December 2010

Fire crews worked through the night as a blaze hit Pensord’s Pontllanfraith warehouse… John Watson & Company hit out at Royal Bank of Scotland for not releasing funds to its customers to fuel investments… Print manager APS Group took a majority stake in Dutch marketing, design and print management company Relate4U… Mailcom (UK) went into administration, with Leicester-based Opus Trust Marketing (OTM) purchasing part of the Milton Keynes-based company’s business… The BPIF named Kathy Woodward as Michael Johnson’s successor as chief executive… Bezier secured four new clients worth £6m and proposed the closure of its Thurrock manufacturing facility, with 125 jobs being cut… Amcor Flexibles Europe closed its Livingston plant decimated by fire in September… Reeds Printers was bought by H&H Group… Evolve invested £1m in capital equipment in a bid to win packaging printing contracts from China… Strike action at Oxford University Press was averted after the company agreed a pay deal with its employees… Buxton Press announced plans to spend £11m on an extensive presshall upgrade…