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Navigator eyes Spain and France growth with latest acquisition
The Navigator Company has acquired Gomà-Camps Group’s Consumer Tissue business, including the acquisition of Spanish company Gomà-Camps Consumer and French firm Gomà Camps France (GC Consumer).
Half of apprenticeship levy funds go to waste
As National Apprenticeship Week 2023 kicks off, new figures have revealed that employers have spent just half (56%) of their apprenticeship levy over the past five years.
Bex Design & Print supports growth with new management team
A screen and digital printer that was acquired last year has appointed a new management team to support its growth.
Heritage skills buoyed by whisky firm
Shepherds Bookbinders has received funding to help preserve specialist hand binding skills thanks to a substantial award from The Macallan’s Artisan Apprenticeship Fund.
Stag Print buys secondhand Komori to support growth
Stag Print has doubled its production capacity after taking on a secondhand Komori LS29 B2 sheetfed litho press.
Larger than life finishing firm founder remembered
UK Book Binders chairman Alistair George is set to pass the firm he founded on his final journey after he passed away following a long illness.
Potential buyers run rule over CVG
A number of interested parties have visited Crown Van Gelder sparking hopes that the mill could be rescued and restart production in the near future.
VMC announces line-up for April return
The BPIF’s Visual Media Conference (VMC) event will return to Leeds’ Rose Bowl on 4 April 2023, for the first time in three years.
The Printing Charity opens Rising Star Awards 2023
The Printing Charity’s Rising Star Awards, a programme that champions young people working in print, packaging, paper, publishing, and graphics, are now open for applications for 2023.
Dayfold get creative with Duplo install
Creative print specialist Dayfold has installed a Duplo PFi Blade B2 digital cutting table, helping the company break into short-run and experimental work.
UK advertising spend holds up under pressure in 2022
Steady growth in the amount spent on advertising in the UK throughout 2022 has allowed the industry to keep pace with inflation, according to research, with certain print sectors seeing a big boom.
Zeus makes first 2023 acquisition
Acquisitive Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging has acquired Polpack, which distributes packaging materials and packaging machinery in Poland.
Next Royal Mail strike date will be this month
Postal workers have announced a 24-hour strike later this month, with the CWU accusing Royal Mail management of taking actions that “must be viewed as a real step towards the derecognition of the...
IGS racks up thermal CTP sales
International Graphics Supplies (IGS) has reported “a significant increase” in refurbished thermal CTP sales in the UK.
Go Inspire partners with Bloomreach on personalisation
Go Inspire has enlisted Bloomreach as its data and analytics partner to drive personalisation in campaigns.