baker Goodchild has added to its growing production capabilities by making a raft of investments in new equipment.

Ricoh gives seal of approval to Blake envelope ranges
Blake’s Premium Office, Premium Business, Premium Pure and Premium Postfast envelope ranges have become the only ones of their kind in the world to be endorsed for use in Ricoh digital production...

Horizon Digital Print installs Anapurna M3200i as part of €1m kit upgrade
Horizon Digital Print has installed a raft of new wide-format print equipment as part of a circa €1m (£780,000) Fespa-inspired plant upgrade.

Timsons digital wing enters voluntary liquidation
UK press manufacturer Timsons has been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, resulting in the loss of 25 jobs, after the firm was unable to attract orders for its digital presses.

Addressing & Mailing Solutions launches Impressia envelope printer
Mailroom equipment supplier Addressing & Mailing Solutions (AMS) has launched the AMS Impressia, a laser envelope printer capable of printing over 4,000 full-colour envelopes per hour.

Urban Design and Print supports digital demand with Horizon and Foliant buys
Commercial printer Urban Design and Print has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200 bookletmaker and B3 Foliant Vega 400 laminator to support demand for its digital print work.

Ink manufacturer fined over worker’s death
Ink manufacturing company Gardiner Colours has been fined £66,000 over health and safety failings after a worker died when he was crushed by a varnish silo.

Williams Press (Berks) closes its doors
Commercial printer Williams Press (Berks) has fallen into administration, resulting in the loss of 62 jobs.

Vision Paper & Board to stock PankaBrite boxboard
Paper merchant and converter Vision Paper & Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has announced a new partnership with PankaBoard which will see it become the exclusive UK sheeter of its...