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YM Group’s delayed accounts include another increase in losses and a ‘material uncertainty’ note – although the firm’s directors remain confident the business can deliver on their future growth plans.

YM Group’s chief executive is blaming a backlog at Companies House for the group’s accounts being more than a month overdue.

The administration of the Howard Hunt group of companies has been extended again, due to unresolved matters including more than £1m in directors’ loans that remain outstanding.

The pandemic-related parcels boom has resulted in a big jump in sales and profits at Royal Mail – with parcel revenues outstripping letters for the first time in the group’s five-century history.

Co-founder Tim Holt has become the sole owner of Plastic Card Services (PCS) following an MBO at the Macclesfield firm.

Managing director Lance Hill has led an MBO at Eight Days a Week Print Solutions (EDWPS).

Solimar Systems and Kyocera Document Solutions have formed a new partnership aimed at boosting production options with Kyocera’s TASKalfa Pro 15000c sheetfed inkjet press.

Print bosses have been warned to be on their guard after a prominent industry business was hit by a cyber attack.

FCS Laser Mail has begun the rollout of a £2m strategic spend with a new Ricoh high-speed inkjet line as it looks to further diversify.

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