Thanet Press, the Margate-based commercial printer, ceased trading with all 85 staff made redundant…

FMG, the north London-based pre-media business, sold a controlling stake in its business to a group of private equity investors led by India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) for $20m (£12.5m)…

Real Digital International (RDI) recorded its first pre-tax profit since it was founded in a £20m joint venture by former Olwen Direct Mail partners Andy Ruddle and Peter Rivett in 2005… DW Jones was sold out of administration to a company formed by previous directors…

Walstead Investments bought the loss-making St Ives magazine arm, consisting of three production sites, for £20m, creating a wave of consolidation and capacity reduction across the sector… Canon unveiled the imagePress C7010 VPS series, the first fruits of its partnership with Océ since acquiring the Dutch manufacturer in 2010…

CPI bought the UK’s first HP T350 in the second phase of its £22m pan-European spend… Printers slammed Unite for recommending its members push for 5.1% pay increases… HH Associates won a €15m (£12.9m) three-year pan-European print management contract with the global consumer brand manufacturer Sara Lee…

Communisis sealed a £30m three-year print management contract to supply Everything Everywhere, the merged company of mobile providers T-Mobile and Orange…