St Ives shares outperformed the market and jumped by nearly 9% at the start of the month after the group revealed improved year-end results… IOS and Lateral Group began a strategic review of their operations following IOS’s acquisition of Lateral in the summer…

Unite announced that Wyndeham would be taken to an industrial tribunal over payments to staff at Wyndeham Impact… Wallace Print Group acquired the POS business of GWD…

Complete Product Company won an online, printing and fulfilment solution contract with UK Athletics… Plastic Card Services won a contract with Holland & Barrett…

DS Smith completed the sale of Higher Kings Mill to Asia File Corporation… Wyndeham entered into a 90-day consultation with 280 staff at its Roche facility…

Pindar’s Preston plant secured more than £2m through a private auction and online sale of equipment… 40 jobs were lost at John McCormick & Co when the company went into receivership…

Anton Group placed an order for a Kodak Prosper S5 Imprinting System and two NexPress SX3900s as a part of a plan to migrate a larger percentage of its production from litho… Creditors of Reflections Print Lamination voted in favour of accepting a creditor voluntary arrangement…

Communisis entered into consultation with around 90 staff at Orchestra Bristol amid plans to transfer its BBC TV contract to its Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds sites… CFH Total Document Management acquired the business and assets of FST Technologies out of administration… The Office of Fair Trading stalled Kent Messenger Group’s plan to buy seven Kent titles from Northcliffe Media Group…

GED Capital purchased Polestar’s former Hungarian print subsidiary Revai Printing House… Shawbrook Bank was launched pledging to loan £250m to SMEs…

The Midas Press falls into administration with 72 staff made redundant… Polestar’s hived-off pension fund enters the Pension Protection Fund… Buxton Press is crowned Company of the Year at PrintWeek Awards…