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Martin Olive: remembered by industry colleagues as "a very intelligent and honourable man"

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: YM's range of presses ideal for producing commercial work that is his forte

Clark joins YM

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

Allington: praised for his fantastic skill set

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: fulsome praise from former boss Benny Landa

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...

IPIA and BAPC: building a stronger organisation that supports the business of print

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”.

Home secretary Priti Patel announcing the new measures in Parliament

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.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak: no more changes or extension to the JRS

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...

The late Dr Reinhard Ulbrich: “universally admired and respected”

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.