A staff member at Arkle told printweek.com that around 50 staff were being made redundant.

"We were told on 4 February that our jobs were to finish," she said. She added that staff were told "Arkle is no more".

Arkle Print managing director Tony Lawson and sales and marketing director Chris Hodgson join Printhaus as commercial and sales director respectively.

When contacted on the matter, both Lawson and Hodgson declined to talk to printweek.com.