Companies & suppliers
Finat warns label printers over new EU food regs
Self-adhesive label industry association Finat has warned label printers that they could be struck off supplier rosters if they fail to comply with the latest EU food safety regulations.
Heidelberg UK's Mark Hogan promoted to global sales role
Heidelberg UK marketing director Mark Hogan has been promoted to head up worldwide sales of finishing equipment for the manufacturer in a newly-created role.
Royal Mail shares leap 36% as CWU blasts 'greedy' private investors
Royal Mail shares began conditional trading this morning at 450p, up more than 36% on their 330p offer price.
Clearer contracts will oil the wheels for trade suppliers
Print outsourcing is a bit like Strictly Come Dancing - no one will admit to being partial to it, and yet levels of outsourcing, like ratings for Bruce and Tess, are tellingly high.
Clays feeling v red faced and like a right Rodney over Bridget Jones mix-up
A production error at St Ives Clays resulted in yesterday's most-read story on the BBC website.
Jamie Cullum indulges his passion for typography with The Eighty-Eight
Popular jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has launched his own "occasional" magazine, <i>The Eighty-Eight</i>, with the help of Shropshire-based printer Precision Colour Printing (PCP).
Haymarket contract renewal seals 50-year partnership with Wyndeham
Wyndeham Group has renewed a printing contract with its longest standing client, Haymarket Media Group, until December 2017, taking the relationship between printer and publisher to 50 years.
Unusual moves as major groups trade sales directors
Two of the UK's biggest printers have their sales director on gardening leave due to an unusual incidence of simultaneous recruitment activity.
HP beefs up Barcelona demo centre with new Esko kit
HP has strengthened firepower at its demo centre in Barcelona by taking on a Kongsberg XP Auto digital cutting table from Esko.
Digitalblanks' debut for Roland VersaUV kit
Digitalblanks.com has bought one of the first Roland VersaUV LEF-20 desktop flatbed machines in the UK, which can print an iPhone5 case in 15 seconds.