Personnel

A married couple who ran a print company have been disqualified for a total of 14 years after the husband breached a previous disqualification.

Inc Direct has beefed up its executive board with a former Williams Lea boss joining as managing director as the marcomms specialist sets its sights on organic growth and eyes potential acquisitions.

Sappi Europe has appointed Thomas Kratochwill as the new sales and marketing director for its Speciality Papers division.

UK-based substrates manufacturer Innovia Group has appointed Mark Robertshaw as its new group chief executive.

Commercial printer Colchester Print Group has become an employee-owned business after staff took a majority stake in the business through a trust scheme.

Large-format reseller Printmax has continued its recent growth by taking on additional technical consultant Martin Cole to "fill a Mimaki void in the business".

VCG Group chief executive Mick Tooley has left the design and retail packaging specialist after 25 years of service.

Direct mail and print management company Baker Goodchild has taken on two apprentices following the successful completion of their internships.

Europlast (Blackburn) has been fined £50,010 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £23,102 after an employee had to have part of his finger amputated following an accident in June 2012.

Repro firm Dot Gradations has ceased trading following a handover of its archives and order book to Tag Publishing.

“40 years young” David has worked in print since leaving school with what he describes as a “dazzling” set of qualifications. An alumni of the London College of Printing and latterly Loughborough...

While signs that the UK economy is beginning to demonstrate sustainable growth are clearly welcome, most printers are still too conscious of the need to control costs to welcome the idea of stumping...