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Wishesjust4you calls for industry support to help children with life-limiting illnesses
A non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) dedicated to bringing creativity and joy to children with life-limiting illnesses and disabilities has called on printers and paper merchants to donate...

Meshtex sells up in orderly exit
Cheshire fabric and wallpaper printer Meshtex Limited has sold its intellectual property, kit and goodwill as it prepares for an orderly wind-down later this month.

Direct mail advertising spend jumps 13%
Direct mail advertising spend returned to growth in the third quarter of 2024, beating the country’s overall average of advertising spend of 9.7%, according to the latest figures from the Advertising...

Print HERstory Month returning in March
Next month will mark the return of Print HERstory Month, an annual celebration dedicated to amplifying women’s voices in the printing industry that coincides with Women’s History Month.

Heidelberg's order book swells in Q3
Heidelberg is expecting a strong end to its financial year on the back of incoming orders up 8.3% in Q3.

Bluestar sharpens up production with Horizon trimmer
Bluestar Print Finishers has installed a brand-new Horizon iCE HT300 three-knife trimmer, clearing a bottleneck on its guillotine and boosting its trimming capacity by 25%.

New packaging alliance formed
A new alliance has been formed to champion the merits of fibre-based packaging amid “a critical time” for waste and recycling policies in the UK.

Former Acorn employees launch print agency
A print agency founded by two former employees of Swindon’s shuttered Acorn Press has been met with a wave of enthusiasm after launching just a day after Acorn officially ceased trading.

FD disqualified over false invoices
The finance director of a pre-media business has received a lengthy ban after raising false invoices that totalled more than £325,000.

Industry confidence down despite positive Q4 output
Industry confidence slipped in Q4 and subsequently order and output expectations for Q1 have flatlined while confidence for Q1 has nosedived, despite output and orders in Q4 more-or-less performing as...

Stora Enso marks carbon reduction milestone; reports on Q4 and full-year
Stora Enso has reported that, by the end of 2024, it achieved a 53% reduction in its Scope 1 and 2 emissions, surpassing the target of a 50% reduction by 2030 from the 2019 base year.

BPIF Training highlights Apprenticeship Champion Network
Marking the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2025, BPIF Training has revealed more information about its Apprenticeship Champion Network.

Customark acquires Goldcrest from ESP
Industrial labelling firm Customark has acquired eight-person labelling operation Goldcrest (Adhesive) Products from Handel Group, the parent company of Swindon’s ESP Colour.

Moss claims UK first with Carbon Calculator launch
Moss UK has launched a new Carbon Calculator, which provides an accurate and fully verified Carbon Emissions Report for each graphics and branding project commissioned by its clients.

Scalderhurst and April in new partnership
Scalderhurst has become the exclusive distributor of April folding boxboard products in the UK and Ireland.