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Print management group Paperhat has bought a majority stake in education sector marketing firm Grebot Donnelly Associates and is planning to make three more acquisitions by May.

Delegates at the 2014 BAPC conference, held on 18 January, heard presentations on taking advantage of social media and looking for opportunity through diversification.

Pre-registration figures for Packaging Innovations 2014 are on track for another year of growth, show organisers have said.

Government minister Dan Rogerson has praised Cornwall-based KCS Print on its commitment to training, during a visit to its Redruth factory this week.

Creditors of The Website Leeds and Glynn Print Finishers were owed £2.1m and more than £800,000 respectively at the time parent firm Glynn Print Group was placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation.

The Finishing Alliance, made up of manufacturers Duplo, Friedheim and Renz, is to host a pre-Ipex, three-day open house next month at which visitors will be able to finish ‘live’ jobs.

Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Card Technology (TCT) has secured growth funding from private equity investor Business Growth Fund (BGF).