
Portland Print goes into liquidation after 57 years
Dickenson Tingdene, which traded as Portland Print, has gone into liquidation after almost 60 years in business, with 22 workers made redundant.
Gender pay gap report: 'could do better'
The new reporting requirements have shone a light on an uncomfortable truth for the printing industry overall.

Thames Technology completes recruitment programme and rebrand
Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Technology has completed the second phase of its strategic recruitment programme and rebranded from Thames Card Technology.

Hybrid Uteco/Kodak press reaches commercialisation
Uteco Group and Kodak are poised to install the first hybrid Sapphire Evo press for flexible packaging, featuring Kodak’s Stream inkjet technology.

Ireland's first Speedmaster CX 75 at Business Print
Business Print has ordered Ireland's first Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 75, a five-colour with coater, to replace two presses.

Culture secretary could intervene on Trinity Mirror's N&S deal
Culture secretary Matt Hancock has said he may be “minded to” intervene on Trinity Mirror’s acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets over various “public interest considerations”.

Mimaki unveils smaller print-and-cut machines
Mimaki has expanded its UCJV range of LED-UV print-and-cut machines to add three new, smaller versions that the manufacturer hopes will extend the market reach of the technology.

Give workers a lift and avoid getting a pain in the neck
According to the Health & Safety Executive, manual handling incidents account for over a third of accidents reported in the print trade.

Fespa 2018: stand highlights
What's new and what's hot at the wide-format show

60 seconds with Rondor Printing
Rondor Printing began life in the 1980s and after a couple of changes in ownership during the intervening years, Tracy Cone and Adrian Saunders took over the company in 2017 after working there since...

Overmatter: Ossas?
It’s not every day that a typo will end up getting nearly 50,000 ‘likes’ on Twitter, but that’s exactly what happened when online fashion behemoth ASOS fessed up to a blooper on a batch of its bags,...

Q&A: James Freemantle Proprietor, St James Park Press
James Freemantle is 38 and set up the Press in 2015 to focus on hand-made limited-edition letterpress printed books and ephemera.