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Xerox’s share price was down by 15.7% yesterday

Xerox to cut workforce by 15%

Xerox has revealed a new operating model and organisational structure “to further the company’s reinvention” and is looking to reduce its workforce by 15%.

Middleton: I'm not quite ready to hang up my boots

Jason Middleton retires 18 months after Denmaur sale

Jason Middleton has retired from Denmaur Independent Papers, a year and a half after the sale of Middleton Paper Company’s Fine Paper and Conversion division to Denmaur.

Firm's products included printed toast. Image: Ink Edibles Ltd

Director disqualified after Covid loan support given to dormant firm

A director of a business specialising in personalised sweets and other edible items has been barred for a decade for claiming a taxpayer-backed Bounce Back Loan on false pretences.

Assessment periods on average take around 18 months to two years to complete

Communisis pension scheme heads for Pension Protection Fund

The Communisis Defined Benefit Pension Scheme is likely to become the latest industry plan to enter the Pension Protection Fund – although its professional trustee is hoping for a “much improved...

King Charles spoke about having compassion for others in his Christmas Day broadcast

Publishing, media and design names feature in Honours List

A number of names from the publishing and media worlds have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List for 2024.

Swanston: diversification and sustainability are key opportunities for printers

New year predictions: Lucy Swanston, Strategic Mailing Partnership

Chair of the Strategic Mailing Partnership and Nutshell Creative managing director Lucy Swanston believes there’s real scope in 2024 for printers to capitalise on the forecast growth in retail media...

Mansfield: says the pursuit of production efficiencies was paramount in commercial print in 2023

New year predictions: William Mansfield, Kodak

William Mansfield, director of Solutions Marketing at Kodak, says one of the biggest recent trends has been the transition from on-premises workflows to the cloud - and this is likely to continue,...

McGuiness: Thinks the transition to sheetfed inkjet will be playing on many manufacturers' minds

New year predictions: David McGuiness, PrintIQ

David McGuiness, marketing manager at PrintIQ, believes there will be more acquisitions and amalgamations of companies in the print sector in 2024.

Stephenson: encouraged to see continued investment in automation

New year predictions: Jo Stephenson, PHD Marketing

Marketing agency PHD Marketing's managing director Jo Stephenson is hoping for more stability in 2024, as this would improve business confidence.

Perring: hopeful that the trend of slowly recovering overall print volumes will continue across 2024

New year predictions: Brendan Perring, IPIA

IPIA general manager Brendan Perring expects personalised high-value print campaigns, direct mail and large-format print markets to perform well again in 2024.