DS Smith profits surge

DS Smith posted a 52% jump in pre-tax profit and a 25% increase in revenue in its half-year results.

Planned investment in digital wide format highest since 2007

Digital technology is becoming ever more important to wide-format printers, a new survey has found.

Charity begins at home

Jo Francis spends a lot of time looking at the back of charity Christmas cards, in search of her four favourite words: 'Printed in the UK'.

Appleton Signs invests in Linoprint C751 digital press

Southampton-based Appleton Signs has taken delivery of a Linoprint C751 to meet increasing demand for short-run retail POS work.

Autumn statement boost for SMEs

Yesterday's Autumn Statement delivered a raft of measures intended particularly to ease pressures on small businesses.

Cross Media Production details unveiled

Ipex organiser Informa Exhibitions has officially launched its new event Cross Media Production, which will run for three days during Ipex 2014 from 25-27 March.

Eclipse rounds off £2m spend and hints at more to come

Eclipse has rounded off a £2m spend in digital and post-press kit for its Eclipse 4dm direct mail arm with a £200,000 IT upgrade across both parts of the business, with more digital and finishing kit...

Hertfordshire Display eyes sales growth with new W2P arm

Hertfordshire Display is developing a web-to-print arm that it plans to launch next year.

Web offset wondering-land

Jo Francis is still obsessing about the future shape of the UK web offset market.

Westdale relocates Bristol finishing arm to main Cardiff site

Westdale Press has closed its remote finishing plant Western Print Finishing in Bristol, with these processes moved to Westdale’s East Moors, Cardiff site.

I-Sub Digital launches Digi-Foil system to market

I-Sub digital has launched what it claims is a unique new foiling system that combines a Mimaki UJF and a heated applicator.

Peer-to-peer print marketplace service goes live

A former marketing director of Webmart has set up a commission-free online trade-only marketplace for printers to place and win business.