The move has resulted in the departure of Wyndeham Hubbard managing director John Hubbard and works director Colin Fox. The Dronfield business will now be overseen by Bob Day, works manager of Wyndeham Grange in Sussex, who takes on the additional responsibilities of Hubbard managing director.

Hubbard's departure marks the end of the founding family's connection with the business. His future plans are unknown.

Wyndeham Westway managing director Eddie Fear moves to the new position of group commercial director. He will report to chief operating officer Roy Kingston and is tasked with handling commercial issues, including logistics and property. Fear is replaced at the Luton sheetfed plant by Mike Carter, the current managing director at Graphics Kent.

The Kent pre-press facility is to be "more widely integrated into the pre-press division" and will be overseen by John Brewer (associate director) and Barrie Smith (production director), reporting to group pre-press managing director Tony Austin.

In a statement Wyndeham said Kent would continue to focus on classified setting and there were no plans to close the site. "Since the acquisition of the Wyndeham Graphics companies we've been working on ways to further integrate our pre-press businesses. For example all the sites now have common systems and disaster recovery," the group said.

Chief executive Paul Utting described the moves as "the next step in our strategy to combine firms serving similar markets under common management".

He said the benefits would include improved operational efficiencies and customer service.

Story by Jo Francis