Business

Cambridge-based commercial printer Labute has fallen into administration following increased financial pressure, resulting in the loss of 18 jobs.

Premier Print has trebled output and opened up new markets after revamping its digital offering with Konica Minolta and Duplo kit.

Print and direct mail provider Eclipse has made the influential 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain list from the London Stock Exchange Group, hailed by chancellor George Osborne.

Tudor Press, a family-owned high-street print shop on Reading's Oxford Road, will shut its doors for the final time next month when owner and third-generation printer Richard Farrow retires.

Tangent has appointed a new chief financial officer as Kevin Cameron, currently financial director, returns to Newcastle to head up the group's print operation.

Agfa-Gevaert Group has cemented its return to profit with a positive net result for the second consecutive year in its full-year 2014 accounts.

HP and KBA have announced plans to produce their first co-developed press, the HP T1100 Simplex Color Inkjet Web Press.

GI Solutions Group has restructured its senior management as it targets further bolt-on acquisitions in 2015.

Brother has launched a 915p per share cash offer for Domino Printing Sciences in a deal that values the Cambridge-based coding & marking and inkjet print equipment manufacturer at more than £1bn.

A Tharstern MIS that links together Kodak, Heidelberg and HP workflows is being installed at Uckfield-based printer Pureprint in a six-month rollout starting this month.