Walstead Investments has posted maiden profits, with chairman Mark Scanlon hailing "excellent progress" in 2012 following extensive restructuring at the business.

Business organisations have given evidence at a parliamentary inquiry into the practice of late payment and its impact on UK SMEs.

Allied Images has been appointed as sole distributor of Contex large format scanners to the UK and Ireland.

Northumberland's Potts Print has finalised its finishing upgrade with an MBO B30/444 folder, taking the total investment to around £530,000.

Polestar has been awarded the contract to print the French edition of <i>Stylist</i>, the weekly free magazine published by Timar, a joint venture between Groupe Marie Claire and Shortlist Media.

The UK has narrowly avoided a triple-dip recession in Q1 2013 as gross domestic product grew by 0.3% compared to Q4 2012.

Judging by the amount of mergers and acquisitions across the print and packaging industries over the past 18 months, we appear to be hitting a peak in M&A activity for the sector.

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Commercial printer Catford Print Centre has completes 100,000 investment for web2print strategy, following a successful foray into the market.

Durst has continued to strengthen its UK sales presence with the appointment of a northern sales manager in Richard Bates.