Sad tale tops January’s most read

While our first 2022 listicle of the most-read articles on printweek.com could hardly be described as cheery collection, much like with the January skies, if you look hard enough there was the occasional bright spot…

1 Pandemic claims another high-end print firm 6,886 clicks
London-based, award-winning Boss Print has become the latest victim of the pandemic and closed its doors following an unsustainable drop in work.

2 Moules leaves YM to seek new challenge 4,084 clicks
Rob Moules has left YM Group after nearly eight years at the business.

3 Opus Trust to exit Nottingham operation 3,479 clicks
Omnichannel communications specialist Opus Trust Communications is set to exit its Nottingham site by the end of December 2022, with a number of jobs at risk of redundancy.

4 Delta buys Odessa and says more M&A to come 3,396 clicks
Delta Group has acquired Odessa UK out of its CVA, safeguarding circa 40 jobs and bolstering the flexibility of the group’s outdoor offering as it looks to double sales.

5 Paper and coatings going up again 3,367 clicks
Three more industry suppliers have announced that further price increases are on the way.

6 Shuttered London printer’s kit goes up for auction 3,114 clicks
Equipment and other assets belonging to a London-based print company that is set to go into members’ voluntary liquidation has gone up for auction.

7 UK four-day working week pilot launched 2,779 clicks
UK businesses have been invited to participate in a four-day working week pilot programme.

8 Adobe to drop Pantone colour system 2,778 clicks
Print and pre-press professionals have expressed disquiet about the information gap around Adobe’s decision to remove Pantone Color Libraries from future versions of its Creative Cloud products.

9 Intergraf: Spiralling paper prices and shortages damaging print 2,719 clicks
Rising paper prices and lack of availability is stymying the print industry’s pandemic bounce back and is likely to cause permanent damage according to Intergraf, which has issued a plea for the paper manufacturers to engage in “transparent discussions”.

10 Director barred after fatality 2,434 clicks
The co-owner of a waste paper merchant where a fatal accident took place has been disqualified from being a director.