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Pensions watchdog drops Johnston pre-pack investigation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has dropped its investigation into the pre-pack sale of newspaper publisher Johnston Press.

Spring Statement takes aim at late-paying large companies
Late payment culture’s end “could finally be in sight” as yesterday’s Spring Statement laid out policies that would tackle the issue perpetuated by larger businesses.

Atlas Packaging auto-ejecting Bobst a UK first
Atlas Packaging has made a £1m investment to take on the first Bobst ExpertFold 230 A4 folder-gluer in the UK to come with Accueject XL automated ejection capabilities.

Jarrold Printing museum future to be decided
Campaigners have spoken about their hopes for the John Jarrold Printing Museum in Norwich, the future of which will be decided tomorrow (14 March), to be preserved in its current form.

Agfa announces new structure
Agfa has revamped its divisional structure and created three separate divisions for its print-related activities, as the group seeks more partnerships for future growth.

Fujifilm to make job cuts in Europe; UK situation unclear
Dutch media has reported that Fujifilm is set to close one of its offset plate production lines in Tilburg at the end of the year, resulting in the loss of more than 100 jobs, with some UK jobs also...

Midland Regional Printers acquires LabelServe
Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has expanded its service offering after acquiring label printing specialist LabelServe.

Arjo UK ops courted by three bidders
Three businesses are now in contention to buy the Creative Papers aspect of Arjowiggins’ UK operations, which is currently in administration.

Heritage and Eagle to take W+D envelope printer
Sister companies Heritage Envelopes and Eagle Envelopes are to install a W+D Halm i-Jet2 envelope printer, the first in England, in a bid to capture the short-run envelopes market.

Walkers Instore goes into liquidation
Walkers Instore has gone into voluntary liquidation after its owners could not restore its profitability despite attempts to restructure and reposition the retail POS specialist print operation as a...

Xaar: 'integration issues are behind us'
Xaar has issued a trading update ahead of its year-end results, stating that the integration issues that had caused problems for the business are now over.

Ballyprint takes first Iridesse in NI
Ballyprint has taken on the first Xerox Iridesse in Northern Ireland as part of a £300,000 spending drive to turn the print shop into a fully-fledged commercial print outfit.

First News in compostable wrapping first
First News has become the first children’s magazine to move from polywrap to fully compostable wrappers for its subscription copies.

KJB invests following acquisition and eyes more M&A
KJB Print is eyeing up further acquisition-driven growth this year as it continues to integrate its 2018 acquisition WM Print into the wider group.

Print remains 'critical' to HH Global in buoyant Q3 results
HH Global marked year-on-year growth in its latest quarterly results, with boosted print volumes a “fundamental” contributing factor.