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Whistl completes MBO and appoints new senior independent director
Whistl has completed a management buyout (MBO) and appointed James Greenbury as a senior independent director.

Antalis in the pink after raising £4,500 for charity
Antalis staff spent last Friday hopping, skipping, running and roller skating to raise money for charity – in between selling paper and consumables of course.

Q&A: Gary Smith Account director, Rival Colour
Gary has worked in the industry for getting on for 30 years, having quickly decided that being a “chippy’s mate” didn’t offer the career prospects, or warm office, that he aspired to.

60 seconds with PCL Digital
PCL was formed as Professional Communications Ltd in 1972 as a typesetter, before moving into repro in the 1990s.

Help your staff step up and take charge
When print was simpler, more muscular industry, stepping up to management from the printroom rarely caused an issue. Indeed, part of the role usually entailed staying in that print room: the majority...

PPB appointed as Priplak stockist
POS materials and substrates distributor and converter PPB has been appointed as an official UK distributor of Priplak.

St Bride's CEO becomes Stationers Liveryman
St Bride Foundation chief executive Glyn Farrow has joined one of the UK's most select groups and become a City of London Liveryman.

Watermill Press shortlisted for Living Wage Champion awards
Bradford-based labelling manufacturer Watermill Press has been shortlisted by the Living Wage Foundation for the 2015 Living Wage Champion Awards.

Q&A: Chris Pinborough, manufacturing manager, Ancient House Press
Chris is the first recipient of the Kathy Woodward Award for Learning. He’s 32 and has been in print for 14 years, progressing from a time-served printing apprentice to his current role.

More power to the comeback kids
Here in the UK we’ve got a proud history of sporting comebacks: Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan, England against Australia in the 1981 Headingley Ashes Test or Red Rum in...