Business
Ex-Headley site up for industrial development after failed housing bid
Bust historic printer Headley Brothers’ old site in Ashford, Kent, has been proposed as the site of huge new warehouses, after the abandonment of a previous application for housing development.
Acquisitive Customark buys Prisym consumables division
Industrial labelling firm Customark has bought Prisym ID’s consumables division, less than a month after its purchase of Paramount Labels.
Telegraph owner-in-waiting moves to assure doubters
The American former media executive helming the controversial Abu Dhabi-backed bid for the Telegraph and Spectator titles has described RedBird IMI as being “a little bit smarter than some of our...
Venn Holdings hits the buffers
The Venn Holdings buy-and-build dream is in tatters after print wing JDP was shuttered after Christmas, with liquidators expected to be appointed imminently.
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%.
DecTek returns to IGS for ninth Titanium cutter
DecTek has taken on a new Titanium 330-R reel to reel digital label cutter from International Graphic Supplies (IGS) – the ninth cutter from the Titanium range it has purchased.
XBM buys new head office with £1.8m NatWest loan
XBM has used a £1.8m loan from NatWest to buy a new head office and warehouse – doubling the size of its current Leeds headquarters and creating over 45 new jobs.
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.
PCS ups efficiency with Screen Autoloader
Precision Card Services (PCS) has invested in an SA-L 4300 MK2 Screen Autoloader to streamline its workflow and provide a more efficient process.
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...