Our annual round-up of all the big news stories from the past 12 months – July.

Industrial label printer Customark has acquired Paramount Labels & Tags out of administration in a pre-pack deal that preserved 18 jobs.

De La Rue was upbeat at its half-year stage today (19 December) after achieving a better-than-expected operating profit, although its pre-tax loss widened and its share price was down this morning.

Consumer appetite for alternative advent calendars is contributing to an increase in plastic-free versions, according to new research from DS Smith.

Electoral print specialist Print Image Network (PIN) has been bought by London-based investment firm Owner Venture Managers (OVM) as part of a phased retirement plan for PIN founders John Foster and...

It doesn’t take much to set up a business: a good idea, graft, opportunity and of course, appropriate funding. However, it takes thought and planning to last the course and become successful.

A rampant buy-and-build strategy does not automatically result in success – as ex-employees and creditors of PFI Group can sadly testify – so what was the strategy behind the massive growth plan?

Back in March Offset Print & Packaging started the complex installation of the latest, whizziest iteration of Koenig & Bauer’s large-format Rapida offset press, the 145. This is the first one in the...

It’s easy to think of the past in black and white. The family photographs, movies, books and magazines we see from 100 years ago or older, are resolutely monochrome. We know that people of the times...

Online personalisation can be big business in difficult times, if you approach it carefully. The early promise of personalised photobooks disappeared into the clutches of big suppliers who can use a...