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Updated: Printers to feel impact of overtime holiday pay ruling
Print companies could be affected after workers won a case earlier today (4 November) at the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), which means that some UK employers could now need to factor overtime pay...

Heidelberg hires new digital specialist to support press launches
Heidelberg UK has hired digital sales specialist Darren Godfrey to help with the impending launch of new high-volume digital cutsheet production printers, the Linoprint CV and Linoprint CP.

Label Apeel appoints new managing director
Label Apeel has promoted Amy Chambers to managing director, with owner Stuart Kellock taking a more strategic role.

Callprint strengthens Jupiter Commercial Team with new hires
Reprographics and large-format print specialist Callprint has recruited a new retail and commercial team from event branding specialists Icon, who will join its Jupiter Visual Communications team and...

Killer app: Park and PaperShapers aid ‘origamic’ artwork
Who would have thought that paper and print would find their place amongst kinetic, electronic and new media art? Artist Elod Beregszaszi for one. He created a limited-edition installation/pop-up...

Overmatter: You’re fired!
Overmatter loves The Apprentice, and is especially delighted when a task for the various hapless/egotistical contestants involves print in some form – the measurement mix-up involving a printed flag...

Q&A: Nick Hand, director, The Letterpress Collective
Nick trained as a typographer and says he has loved type, ink and paper ever since. He recently completed an epic cycle ride from Bristol to Mainz in Germany on ‘the printing bike’, carrying an Adana...

KBA bolsters sales team with new hire
KBA (UK) has appointed Mark Francis as area sales manager for Wales, the Midlands and the North West regions.

Former Cumbrian News Group technical director Peter Graham Simpson dies
Peter Graham Simpson, the former technical director of Cumbrian News Group, has passed away aged 68.

VCG Group chief executive leaves company
VCG Group chief executive Mick Tooley has left the design and retail packaging specialist after 25 years of service.