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Industry veterans open new Sheffield print firm

Two former directors of Sheffield-based ProCo have set up a new commercial print operation in the city.

De Montfort University targets commercial work after £1m spend

De Montfort University Leicester has completed a £1m investment in its in-house Printing Centre.

Ink & Print becomes main UK Vegra distributor

Ink & Print has become the UK’s main distributor of Vegra products.

Portobello Press in administration after sale falls through

Portobello Press has fallen into administration after a potential buyer pulled out at the last minute, resulting in the loss of 23 jobs.

CPI follows digital spend with new hardback book line

CPI UK has boosted its trade hardback book capacity by 50% with the installation of a new Kolbus casing-in line at its CPI Mackays site in Chatham, Kent.

DENA upgrades to Polar guillotine

Scottish screen printing firm DENA Screenprint has invested in a Heidelberg Polar 78 ECO guillotine to bring its technology up to date.

Resource future proofs business with £3m spend

Leeds-based Resource has rounded off a £3m investment in a relocation and upgrading its production facilities with a five-colour SRA1 Ryobi 925 press.

DS Smith doubles pre-tax profits

DS Smith has doubled its pre-tax profits to £167m and reported a 10% rise in sales to £4bn in its full 2013/14 results.

Walstead pulls out of possible Global MP deal

Wyndeham owner Walstead Investments has withdrawn its interest in purchasing struggling direct mail business Global MP.

HighCo secures Comic Relief PM deal

Comic Relief has appointed HighCo MRM to provide data management, print and fulfillment services.

Vintage Heidelberg prints Glastonbury newspaper

A 1957 Heidelberg OHZ-S cylinder letterpress is being used to print Glastonbury festival’s free newspaper, The Glastonbury Free Press, for the second year running.

Benson's Kerridge honoured with Entrepreneur award

Benson Group managing director Mark Kerridge has been awarded the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in the manufacturing & engineering category for the Midlands Region.

Royal Mail calls for Ofcom review into TNT 'cherry picking'

Royal Mail has urged Ofcom to bring forward its review of the effect of competition on the Universal Service Obligation (USO), which it said was being threatened by 'cherry picking arbitrage' by TNT...

Domino returns to profit, but shares tumble

Shares in Domino Printing Sciences, the coding & marking and inkjet printing specialist, closed at £6.15, a drop of 16.7% that wiped £140m off its market capitalisation on the release of its interim...

Rescue bid imminent at Global MP

A white-knight bidder is poised to step in with a rescue deal for the stricken Global MP business.