Personnel

Wyndeham Group has announced 70 redundancies at its Peterborough facility as the result of a month-long consultation with employees at the plant.

News International has found a replacement for departed chief executive Tom Mockridge in former BSkyB chief operating officer Mike Darcey.

Polestar Varnicoat looks set to close after the company kicked off a 30 day consultation at the site on Wednesday (2 January).

Bobst has created a new business zone for northwest Europe with Craig Moran appointed as business director for the area from 1 January.

Government plans to reduce the minimum consultation period for large-scale redundancies from 90 to 45 days are regressive and anti-job measures, Unite has said.

Pensord managing director Darren Coxon has accepted an invitation to join the board of the BPIF.

Exhibition and display makers membership body Disq Group has appointed Philippe Jefferies as chairman with a remit to expand its sales reach in 2013.

Mike Holyoake, general manager, graphic communications operations, Xerox UK & Ireland

Pan-European web-to-print business Pixartprinting has launched a new operator-based file verification service for customers willing to hand over final assessment of documents.

Unite's national officer for the print industry, Steve Sibbald, is to leave the union at the end of January 2013 after taking voluntary retirement.

Former investment banker Thomas Amman has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after encouraging his two girlfriends to buy Océ shares ahead of its takeover by Canon.