Business

Pre-pack publisher Unbound leaves £2.4m hole in creditors

Crowd-funded publisher Unbound, sold in a March pre-pack administration deal to a new company set up by its director and CEO, left an estimated total deficiency for unsecured creditors of £2.4m...

UK ad spend rose 10.4% in 2024

UK ad spend showed strong growth in 2024, rising 10.4% to a total of £42.6bn. Growth of 6.3% is predicted in 2025, and 5.6% in 2026, with forecasts downgraded slightly thanks to the destabilising...

Macfarlane plans share buyback, confident on outlook

Macfarlane Group is planning a £4m share buyback and has reported positive momentum and a strong performance at its manufacturing operations, despite a challenging market.

Crane: says kit is being specified to complete more of the job with less human interaction

Friedheim adds Ironsides production management software to portfolio

Hardware supplier Friedheim International has signed a partnership agreement to distribute Ironsides Technology’s production management software to the UK.

Paragon rebrands Communisis wing

The Communisis name has been consigned to the history books after a rebrand by Communisis Brand Deployment owner Paragon, with the business renamed Paragon Global Brands.

Mark Pinder fell from a height of approximately three metres. Image: HSE

Paper sack firm fined more than £500k after fatality

A leading manufacturer of paper sacks has been fined more than £530,000 after a worker fell to his death during a night shift.

Hewitt: "There’s real demand for intelligent, AI-driven tools in packaging and tooling design"

Arden Software unveils first AI-powered features

Arden Software has unveiled the first-ever AI-powered features within its flagship packaging design software, Impact, during a showcase at the Hybrid Fusion Packaging Summit in Amsterdam last month.

Innovate's Devitt (centre) and Broomfield (right) with the Durst team

Innovate signs for UK's first Durst P5 X

Innovate Signs will become the first UK installation for Durst's P5 X printer.

Printers see opportunity in quick turnarounds and web-to-print

Printers see the largest opportunities for growth in taking on very quick turnaround work and in implementing web-to-print in their workflows, according to the latest Printweek poll.

UK mill is Boardlink's biggest trade creditor

Unsecured creditors of Boardlink were owed more than £1.5m, with the firm’s biggest substrate supplier also its largest trade creditor.