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The food packaging and carton manufacturer hopes the recruitment drive, which marks record end-of year sales of 23m, will increase capacity by 25%.

Kodak has extended the deadline for its patent auction following reports that bids for the portfolio had come in well below estimates.

Around 40% of British companies have brought production home to ensure a consistent supply chain, new research has shown.

Wide-format and digital print business Elephant Graphics has rebranded as Elephant Print and Display to "realign" itself with the market in which it operates.

Unite members at Gomer Press have planned a series of strikes starting this afternoon in response to "enforced changes to pay and conditions".

Former Pureprint business development manager Kelly Harris has joined Healeys as sales and marketing director.

Intelligent Finishing Systems' managing director Tony Hards has been clothed as a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.

The North East-based commercial printer initially forecast a 1.8m sales boost after securing funds from Yorkshire Bank, but PBL now expects an uplift in excess of 3m.

Prosthetic limb maker RSL Steeper briefed Smurfit Kappa to create a pack that reflected the feel, image and strength of its BeBionic products yet was accessible to those with limited dexterity.

Banks may use the new Funding for Lending (FFL) scheme to make profit rather than extend lower lending rates to borrowers, the Bank of England (BoE) has admitted.

At the paper company's AGM on 1 August chairman Mark Cropper voiced concern that the market conditions causing the decline were showing no sign of abating.

HP is to take an $8bn (5.1bn) goodwill charge this quarter after writing down the value of a division that sells computer services to businesses.

Guardian Media Group's (GMG) accounts for the year ending 1 April 2012 reveal pre-tax losses of 75.6m, a stark contrast to the pre-tax profit of 9m recorded a year earlier.

Essex-based packaging consultancy Ikonik has diversified with the launch of printmypixel.com, just 16 months after opening, for customers to design and buy personalised printed products.