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Cimpress impairs Tradeprint outlay
Cimpress has written off most of its £20m investment in Tradeprint, it has emerged, but remains confident that the future performance of the business – which is poised to roll out a new software...
F1 Colour appoints Les Pipe as director
Pre-media company F1 Colour has appointed industry stalwart Les Pipe as a director of the business.
Under-pressure Xerox asks for better terms
A high-profile campaign by two investors to get the terms of the Xerox-Fujifilm takeover improved appears to be bearing fruit – Xerox has asked to renegotiate the deal currently on the table.
Ruddocks buys Polar 92 cutter with jogger
Ruddocks Design & Print has taken on a Polar 92 N Plus guillotine with two stacklifts and a jogger to enhance its cutting capabilities.
Queen’s Awards recognise industry players
Four print-related businesses have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
Go Inspire looks for new GI lead after rejig
Go Inspire Group is on the hunt for a new managing director to augment a recent management reshuffle across the £45m-turnover GI Solutions and Eclipse 4DM businesses as it looks to target further...
Cuttingedge promotes former trainee to ops director
A school leaver who joined a print company as a trainee has been promoted to its board as operations director.
‘Seamless book of one’ production goes live at Printondemand-worldwide
Digital book printer Printondemand-worldwide has boosted its ‘book of one’ production capabilities after going live with its new Screen Truepress Jet 520HD colour inkjet web press.
Portland Print goes into liquidation after 57 years
Dickenson Tingdene, which traded as Portland Print, has gone into liquidation after almost 60 years in business, with 22 workers made redundant.
Thames Technology completes recruitment programme and rebrand
Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Technology has completed the second phase of its strategic recruitment programme and rebranded from Thames Card Technology.
Ireland's first Speedmaster CX 75 at Business Print
Business Print has ordered Ireland's first Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 75, a five-colour with coater, to replace two presses.
Culture secretary could intervene on Trinity Mirror's N&S deal
Culture secretary Matt Hancock has said he may be “minded to” intervene on Trinity Mirror’s acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets over various “public interest considerations”.
Overmatter: Ossas?
It’s not every day that a typo will end up getting nearly 50,000 ‘likes’ on Twitter, but that’s exactly what happened when online fashion behemoth ASOS fessed up to a blooper on a batch of its bags,...
The Label Makers conjurs the spirit of the Mary Rose
If you want to name your artisanal gin after King Henry VIII’s prestigious warship the Mary Rose, as the HMS Spirit Company has, you best adorn it with a label to match.
Cruise to leave Sky
Mark Cruise, head of print management at Sky, is leaving the business at the end of this week as part of a reshuffle of the broadcaster's print buying and creative production operations.