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Positive+ auctions spare kit after successful installs
Multi-discipline printer Positive+ has put up six wide-format presses, two laminators and two cutters up for sale after a series of HP Latex installations made them surplus to requirements.

Ruddocks revamps strategic offering
Ruddocks has rebranded itself as a creative production agency, embracing all media in an effort to become a one-stop-shop for clients.

Smurfit Kappa completes Russian exit
Smurfit Kappa has completed the disposal of its Russian operations after a process that has taken just under a year.

Fespa to feature expanded exhibitor line-up
Fespa has revealed that a raft of new and returning exhibitors will participate at its Global Print Expo in Munich in May.

Crystal Amber continues its criticism of De La Rue
Activist investor Crystal Amber Fund has continued its criticism of De La Rue at its own half-year stage.

Seven figure mail tender and bumper signage contract up for grabs
A mailing tender worth £1.3m is the biggest industry tender currently live, with a major signage manufacture framework also active.

JICMail launches new Response Rate Tracker
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released results from its inaugural Response Rate Tracker research.

Nomoq eyes up UK for digital can expansion
Swiss digital can printing start-up Nomoq will open a third European site in the UK, following its expansion into Germany in 2022.

NUJ decries latest Reach job cuts
Plans for further job losses at media group Reach have resulted in the National Union of Journalists delivering a vote of no confidence in the group’s CEO and senior management.

Crunch week to resolve Royal Mail dispute
The CWU has described the week ahead as “critical to the outcome” of its long-running dispute with Royal Mail, with a series of pay for change proposals aimed at stabilising the business now on the...

Sign & Digital UK kicking off tomorrow
The 2023 edition of Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) is opening its doors at the NEC, Birmingham tomorrow (21 March).

Snows Business Forms in administration
Long-established Southampton forms and custom stationery supplier Snows Business Forms has gone into administration.

Scully takes top job at K&B UK
Koenig & Bauer has reorganised its UK senior management structure by combining the role of sales director and managing director, with Chris Scully taking over the top spot.

Royal Mail referred to Ofcom
Under-fire bosses at Royal Mail now have another problem on their plates, after MPs referred the business to Ofcom over its "systematic failure" to meet parts of the Universal Service Obligation...

Two Sides takes (t)issue with toilet paper claims
Two Sides undertook research to find out the percentage of paper pulp that ends up as loo roll after hearing of misleading claims by a tissue company.