Simply Cartons was acquired by Autajon, giving the France-headquartered global packaging group its first foothold in the UK... Jemima Neal, the 14-year-old daughter of Sam Neal, CEO of Geoff Neal Group, launched her apparel business, Mima Rose... Swiss mailing, inserting and packing manufacturer Kern Group confirmed it was winding up its UK wing... BCQ Group filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators while it sought a buyer... PFI Group subsidiary Mardan Products ceased trading as the acquisitive group attempted to restructures into three divisions... More than 90 unionised workers at Cepac’s site in Darlington started four weeks of strike action over pay and conditions. Later in the month Cepac said the strike action had forced it to begin a redundancy consultation, with the potential loss of up to 61 jobs... Daily Mail owner DMGT confirmed its interest in becoming the future owner of the Telegraph titles... Designs Signage Solutions put £100,000 in R&D tax relief to work in developing 3D scanning and augmented reality software for its livery services... FCS Laser Mail was acquired by its senior management team in an MBO deal... Walstead said it was planning to reduce the size of its Walstead York operation and began a 30-day consultation with workers at the site... Agfa lodged a patent infringement case against luxury fashion house Gucci, related to inkjet printing onto leather... Paul Christopher Barker, the director of PB Signs Ltd, based in Wetherby, was banned from directorships for five years for misuse of taxpayer-backed Covid loan support. PB Signs went into liquidation in September 2021, leaving a total deficiency of £162,828 and with both loans unpaid... Domino Printing Sciences bolstered its digital printing inks capacity with a £6.6m upgrade to its Liverpool plant... Launceston-based KCS Print laid claim to becoming the first British label printer to be B Corp certified... Former print boss Grant Schapps was appointed to his fifth cabinet position within the space of a year, taking on the role of Defence Secretary. Shapps is the majority shareholder in London design and printing business Printhouse Corporation...