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

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.

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

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.

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.

The Arden Group has acquired Lasercomb Dies, whose 80 staff and operations will continue as normal following the completion of the deal.

Royal Mail has submitted its proposals for reform of its Universal Service Obligation, including changes to bulk mail and Second Class delivery frequencies. And the group has also appointed a new CEO.

Birmingham mailing house Bakergoodchild has installed a pair of brand-new Ricoh cut sheet toner presses, helping it shift the production bottleneck back onto finishing.

Hybrid Software will showcase a new workflow system at Drupa that promises to "take away IT headaches” for end users.

De La Rue has signed a further extension of its decades-long brand protection contract with Microsoft.