Disciplines

HSE: Scapa failed to take action to ensure the necessary guarding of the machinery

Firm fined after workplace fatality

A manufacturer of industrial tape products, including social distancing and plate mounting tapes, has been fined more than £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death in a slitter-rewinder.

Lord O'Neill spoke regularly at the annual APPPG reception

Industry mourns passing of key advocate

Industry leaders are mourning Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Print Group (APPPG), who passed away last month after a long illness.

New scheme targets 16-24 year olds currently on Universal Credit

Printers encouraged to embrace Kickstart Scheme

The BPIF has geared up to help printers engage with the government’s new £2bn Kickstart Scheme aimed at boosting youth employment.

Lindsay (left): we were impressed by the vibrancy of colour

PeterLynn broadens its digital labels offering

Label printer PeterLynn has expanded its toner-based digital firepower with a new Screen inkjet press as it ramps up capacity to keep up with a Covid-19 driven spike in demand for digital labels.

Ruben Burton (R, with brother Jamie) founded the business in 2018

Media & More eyeing growth with Bounce Back Loan

Design and print agency Media & More is aiming to expand its services, workforce and turnover after securing a £35,000 Bounce Back Loan from Santander UK.

RMC board: Lee Cundill, Nicole Spencer, Richard Spencer and Alex Wood

RMC undergoes MBO

RMC Digital Print has undergone an MBO as the new owners look to speed up decision-making and make the business more reactive to growth opportunities.

Hello! magazine with new format shown on right

Hello! revamps with print switch

Hello! magazine has switched to web offset printing for the first time as part of a change of print supplier.

Forster (right) with the new machine and Durst UK business development manager, Peter Jones

Colorscan swaps two presses for one

Colorscan Imaging Products is targeting growth outside of its core brewing and hospitality markets, which have been heavily impacted by Covid, with a new Durst single-pass inkjet label press.

Ultima hopes the new fabric will boost confidence in the events industry

Ultima Displays launches self-sanitising stretch textile

Ultima Displays has launched a self-sanitising stretch fabric which it hopes will provide a confidence boost to the events and exhibition industry.

Ash recovered from a serious motorcycle accident earlier this year

Konica Minolta hires head of professional print

Konica Minolta has appointed a new head of its UK Professional Print and Industrial Print Division as it looks to transform and grow the business.