Business

CWU reps are to decide next week if they should ballot Royal Mail workers on a national strike, in a move that will inevitably raise tensions at ongoing negotiations with the postal operator.

Dartford-based direct mail printer Howard Hunt Group has installed a second Xerox iGen4 at its Dartford site and is eyeing an iGen150.

Alpha Media Solutions (AMS), one of the two companies that emerged from the collapse of Scorpio Print Finishing in 2006, has fallen into administration with the loss of all 61 jobs.

KBA has taken another step on its diversification path with the acquisition of an 85% stake in German direct-to-container decoration press manufacturer Kammann Maschinenbau.

The BPIF has said that new government proposals for apprenticeship funding in England need more consideration.

The Printing Charity (TPC) has set itself an ambitious target to help 2,000 people a year by 2017.

Wren Printed Packaging has fallen into administration, with the business subsequently closed and all staff made redundant.

Paperlinx UK managing director Phil Carr has left the business "at the request of the board" just eight months after taking on the role.

Web-to-print firm Moo.com has added three new additions to its luxury business stationery line, Luxe.

Bristol-based printer Latent Light has invested in a Canon Imagepress C7000VP as it expands its presence in the consumer photobook market.