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The forecast spend would mark a 7.8% increase from last year’s spend of £9.7bn
Out-of-home set for increase

UK ad spend to reach £10.5bn during festive season

Advertisers are expected to spend a record £10.5bn during the festive season, according to new data released by the Advertising Association (AA) and WARC, with an uptick expected for out-of-home...

Ongoing advocacy for print and paper

Sappi Europe joins Intergraf

Sappi Europe has become an associate member of Intergraf and will support a number of the association’s projects.

Thomas Delaney (R) is taking over the reins of the business from founder Stephen Ollerton
MBO at trade finisher

Change of ownership at Lancashire Laminators

A company that provides trade finishing services has undergone a change of ownership, with its former production director taking a majority share in the business and becoming managing director, as its...

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Girls Who Print Day 2024 celebrates resilience and innovation

Global advocacy group Girls Who Print today (7 November) will celebrate its 12th annual conference under the #Girlpower theme, celebrating the resilience, innovation and empowerment of women in the...

Sellers’ orders are produced and delivered across local production hubs and distributors in the US
'Major opportunity for creators'

Gelato launches Amazon integration in the US

Local on-demand production platform Gelato has integrated with Amazon US, enabling e-commerce sellers to boost their business.

Record order backlog

Koenig & Bauer looks to strong Q4 to achieve targets

Koenig & Bauer expects to hit the lower end of its profit targets for the year, in the face of a “persistently challenging market environment”, albeit boosted by a big uplift in orders from Drupa.

Fujifilm partially shut down its network to mitigate the attack
Robust performance in some segments

Fujifilm reports sales increase in first half

Fujifilm saw its revenue increase by 9.1% year-on-year in its first half, mainly due to strong sales in its Electronics and Imaging businesses and the favourable impact of exchange rates – although...

L-R: Anthony Donnelly, Jonathan Nagle, Richard Rankin and Gareth Rylands
Deeply rooted in Cumbrian heritage

MBO team takes helm at Reeds

Long-standing Cumbrian commercial and signage printer H&H Reeds has been acquired by an MBO team.

(L-R) Printify's Anastasija Oleinika and Printful's Alex Saltonstall
Latvian founded tech companies combine

Printful and Printify to merge

Printful and Printify, two technology platforms founded in Latvia that enable customers to build e-commerce businesses using production-on-demand, are merging.

Rollout begins with own-brand products

JD Williams owner adopts dissolvable garment bags

Online retail group N Brown has switched to dissolvable packaging for its garment bags in a move that is expected to cut its use of conventional plastics by 44%.

FDM Document Solutions is based in Canning Town, London
Preferred supplier

FDM Document Solutions appointed to G-Cloud 14 government framework

Print and mailing company FDM Document Solutions has been appointed to the G-Cloud 14 (lot 2) UK government framework.

'One of life’s genuinely good men'

Tributes paid to Tom Pindar

Tom Pindar OBE DL, third-generation printer and champion of all things Scarborough, has died aged 96.

Oldfield: "The Impala is revolutionising our large-format production processes"
2.5×2m flatbed

Print On quintuples print speed with SwissQprint install

Print On has installed a SwissQprint Impala to transform its large-format operations, in the process speeding up its print output by five times.

Mondi's protective mailer is made with fluted inserts to guard the contents against impact
Collaboration with Amazon

Mondi unveils plastic-free protective mailer

Sustainable packaging manufacturer Mondi has unveiled a new protective mailer that can take the place of bubble-wrapped parcels.

Whyte: "It's very exciting"
Andrew Whyte takes reins

MBO at LT Print Group ensures smooth transition

Andrew Whyte, managing director of Wirral commercial printer LT Print Group, has overseen a smooth transition at the firm following former owner Bob McWilliams’ post-handover retirement in September...