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Tributes paid to Martin Olive
Industry associates have paid tribute to former Openshaw managing director and Picon stalwart Martin Olive, who has died aged 76.

Clark joins YM
YM Group has boosted its commercial sales team with the appointment of highly-experienced industry sales pro Adrian Clark.

Former CPI exec joins Severn
Severn has boosted its senior management line-up with a new board appointment.

JRS: relief, resentment, reinstatement, resignations, revamps, and… redundancy
Jo Francis thinks the government’s furlough scheme is fantastic, but it will also have far-reaching consequences.

Bar-Shany urges customers to continue collaborating, Landa pays tribute
Outgoing HP Indigo general manager Alon Bar-Shany has urged printers to continue collaborating, while his former boss and Indigo founder Benny Landa has paid fulsome tribute to Bar-Shany’s leadership...

BAPC merges with IPIA
Two industry trade associations have merged as part of a “shared mission to raise the tide for print in the long-term”.

Quarantine exemptions provide some relief
Specialist technicians such as service engineers, and postal workers involved in the transport of mail, will be exempt from the government’s new quarantine measures – much to the industry’s relief.

Sunak lays out JRS changes
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has laid out the details about how employers will be required to pick up part of the cost of the coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in the coming months, along with new...

Flexo pioneer Dr Reinhard Ulbrich dies at 89
Dr Reinhard Ulbrich, who was instrumental in the success of DuPont’s Cyrel flexo plates in the European market, has died at the age of 89.

Kern appoints new UK head of sales
Mailing and packaging equipment specialist Kern has welcomed David Cox as its UK head of sales, a newly-created position intended to capitalise on recent product additions.