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CFH Docmail has been appointed to Lot 2 of the £1.2bn General Practice Systems of Choice (GPSoC) framework agreement for its hybrid mailing services, including Docmail and the newly-developed ROVa.

Paper merchant and convertor Vision Paper and Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has increased its Calisto Hi Bulk gloss and silk range by adding new grammages and sizes.

Antalis UK will rebrand its packaging business as Antalis Packaging as of 1 January 2015 to consolidate its corporate identity under the single Antalis brand.

Millnet Document Solutions, the joint venture between Yolanda Noble and document management specialist Millnet, has been placed into administration after a key client significantly reduced its work...

GBM Group has trebled its digital wide-format production capacity with the installation of a new Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV HS at its Manchester print facility.

Tangent Communications has posted a 51.6% drop in operating profit for the six months to 31 August, following a collapse in profits at its Agency business, prompting a further 18.6% slide in its share...

GF Smith paper consultant Megan Simpkins has given a speech at No.10 Downing Street in support of charity Dimbleby Cancer Care.

Marketing mail revenues are up by 5% at Royal Mail, while its parcels business is being revamped with new options in the face of stiff competition and the adverse affects of Amazon’s own delivery...

Commercial printer Platinum Print has invested in a range of new finishing equipment, taking its total investment spend in 2014 to over £1m.

Arjowiggins Graphic has hit its target for its latest Cyclus marketing campaign and funded the education of 500 children in Africa.

Precision Printing has acquired a controlling stake in North East-based trade printer First2Print and launched a digital wallcovering joint venture as it looks to expand into wide-format and trade...

A new book charting the history of Monotype has been published, and includes a dedication to the late PrintWeek columnist and print historian Lawrence Wallis.

Book manufacturer TJ International has branched out into short-run digital colour production for the first time after installing a Canon Océ ColorStream 3900 inkjet printer.

Digital print specialist Colour Options has reduced a bottleneck in its finishing department by investing £43,500 in a Heidelberg Stahlfolder Ti 52.

Consumables supplier Inkland has bounced back from losing a major contract following the collapse of HPM & Addo after securing a significant equipment and consumables deal with Potts Print (UK).