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Shapps: "an enormous honour" to be appointed to new job

Printer takes over as Home Secretary

In an extraordinary turn of events printing company owner Grant Shapps has become the new home secretary.

Agilico CEO Simon Davey now heads up a 475-strong workforce

Agilico closes tenth acquisition

Agilico has closed its biggest acquisition to-date by revenue, headcount, and machines in the field (MIF) after snapping up independent managed print and document management provider Capital Document...

Jussi Pesonen will retire from UPM in 2024

UPM president and CEO to retire

UPM president and CEO Jussi Pesonen has said he will exercise his right to retire from UPM during 2024, in accordance with the terms of his service contract.

Sale of assets on piecemeal basis looks increasingly likely

End-of-the-line looms for Arjowiggins mills

A complete shut down and asset sale now looks the most likely outcome for Arjowiggins’ historic UK paper mills.

Interviewee could have used some real facts and figures

Industry ire over City A.M. interview

Industry business leaders have reacted with incredulity to a City A.M. article featuring an interview with a “management guru” who described the printing industry as being “on the verge of...

(L-R) Ryan Beach and Tom Goetz founded Stickers and That in 2017

Stickers and That to move to former church

Digital and wide-format printer Stickers and That is set to move into a former Zion Methodist church after winning an auction for the now-closed place of worship last month.

Monz (left) with Wassenberg: "The future of Heidelberg is spread across many strong shoulders"

Heidelberg begins search for new CFO

Heidelberg is on the hunt for a new CFO following the surprise news that incumbent Marcus Wassenberg is leaving for pastures new.

The Ricoh Pro TF6251 was installed this summer

Acorn Press secures new contracts with Ricoh install

Commercial printer Acorn Press has significantly expanded its POS services and secured a number of new contracts after taking on new kit from Ricoh.

Webinar: designed to help printers hunt out hidden opportunities

Experts to share insights on unlocking data's potential

Heidelberg UK is hosting a webinar this week that aims to detail how print business leaders can unlock the potential of the frequently overlooked data at their fingertips to drive efficiencies and...

EU products will now have to be labelled with their UK FBO address from 1 January 2024

Food and drink labelling requirements postponed to 2024

Post-Brexit requirements on the labelling of imported European food and drink that were due to come into force on 1 October have been delayed to 1 January 2024.

Royal Mail: USO comes with high fixed costs, exacerbated by high inflation

Royal Mail raises prices amid industrial relations storm

Amid ongoing disruption to delivery schedules Royal Mail has brought forward a swathe of price increases originally slated for next year.

Bianchi: Confident the union will support sustainable industry growth. Image: Pro Carton

Pro Carton and Cepi Cartonboard consider merging

Members of industry associations Cepi Cartonboard and Pro Carton have expressed their intention to explore the possibility of joining into “one strong association” under the name Pro Carton.

Hunt making his emergency statement

Hunt warns on future energy support for business

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s dramatic reversal of most of the tax cuts announced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng just 24 days ago have made it even more important for printing industry bosses to have...

Priest: excited to bring his know-how to vinyl venture

Priest brings on-demand expertise to elasticStage

Solopress co-founder Aron Priest has joined the advisory board of vinyl-on-demand firm elasticStage and will share his manufacturing expertise with the business.

Guy Barker: "[It's] just so much better than any other system we've had"

PSE Offline Marketing goes live with SolPrint

Print management and offline marketing agency PSE Offline Marketing has gone live with the SolPrint MIS after a three-month trial period.