Mergers and acquisitions

Print Trade Suppliers (PTS), a member of the Paragon Group, has acquired Print City for an undisclosed sum.

London-based print marketing communications business Paperhat Group has acquired Bulgarian digital specialist Despark for an undisclosed sum.

Sign-making firm Hawes Signs has laid off 57 workers and proposed a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) after losing almost £3m worth of business in less than two years.

Nick Dixon and Rick Taylor, who between them created the £53m Lateral Group, are poised to return to the industry with a new buy-and-build venture.

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has acquired fellow Scottish commercial printer Creative Colour Bureau (CCB) in an all-share deal.

London-based print marketing communications business Paperhat Group has acquired the Manchester-based digital agency CTI Digital for an undisclosed sum.

Consumables and mailroom manufacturer and supplier Totalpost Services has acquired mailroom automation and insertion systems manufacturer Mailing and Mechanisation UK as part of a major expansion...

EFI chief executive Guy Gecht has dismissed speculation that the company could mount a bid for Xaar using its $600m (£400m) war chest.

Charterhouse PM has acquired the £10m-turnover Bristol-based customer engagement agency Indicia for an undisclosed amount.

Kodak chief executive Jeff Clarke has been on the hunt for potential high-tech acquisitions in Israel, according to venerable Israeli newspaper Haaretz.