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MarketDirect StoreFront is a purpose-built web-to-print platform

ePS partners with Picsart for MarketDirect StoreFront

MIS and workflow specialist eProductivity Software (ePS) has embedded the Picsart Create Editor into its MarketDirect StoreFront Print e-commerce platform.

Grafenia has raised total gross proceeds of approximately £23.4m

Grafenia sees success with fundraising

A new fundraising announced by Grafenia last month has raised over £23m for the Aim-listed PLC.

The UK's advertising spend in H1 2023 was dominated by food and leisure companies. Source: Nielsen's AdIntel

Stiff competition in outdoor advertising recovery

While out-of-home (OOH) print advertising continues to be squeezed by digital advertising’s more rapid growth and fierce sector competition, it continues to grow as the sector returns to pre-pandemic...

Syktyvkar employs around 4,500 people

Mondi agrees new deal to sell Russian Syktyvkar site

Three months after Mondi withdrew from the agreement to sell its biggest operation in Russia, Syktyvkar, to Augment Investments, the business has now agreed a new sale with a different investor.

Two of the tenders close next week

Varied tender trio currently live

Three new tenders of interest to election printing specialists, magazine printers and paper suppliers, are now live.

Ray: "I am thrilled to have received this award"

PCS director Louise Ray wins business award

Louise Ray of Precision Card Services (PCS) has been named Marketing and Communications Director of the Year by Acquisition International magazine in its eighth annual Influential Businesswoman...

The event will feature a raft of new exhibitors

The Print Show all set for next week’s return

The 2023 edition of The Print Show will open its doors at the NEC in Birmingham on Tuesday (19 September).

Vivian (L): "We are poised to expand our market presence"

ImageData Group ups capabilities with new Xerox Iridesse

ImageData Group has enhanced its print capabilities after investing in a Xerox Iridesse for its Brighton small-format printing operation.

Freemans iconic 1,000pp catalogue's last print run was delivered to two million readers

Freemans drops printed catalogue after 118 years

After 118 years and over a billion copies printed, online retailer Freemans has stopped presses on its store catalogue.

EPR reporting under the 2023 legislation will not be enforced until May 2024

Keep track of changing EPR deadlines, printers warned

Deadlines for English packaging converters to submit Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) reports have been changed further, with the government now saying it will not enforce reporting until May...

The new office space will accommodate around 70 employees initially

Agilico opens new energy-efficient office

Agilico has opened a new purpose-built office facility in Team Valley, Gateshead.

Administrators at Wessex Labels expect to put the company into liquidation around the start of 2024. Image: Google Maps

Wessex Labels set for liquidation

Food packaging specialist Wessex Labels, which formerly employed around 20 staff, hit trouble during Covid and was placed into administration by its directors in July this year.

Geldermann: "Drupa occupies an outstanding position by global standards"

Drupa hall plan live and biggest exhibitors revealed

The hall plan for Drupa 2024 has been released on the show’s website, and has confirmed the locations and size of the stands taken by the industry’s biggest manufacturers and suppliers.

FDM will produce everything for the contract in-house

FDM wins Doncaster council election contract

FDM has secured the two-year contract to deliver election and electoral documentation for the City of Doncaster Council.

Print Plus UK's new lighting will save it £10,000 each year

Print Plus UK replaces lighting and looks to solar

Print Plus UK has installed LED lighting across its warehouse as part of an overall energy-saving drive.