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Stationers’ names new master
A Stationers’ School old boy has been named the new master of the livery company.

Disqualified packaging duo hit with confiscation orders
Two disqualified directors have been ordered to pay more than £80,000 in a confiscation order, or face imprisonment.

Screen boosts European service and support
Screen has expanded its European service and support operations following a period of “exponential growth” in high-end inkjet.

Reach restructures, 550 jobs to go
Reach’s newspaper printing sites are not included in a wide-scale restructure that has just been announced by the media group

Ur Print rolls out bounce back plan
Ur Print is looking to bounce back out of lockdown and regain the pre-Covid momentum that led it to invest around £100,000 to beef up its wide-format production firepower.

Heidelberg and Fuji stats show some signs of pick-up
The latest printing industry performance stats from Heidelberg show some signs of recovery in the UK commercial print market, although it is still lagging behind the rest of Europe.

Power of Print goes online
This year’s annual Power of Print seminar is to embrace the power of digital and be hosted online to ensure it’s not impacted by the Coronavirus restrictions.

De La Rue completes £100m equity raise
De La Rue has completed its £100m capital raise through the placing of new shares.

'Plan B' advice in case lockdown returns
A Leicester-based promotional products specialist has urged company bosses to have a ‘Plan B’ in case other cities also end up back in lockdown.

WTTB puts multi-billion price tag on becoming Covid-secure
Research by Where The Trade Buys has put a staggering £3.68bn price tag on the UK-wide costs of being Covid-secure as businesses return to work.

Forecast beating Macfarlane to repay furlough cash
Macfarlane Group has promised to repay the furlough cash it has received from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme after reporting that lockdown and the Covid crisis hadn’t impacted sales...

Eight Days adds to Xerox firepower
Eight Days A Week Print Solutions has upgraded its digital printing setup with the installation of a Xerox Versant 3100.

Sheetfed printers reshape
Sheetfed printers are beginning to take action to reshape their businesses as customers emerge from lockdown.

BPIF: slow pace of recovery has implications for print
BPIF chief executive Charles Jarrold has detailed current industry sentiment across the regions as businesses reach ‘stage three’ of the Covid crisis.

Heronswood switches format to shake things up
Heronswood Press has stepped up from B2 to SRA1 with a “significant” lockdown investment in a four-colour RMGT 924 LED press in a two-for-one swap after its owner decided “doing the same thing we’ve...