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IPIA members hit by new ‘rule of six’
The IPIA has made urgent contact with BEIS to seek additional support for SME printers hit by the government’s new ‘rule of six’.

Firm fined after workplace fatality
A manufacturer of industrial tape products, including social distancing and plate mounting tapes, has been fined more than £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death in a slitter-rewinder.

Industry mourns passing of key advocate
Industry leaders are mourning Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Print Group (APPPG), who passed away last month after a long illness.

Printers encouraged to embrace Kickstart Scheme
The BPIF has geared up to help printers engage with the government’s new £2bn Kickstart Scheme aimed at boosting youth employment.

PeterLynn broadens its digital labels offering
Label printer PeterLynn has expanded its toner-based digital firepower with a new Screen inkjet press as it ramps up capacity to keep up with a Covid-19 driven spike in demand for digital labels.

Media & More eyeing growth with Bounce Back Loan
Design and print agency Media & More is aiming to expand its services, workforce and turnover after securing a £35,000 Bounce Back Loan from Santander UK.

RMC undergoes MBO
RMC Digital Print has undergone an MBO as the new owners look to speed up decision-making and make the business more reactive to growth opportunities.

Hello! revamps with print switch
Hello! magazine has switched to web offset printing for the first time as part of a change of print supplier.

Colorscan swaps two presses for one
Colorscan Imaging Products is targeting growth outside of its core brewing and hospitality markets, which have been heavily impacted by Covid, with a new Durst single-pass inkjet label press.

Ultima Displays launches self-sanitising stretch textile
Ultima Displays has launched a self-sanitising stretch fabric which it hopes will provide a confidence boost to the events and exhibition industry.

Konica Minolta hires head of professional print
Konica Minolta has appointed a new head of its UK Professional Print and Industrial Print Division as it looks to transform and grow the business.

Royal Mail wants "rebalanced" USO
Royal Mail is exploring “what a rebalanced Universal Service might look like” as the group warned of a material loss at its UK business this year, and said it had to move quickly to adapt its working...

DS Smith restores dividend as business improves
Corrugated box volumes have improved at DS Smith and the group has seen “a return to positive growth” following the initial impact of Covid-19.

Precision, Prime and Proco merge and unveil £100m target
Precision Printing, Prime Group and ProCo have joined forces to create a £45m, 360 staff multisite commercial and online print group with ambitions to nudge £100m sales in three years.

Extinction Rebellion activists arrested following Newsprinters blockades
Around 80 Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested after they blockaded Newsprinters plants in Hertfordshire, Merseyside and North Lanarkshire on Friday night (4 September), affecting the...