Print industry news roundup: Stationers' Company, Your Print Partner, HP, Intoprint UK, Printing.com, Pitney Bowes, Shawbrook Bank

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: IFS' Tony Hards becomes Liveryman of Stationers' Company; Your Print Partner to double headcount in first year; HP takes $8bn goodwill charge; Seneca Investments backs third Yorkshire printer; Printing.com gears up for W3P roll-out as Scheffer departs; Pitney Bowes targets small firms with DM220 franking range; Shawbrook Bank profitable less than a year after launching

 

IFS' Tony Hards becomes Liveryman of Stationers' Company
Intelligent Finishing Systems' managing director Tony Hards has been cloathed as a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.

Your Print Partner to double headcount in first year
Start-up outdoor printer Your Print Partner is recruiting an extra four staff after installing a Mimaki Tx400-1800B direct-to-textile press.

HP takes $8bn goodwill charge
HP is to take an $8bn (£5.1bn) goodwill charge this quarter after writing down the value of a division that sells computer services to businesses.

Seneca Investments backs third Yorkshire printer

Intoprint UK is the latest North East printer to attract funding from a turnaround fund that invests in SMEs to boost their profit and capacity

Printing.com gears up for W3P roll-out as Scheffer departs

Printing.com has announced the departure of board member and head of its Dutch-subsidiary Media Facility Group (MFG), Hans Scheffer, as it gears up for the roll-out of its "third generation" web-to-print system

Pitney Bowes targets small firms with DM220 franking range

Pitney Bowes has launched its DM220 range of franking machines for small business users and e-shopping firms

Shawbrook Bank profitable less than a year after launching

The new bank, officially launched in October 2011 to provide funding to SMEs, has hit break-even point, it has announced