The UK’s papermaking industry has smashed its energy-saving targets for the two-year period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016.

St Ives has sold the Cornish factory occupied by Wyndeham Roche to a property company for £4.2m, while the group’s share price has descended to a new all-time low.

Kingswood iOptus has added the ISO 27001 information security standard to its list of accreditations.

Vivid Laminating Technologies has partnered with Color-Logic to provide its users with a cost-effective way of producing high-value metallic effects.

Berkshire-based Keeps Printing has fallen into administration, leading to five redundancies.

The BPIF has urged prospective parliamentary candidates to sign its Pledge for Print in the run-up to the General Election.

Three directors at Lincoln-based printer Elpeeko have ensured the continued operation of the 112-year-old firm by taking over the business through an MBO.

Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing operation, officially closed its doors last Friday (2 June), leading to 35 further redundancies.

Northend Creative Print Solutions has invested just shy of £1m on a five-colour RMGT (Ryobi) 925 LED-UV press along with various add-ons.