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Phoenix publisher stalls for time

“If I wasn’t so f*cking angry, I’d laugh”: Boundless delays author payments

Boundless, the post-pre-pack reincarnation of crowd-funded publisher Unbound, will delay paying owed royalties to authors until it is “cash stable”, according to The Bookseller.

More than half (56%) of Royal Mail’s revenues for 2021/22 were made up of package deliveries
'Intensive and complex negotiations'

CWU negotiations continue, EP Group appoints new UK advisor

Negotiations between the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) and Royal Mail over pay, working conditions and the Universal Service Obligation (USO) have entered their sixth week ahead of Royal Mail’s...

The campaign includes several large digital out-of-home formats in London and Manchester
New advocates for mail

Marketing heavyweights champion direct mail in new Marketreach campaign

Marketreach has launched the latest iteration of its B2B advertising campaign, Totally Mailed It.

Manroland Sheetfed partnership

Heidelberg re-enters VLF market

Heidelberg has sensationally returned to the VLF litho press market through a new partnership with Manroland Sheetfed.

Jo Lloyd had a 40-year career in the UK print industry
Friends and colleagues remember industry expert

Industry pays tribute to passionate print advocate Jo Lloyd

Tributes have been paid to print business expert Jo Lloyd, who passed away aged 62 on 23 May, after a long illness.

Deal delivers added expertise

Paragon acquires Service Graphics

Paragon has purchased Service Graphics from both firms' parent, Grenadier Holdings, in a deal that it said would expand its marketing services capabilities.

Total attendance, including repeat visits, was 23,061
Up on last year

Fespa 2025 visitor numbers revealed

Fespa has revealed that more than 14,000 unique visitors attended this year’s Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo, and Personalisation Experience events in Berlin last month.

Listicle

New owner for national institution dominates May's most read

For the second time in a row, historic changes at Royal Mail topped the month's most read which also featured the usual mix of insolvency tales and high profile news, and this month the sad passing of...

'Safeguards wider group'

Design Group agrees $1 deal to offload US wing

Shares in IG Design Group soared after it announced an agreement to sell its $500m (£371.4m) turnover Americas division to Hilco Capital.

Employees owed more than £500k

Reflections leaves seven-figure shortfall

Reflections Print Finishers had a total estimated deficiency of more than £3m when it collapsed, according to the latest report related to its liquidation.

Volumes on the up

Celloglas fires up new B1 foiler

Celloglas has boosted its B1 foiling capacity with a new Guowang device installed at its Leicester site.

(L-R) Print Team’s Chris and Damian Smith with the Mimaki CJV330-160
Family business improves capabilities

Print Team futureproofs with new Mimaki

Print Team (Dorset) has taken on a Mimaki CJV330-160 printer/cutter to enhance its production.

Cadbury's new Iced Latte flavour features the colour-changing print
Thermochromic prints colour new bars

Cadbury plays it cool with colour-changing print

Cadbury has launched a range of limited-edition Dairy Milk ‘Summer Edition’ bars in colour-changing packaging, in a playful debate over whether chocolate really belongs in the fridge.

Honouring Johnny Haywood

Northern Irish printers take to skies for charity

Printers from Ballyprint, Impro Printing and Perfect Day Print will take part in a charity skydive on 11 July in honour of Johnny Haywood, Heidelberg engineer and veteran of the Northern Ireland print...

Shut suddenly last week

South London Press closes after 160 years

The South London Press, an historic weekly paper that survived 160 years in print, closed suddenly last week.