Print professionals have welcomed the Chancellor’s Apprenticeship Levy – so long as it delivers as promised.

Production has been stopped at a Swedish paper mill, following a fire last week.

Exhibition stand design and build company Envisage has boosted its in-house production capabilities after investing in a range of new wide-format machinery.

Hexis UK has announced the UK launch of a range of premium polymeric coloured sign vinyl that comes in more than 100 hues.

Window film and commercial graphics company Lustalux hopes to double its turnover by moving into new large-format sectors after a recent expansion.

Dscoop EMEA could treble in size after it decided to make membership free, its new chairman has said.

Patrick Howitt, the former owner and chairman of the Nottinghamshire printing company that bore his name, has died aged 71.

Packaging manufacturer Glossop Cartons has almost doubled the size of its business by acquiring Stockport-based Contact Print and Packaging for an undisclosed sum.

George Osborne plans to raise £3bn per year from the Apprenticeship Levy and has fixed the level at 0.5% of an employer's pay bill.

De La Rue is to implement a major restructure of its print manufacturing footprint in a bid to save £13m a year and reduce excess capacity.

Operating profits at Tangent’s print business have crashed by 95% from £1m to just £50,000.

Trinity Mirror plans to close its Newcastle printing plant putting 49 jobs under threat.