Route 1 Print, the trade wing of Bluetree Group, overhauled its wide-format department with a raft of kit from EFI, including a Vutek Q3R roll-to-roll and H5 hybrid flatbed, and most recently a FabriVu 340i+ dye-sub unit... DS Smith’s profits slumped – albeit in line with the company’s expectations, in its half-year earnings – but the company confirmed that its combination with International Paper is on track to complete in early 2025... Software Circle described the performance of its acquired businesses as “encouraging” with half-year turnover up 8% at £8.9m... A very rare 500-year-old copy of the Bible, found by chance, was to be sold at auction... Clifton Packaging Group was acquired by Italian specialist packaging group Carton Pack, after a multi-year search for a buyer... Media Concierge Holdings upped the price of its takeover bid for National World to 23.00p per share...  Pantone described its Colour of the Year for 2025, Pantone 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, as “an evocative soft brown that transports our senses into the pleasure and deliciousness it inspires”... Precision Colour Printing was planning a six-figure investment in technology... Heidelberg announced plans to save more than £83m by reducing the size of the workforce at its biggest site in Germany by 450 roles... Ancient House Press filed a Notice of Intention to appoint an administrator but said that the business is continuing “as usual”... Two Sides launched its week-long Love Paper initiative ... Ofcom fined Royal Mail £10.5m for failing to meet its delivery targets... Lancashire wallpaper print specialist Surface Print moved workers to a four-day week following a successful six-month trial, cutting the business’ energy bills... Sanderson Design Group announced that His Majesty King Charles III has granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment to the company’s British fabric and wallpaper brand Sanderson... Tortoise Media signed a deal to buy The Observer from the Guardian Media Group and its owner, The Scott Trust, despite a series of protests and strikes over the sale...