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Correct support can be transformational

CX Services champions neurodiversity after hiring “outstanding” apprentice

Argyll mailing house CX Services has urged printers to consider how they could do more to hire neurodivergent workers after offering a full-time job to an apprentice with Asperger’s Syndrome.

Job creation in green industries of the future

Shotton investment lauded by UK and Welsh governments

Eren Holding has gained nearly £150m of government support for its £1bn transformation of the Shotton Mill site in Deeside.

Orchard Press updated its Swindon site with new graphics and interior decor
New website and office revamp

Orchard Press renovates after hitting £1m mark

Swindon commercial printer Orchard Press has given its production site a makeover after reaching £1m in sales.

Devastated to let suppliers down

Approach Print liquidated

Approach Print has gone into voluntary liquidation after a drop-off in print work put paid to the firm’s plans to roll out a new software platform.

Ellie Taylor reprised her role as host for the night
New green knowledge centre teased

SMP awards raise a glass to rising stars and green printing

The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) yesterday (26 September) celebrated the UK’s mailing industry talent at its annual awards ceremony, giving special attention to the industry’s younger talent...

(L-R) Integrity Connect's Dave Meredith and David Wright with Steve Basnett from the Bowe Group
Installed last week

Integrity Connect supports growth with Bowe investment

Integrity Connect, part of the Integrity Communications Group, has taken on a Bowe Fusion Cross dual channel high speed inserter to support the division’s substantial year-on-year growth.

Seamless transition for customers planned

Orderly shutdown at Barnwell Print, Micropress acquires goodwill

Long-standing Norfolk family print firm Barnwell Print is undergoing an orderly shutdown, with the firm’s name and goodwill sold to fellow East Anglian printer Micropress.

(L-R) Multigraf's Patric Lerch, Apprintable's Peter Haddad and Rei Townsend, and Duplo UK's Lyle Rainey
Christmas rush begins

Apprintable prepares for busy season with Multigraf install

London-based print and design specialist Apprintable has installed a Multigraf Touchline CF375 creaser/folder to support its continued growth as the Christmas rush gets underway.

Inapa France could be bought. Image: Google Maps
€25m bid

Japan Pulp and Paper bids for Inapa France

The insolvency administrator for Portuguese paper distribution group Inapa IPG has presented an addendum to its previous report to confirm that Japan Pulp and Paper Co has launched a bid to buy Inapa...

De La Rue: banknote demand is at its lowest level for more than 20 years
Performance will be H2 weighted

De La Rue updates, still in talks over sale

De La Rue’s talks over a potential sale of one or both of its divisions have “progressed significantly”, although the business is racking up extra costs as a result.

Jim Spencer identified the print as an extremely rare copy of the German master's work
500-year-old Dürer print auctioned

Renaissance master’s print rescued from tip bought for £33,000

A rare original print by German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer has sold at auction, 13 years after it was rescued from the tip.

Switch focuses on in-store bakery products
Removes more than 560 tonnes of plastic packaging

Sainsbury's revamps bakery packs to cut plastic

Sainsbury’s has turned its attention to bakery products in its latest move to reduce plastic packaging in favour of paper-based alternatives.

Mid Cheshire MP Andrew Cooper (centre) with Coveris staff
New conversion hall

New MP opens Coveris VSP manufacturing facility

New Mid Cheshire MP Andrew Cooper has officially opened Coveris’ new conversion hall at its flagship polyethylene extrusion facility in Winsford, Cheshire.

Shorter duration

Dates and length of next Drupa confirmed

Messe Düsseldorf has revealed that mega print expo Drupa will be held next in May 2028 – staying true to its four-year cycle – but will take place earlier in the month while its duration has been...

Stephen Perrott is the third generation of Perrotts to helm the bespoke printing firm
Perrott Bespoke Printing for sale

Hackney die-stamping business put up for sale

Perrott Bespoke Printing, a one-man die-stamping business based in Hackney, has been put up for sale by the third-generation owner, Stephen Perrott.