Personnel

Paper sector workers will benefit from a 2.6% increase in their basic hourly wage following a review of Unite and the Confederation of Paper Industries' (CPI) national agreement.

Around 15 staff are understood to have been made redundant at VCG Kestrel.

Danwood Group Holdings has suspended four of its senior managers, including founder and chairman Colin Daniels, pending investigation.

Johnston Press has appointed Steve Gilliver as new group director of HR as the company looks to implement a raft of staff development initiatives.

Newsprinters has been permanently appointed the <i>Metro London</i> contract after printing the paper on a temporary basis since previous printer Newsfax went into administration.

PrintWeek can confirm that Sir John Madejski has become a shareholder in Polestar Print Holdings, which acquired Madejski's Goodhead Group in a pre-pack deal last year.

Steve Dryden, group finance director of DS Smith, has announced that he is to leave the company to join a private equity-backed business.

KBA has promoted Chris Scully to executive sales director, eight months after Mark Nixon left the position following a strategic fallout.

KBA has agreed a new set of employee regulations which will see staff jobs in Germany protected until 30 June 2015, but will give the company the right to reduce weekly working times.

Paperlinx has appointed Dave Allen as its chief executive following four months without a permanent head.

Dainippon Screen has announced the promotion of Brian Filler, formerly vice president of Screen Europe, to the vacant president role with immediate effect.