JANUARY

Communisis went into administration at the very tale-end of 2023. Parts of the business were immediately sold to a new owner, but more than half its workforce was laid off... Leo Bernard Stanley, a director of Ink Edibles Ltd based in Denton, Manchester, was barred for a decade for claiming a taxpayer-backed Bounce Back Loan on false pretences... Claverley Group merged subsidiaries Signature Publishing and Kennedy Publishing... Venn Holdings collapsed after print wing JDP was shuttered and liquidators appointed. Creditors of subsidiaries JDP and Culverlands Press were owed nearly £9m... Remous Group bought Wells Printing out of administration... CJK Packaging expanded its offering with the acquisition of WF Denny... Attacks on Suez-bound shipping by Houthi forces put European printers at risk of dramatic price rises in consumables and machinery, with the IPIA warning that an extended crisis could see manufacturers passing costs on to printers... Tony Hards, former boss of Intelligent Finishing Systems and Graphic Arts Equipment, passed away... Full Vision opened a wide-format facility in south-east Spain, to gain a foothold on the continent... Unite the union secured a likely £1m-plus payout for former workers at Arjowiggins’ Stoneywood Mill following its collapse into administration... PMG Print Management acquired John Petty Services, known as JPS... Principal Mailing Solutions ceased trading... Rival inkjet manufacturers Agfa and EFI revealed a plan to expand their portfolios by adding OEM machines... Northside Graphics was bought by Bestport Private Equity...