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Brunel calendar and promo brands set for £300k spend
Calendar and promotional products specialist Novercal, which operates under the Brunel Trade Services and Brunel Promotions brands, has launched a three-year £300,000 investment drive with a site move...

Presses roll for Prince Philip tributes
Newspaper and magazine printers swung into action over the weekend producing special issues to mark the passing of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Opus Trust makes new senior hire
Opus Trust Communications has appointed a former Royal Mail senior manager as its new head of customer relationships and development.

Step Two boost as businesses reopen
With shoppers pictured queuing up at some retail destinations today, print’s own High Street businesses are looking forward to a return to a more normal way of trading.

CMS revamps digital offering
Central Mailing Services (CMS) has spent around £430,000 revamping its digital print production offering with new engines from Konica Minolta and Xerox to keep up with demand.

CPI to exit commercial print
CPI Group is planning to cease third-party commercial work at its CPI Colour operation after the pandemic hit volumes, with the group set to focus on its core books business.

Moonpig adds Team GB products
Moonpig has agreed a new collaboration with Team GB for a range of personalised gifting products ahead of this summer’s Tokyo Olympics.

Aztec ups capacity with latest install round
Aztec Label has made a raft of new investments to enhance its capacity and productivity.

Willday scoops Selfridges spot with plantable books
SME printer Willday Printers has scooped a prestigious spot in Selfridges & Co’s Project Earth initiative for its Willsow range of plantable children’s books made with seeded paper.

Mail Boxes Etc UK business acquired by MBE Worldwide
Mail Boxes Etc’s UK operation MBE UK & Ireland has been acquired by MBE Worldwide as the Milan-based company continues to expand its community of directly operated countries.

Platinum Print in UK HP Indigo first
Platinum Print has become the first UK company to install an HP Indigo 12000 digital press with 15K Value Pack, as it looks to expand its digital capabilities to broaden its customer offering and take...

Fujifilm brings together graphic ops
Fujifilm is to revamp its business organisation with a new structure that brings together its Graphics Systems division with the former Fuji Xerox organisation.

Go Inspire beefs up board
Go Inspire has appointed a marketing big hitter and seasoned agency chief to its board as it looks to embark on its next five-year growth plan and accelerate its evolution into a strategic managed...

Mayday acquired by US group
Equipment distributor and pressroom products specialist Mayday Graphic Products has been taken over by one of its biggest suppliers.

M&A brightens March’s most read stories
As the UK begins its journey down the governments’ roadmaps out of lockdown, the pandemic claims another victim as others reshape and prepare for the ‘new normal’.