Business

ABP Web administrators Duff & Phelps have been confirmed as the administrators for the remaining four Alderson Print Group companies.

Litho printer Printworks North is to open a wide format plant in Wakefield following successful diversification into the market.

Former prime minister Sir John Major has predicted that the "darkest moment" of the recession has passed and that 'green shoots' of recovery are on the way.

Gloucester print broker 2 Print 4 U, which was at the centre of a non-payment row before being declared bankrupt last month, had debts of nearly 80,000, it has emerged.

Newspapers and magazine inserts are bucking the downward trend of printed media according to new figures which show a 6% year-on-year increase between 2010 and 2011.

Eclipse Colour has acquired the remaining shares of 4DM, completing the buyout of founders Charles Grant-Salmon and Les Ritchie it began in February 2011 with the purchase of an initial 10% stake.

Kodak has postponed the planned auction of its digital imaging portfolio "until further notice" instead suggesting that it may form a new licensing company to repay its debts.

Domino Printing Sciences has used its third-quarter management statement to highlight the roll-out of its N600i full-colour label press as well as concerns over market conditions in Europe and China.

Web-offset publishing printer BGP has won a three-year agreement with Dennis Publishing worth around 3m per year.

Hawthornes of Nottingham looks set for liquidation after a meeting of creditors was scheduled for 24 September by KPMG following instruction from the company's directors.