Precision Colour Printing named its new managing director, with commercial director Nick Evans stepping up into the role... It was revealed that Futurama would have needed a cash injection of £3m to keep going, and its collapse into administration resulted in a total estimated shortfall of more than £6m... Independent corrugated packaging supplier The Logson Group acquired a majority shareholding in packaging and POS printer Durham Box... CWU members at Royal Mail voted by a big majority to accept the new agreement thrashed out between the postal operator and the union... Unilever teamed up with Tesco to trial a new paper pot for its hugely popular Pot Noodle brand... Blackwell Print, Advantage Media and Paperwave, which all sit under the Bendart umbrella of brands, were under new ownership after an MBO at parent Paperwave Group... Ipswich litho and digital printer Fuller Davies was bought out of administration by KNP Litho... Sofidel UK, a specialist papermaker based in Neath, was handed a £1m fine after an employee suffered serious injuries when attempting to free a jammed paper reel... Chapel Press acquired the historic Deanprint name, some of its equipment, and intellectual property and stock... NME returned to print, over five years after the publication was axed. The title relaunched as a bi-monthly global magazine... Acquisitive Woodberry Packaging made its second UK buy this year with the purchase of award-winning Precision Card Services. Woodberry Packaging bought Incodia in February, its first deal outside of Ireland... T Print Ltd, a garment printing specialist was fined £40,000 after a delivery driver was badly injured by a forklift truck at its premises in March 2022... The Beano celebrated its 85th anniversary with a special wraparound cover design and bumper print run. The children’s’ comic was first published on 30 July 1938.
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