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Black & Callow makes first acquisition
Financial printing firm Black & Callow has bought the assets of its London-based print partner Master Mail.
Bank of England to keep animal fat in new polymer notes
The Bank of England will not withdraw the new polymer £5 notes from circulation nor change its production method for the upcoming £10 but will hold a consultation before agreeing production methods...
Find growth in a shrinking marketplace
It doesn’t look good. Cheque volumes in the UK have dropped from 4 billion in 1990 to around the 600-million mark today.
De La Rue: 'minute traces' of animal products in polymer
The tallow backlash that has engulfed the Bank of England has also caused De La Rue to revisit its polymer formulation, PrintWeek can reveal.
Banknote row illustrates vegan challenge
The row over the use of tiny amounts of tallow in polymer banknotes illustrates the challenges in achieving 100% vegan products.
Tallow row causes Bank backtrack
An outcry over the use of miniscule amounts of animal by-products in the production of the new fiver has caused the Bank of England to look at changing the formulation of the banknote substrate.
Tallow controversy over new fiver
A petition calling on the Bank of England to remove tallow from the substrate used for the new polymer fiver has reached more than 97,000 signatures.
PCS talks up Scandi success following major contract win
UK card manufacturer Plastic Card Services (PCS) and its Scandinavian sales agent LogoCard have continued their export success in the region after securing a new contract to produce more than 21,000...
Weak pound is potential boost for De La Rue
De La Rue’s half-year results have been bolstered by a strong performance from its banknote printing and papermaking operations, while the weak pound could provide a further boost to future...
Overmatter: hard currency
As this issue’s ‘From the Archive’ proves, the counterfeiting of banknotes has been a perennial problem for the printing industry.