Printing

Signmaking and graphic arts kit supplier Spandex has been signed up as the exclusive UK distributor for the SwissQPrint Impala flatbed UV printer.

Guardian Media Group (GMG) is to restructure its print plants at Manchester and London, in a move that could result in the publisher ceasing to print its own titles.

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is celebrating this week after an official report by the European Commission ruled that a number of its key products meet the criteria required for the EU Ecolabel.

Bluepoint Cambridge has installed a new B2 Komori Lithrone S529 press with coater as part of a 1m investment programme.

Paper manufacturer James Cropper has seen a slight increase in year-on-year pre-tax profit in its half-year results to 1 October.

The Hampshire Flag Company has lent a helping-hand to the residents of Portsmouth to celebrate the return of HMS Liverpool from a seven month stint off Libya's coast.

Royal Mail is tendering for two major print management contracts, for the Royal Mail Group and the Post Office, which could be worth more than 100m over four years.

Online greetings cards retailers such as Moonpig and Funky Pigeon will be hit by new legislation that will end tax exemption for companies operating from the Channel Islands.

BGP sales director Ross Borton has been promoted to head of sales to allow group sales director Steve Palmer to focus on Stones the Printers, of which he is also managing director.