Environment

Printers sceptical of trailblazer apprenticeship initiative
The latest cog in the government’s apprenticeship reform wheel has been set in motion over the past few weeks in the form of eight pilot trailblazer groups with a remit to develop new ‘employer-led’...

Ink makers pledge: you can have it all
The favourite phrase of mums everywhere: ‘you can’t have everything’. Or sometimes: ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it.’ Until recently this was also a favourite of wide-format kit vendors, in...

Greenpeace cautiously optimistic on APP forestry policy headway
A report from environmental lobby group Greenpeace has given qualified approval to the work Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has undertaken to end the practice of deforestation in its supply chain.

Polestar Sheffield gets Nordic Ecolabel accreditation
Polestar Sheffield has become the first UK printing plant to be awarded the Nordic Ecolabel environmental accreditation.

Banbury Litho invests in XL 75 to cut waste
Family business Banbury Litho is to take delivery of a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L this November to minimise start-up waste and increase its volume of sellable sheets.

Cameron announces late payment consultation
A consultation to tackle the problem of late payments to small businesses will launch later this year, following criticism of the Prompt Payment Code.

Finat warns label printers over new EU food regs
Self-adhesive label industry association Finat has warned label printers that they could be struck off supplier rosters if they fail to comply with the latest EU food safety regulations.

Kodak extends Sonora plate into newspaper applications
Kodak has this week launched a newspaper version of the Sonora thermal, process-free commercial printing plate that it unveiled at last year's Drupa.

Duncan Print invests to bite into food sector
Duncan Print Group is expanding into food packaging after a recent kit investment and accreditation.

Casepak chairman George Smith passes away
Casepak chairman and founder "Bingo" George Smith has died, aged 77.