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As part of ‘Operation Fortress’ the Met replaced old-style warrant cards with a new, more secure version

Specialist print supplier at centre of Met data breach

A specialist print supplier to the Metropolitan Police is at the centre of a massive data breach apparently involving a cyber attack.

Mann: "I am honoured to be part of this dynamic team"

Go Inspire expands senior team again 

Go Inspire Group has revealed another extension to its growing team of directors, with the appointment of its first digital technology director.

Nettl Systems is Grafenia's printing industry software wing

Grafenia plans £28m fundraising

Grafenia has dramatically upped its plans to expand via more M&A with a new fundraising that could raise nearly £28m.

Director breached the terms of the CBILS loan scheme

Signage boss barred over Covid loans

The director of a signage business has been banned for misuse of taxpayer-backed Covid loan support.

A4 Laser Labels and Interket team seal the deal

A4 Laser Labels expands with harmonious acquisition

A4 Laser Labels has expanded its offering and expects to double sales after acquiring the specialist office labels business from neighbouring firm Interket.

Cepac produces corrugated packaging and serves a raft of major clients. Image: Cepac

Cepac initiates redundancy consultation at Darlington as strike impacts

Cepac said ongoing strike action at its Darlington site has forced the business to begin a redundancy consultation, with the potential loss of up to 61 jobs as it accelerates its restructuring plan...

Mail continues to be an effective store footfall driver

Mail effectiveness reaches highest point in a year

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q2 2023, which revealed that despite another challenging quarter for UK advertisers, the effectiveness of the mail channel...

A Gucci leather bag with multi-colour floral print. Image: Gucci

Agfa files patent case against Gucci

Agfa has lodged a patent infringement case against luxury fashion house Gucci, related to inkjet printing onto leather.

Pacapime is based in Halle, Belgium

Saica acquires minority share in Belgian business

Saica Group has reached an agreement to acquire a minority share of Belgian corrugated cardboard company Pacapime.

Andrew Hewitson, CEO: Reproflex3 is looking to grow

Reproflex3 buys Durham platemaker

Reproflex3, the Northumberland pre-press, flexographic platemaker and FMCG packaging printer has acquired ANF, a flexo printing plate manufacturer in County Durham.

Investigators from Royal Mail found discrepancies that exposed the fraud

Firms admit £70m postal fraud

The trial involving a £70m fraud against Royal Mail has come to an abrupt end after a dramatic change of plea.

Juéry: SpeedSet 1060 will be the fastest printer in its category

Agfa grows inkjet sales in Q2

Sales at Agfa’s Digital Print & Chemicals wing were up nearly 6% in Q2, with the business gearing up for commercial availability of its SpeedSet B1 inkjet press next year.

The Paper division is at the centre of James Cropper’s transformation strategy

James Cropper reports revenue boost but profits fall

Cumbrian paper maker James Cropper has reported a strong recovery in sales in its full-year results, including revenue growth for its Paper division, although its pre-tax profit was down.

Conference will celebrate innovation, inspiration, imagination and invention

St Bride Foundation conference returns

St Bride Foundation has reprised its annual conference, with the event set to take place in November in person while also being live-streamed to a worldwide audience for the first time.

Atkinson: "Everything that has contributed to our first-half performance has been about implementing self-help programmes"

Macfarlane pleased with ‘resilient’ first-half

Macfarlane Group has reported on a strong start to the year, with increases in both its sales and pre-tax profit reported in its half-year results.