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Royal Mail: 25% decline in letters compared to pre-pandemic
Warns against buying stamps from unverified sources

Royal Mail tight-lipped on extent of fraudulent stamp use

Royal Mail has refused to comment on how many fraudulent stamps are being detected at its sorting offices, after the Daily Telegraph claimed that fake stamps printed in China are flooding the market...

Fresh investment sought to restructure

Celloglas up for sale

The business and assets of the UK’s biggest multi-site print finishing specialist have been put up for sale with at least one offer already on the table.

CP Arts' Jeti Tauro 3300 UHS marks the final transition to digital from screen printing
Agfa Tauro 3300 UHS installed

CP Arts completes decades-long transition to digital

Retail and POS specialist CP Arts has taken the final step in its digital transition with the installation of a new Agfa Jeti Tauro 3300 UHS printer at its Exeter site.

92% of the audience were looking to invest in equipment in the next 12 months
Visitors travelled from 120 countries

Fespa releases visitor numbers for Amsterdam event

Fespa has revealed the visitor numbers for its co-located Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience and inaugural Sportswear Pro events.

Firm was established in 2006

Sadness as Nottingham Trade Finishers closes doors

Nottingham Trade Finishers has ceased trading after being hit with a downturn in business and increased costs.

The new album is out on 17 May. Image: William Drumm
Aims to minimise environmental impact

Billie Eilish chooses sustainable manufacturing route for new album

Billie Eilish has revealed that her new album, due out next month, will be made using sustainable print and production methods.

Smurfit Kappa Group’s share price fell following the announcement
Competition concerns not raised

Smurfit Kappa and Westrock merger approved

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the merger between Irish business Smurfit Kappa Group and US company WestRock.

Core markets 'ripe for digital transformation'

Koenig & Bauer Durst builds senior team with sales hire

Koenig & Bauer Durst has recruited a new sales director with wide-ranging digital and conventional printing experience, including at Landa Digital Printing.

Now printing in-house

Wednesbury Car & Commercials enters print game

Vehicle and livery firm Wednesbury Car & Commercials (WCC) has begun printing in-house after taking delivery of a Mimaki JV300-160plus printer-cutter from CMYUK.

Some suppliers were awarded several lots
Various services required

Mega mail services contract among new tenders

A mailing services contract worth £3m is among the recently listed tenders currently available via the government’s Contracts Finder and Find a Tender services.

Shani: "Signage has always been something that my customers have wanted"
Entrepreneur has franchise experience

New owner shares plans for Fastsigns Milton Keynes

Entrepreneur Anil Shani has officially taken the reins at Fastsigns Milton Keynes and has shared his growth plans to further support local businesses.

Will be reassessed later this month

Finnish strike action is paused

Wide-ranging strike action in Finland has been suspended as of today (8 April).

Progress towards 'Bobst vision'

Bobst readies Drupa reveal

Bobst will take the wraps off a new all-in-one digital line for folding cartons at Drupa, where its exhibit will major on zero fault packaging production.

Further reduces use of virgin plastic

PepsiCo adopts more paper packaging

PepsiCo Europe has expanded its use of paper-based packaging on multipack products.

Focus on workflow

Bluetree in Muller Martini first, new Landa will be S11P spec

Bluetree Group has invested nearly £2m in the UK’s first Muller Martini Prinova Digital stitching lines – and its new Landa press will also be the country’s first S11P model.