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Paul Franklin, pictured here with a Scodix embellisher, has long industry experience

Scodix hires Paul Franklin as Northern Europe sales director

Scodix has appointed industry veteran Paul Michael Franklin as its sales director for Northern Europe, comprising the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries.

Christmas 2022: CWU not happy with Royal Mail

Royal Mail: CWU announces further pre-Christmas strike dates

The CWU has announced a raft of new strike dates that will hit Royal Mail in the busy run up to Christmas, including Christmas Eve.

Papeterie Zuber Rieder: specialist range includes 'ice bucket proof' labels

Fedrigoni to acquire French mill

Fedrigoni Group has agreed yet another buy, which will give the business a dominant presence in the worldwide market for premium papers for wine and spirits.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled a programme of tax rises and slashed public spending

Autumn budget: business rates increases will hit larger printers

Industry bosses have reacted after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt revealed his autumn statement, which included a number of measures to slash public spending and raise taxes.

The MPS XL stacks, lifts, and transports over-size stocks

Plockmatic releases extra-long stacker for Xerox

Swedish manufacturer Plockmatic has released the MPS XL Multi-Purpose Stacker, a mobile stacker that can be fitted to a number of Xerox printers.

The HP Latex R2000 has helped Positive+ gain an edge on corrugated

Positive+ gets up to speed with HP Latex installs

Surrey-based printer Positive+ has installed an HP Latex R2000 flatbed after trialling the technology on an HP 800W roll-to-roll latex printer it bought in July.

Thompson: "we need change to survive"

Royal Mail seeks urgent reform of USO, posts huge loss

Royal Mail wants to ditch Saturday deliveries and its parent group has confirmed that it will separate the business, which has racked up losses of nearly £220m at the half-year, if “significant change...

Prince William presents England team captain Harry Kane with his personalised box

Royal handover for Pureprint’s World Cup kit boxes

Bespoke boxes containing the England squad’s World Cup match kit, printed by Pureprint, were presented to the squad by Prince William.

Graphichem's Scott McGauley is confident about the potential for future growth

Graphichem invests to expand

Pressroom chemicals specialist Graphichem is expanding into new premises on the back of strong trading.

The Metamorphosis range has several plastic-mimicking properties

Fedrigoni launches 100% paper packaging that aims to replace plastic

Fedrigoni has promised its new Materia Viva Metamorphosis range of paper products can mimic many of the qualities that make plastic the norm for packaging.