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Royal Mail: talks end with no deal
Talks between Royal Mail management and the CWU have concluded without an agreement being reached – and predictably there’s also a disagreement about the lack of an agreement.
Michael Grade named new Printing Charity president
The Printing Charity has named Michael Grade, Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE and chair of Ofcom, as its president for 2023.
NHS goes live with huge tender
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has opened a £123m-plus tender for the provision of the framework agreement for the NHSBSA and wider health family, which encompasses various requirements...
KNP Litho joins Two Sides
Bury St Edmunds litho and digital printer KNP has become a member of print and paper advocacy group Two Sides.
All the world’s a page, and Blissetts merely the binder
Blissetts has showed off its antique book repair service with a repair to an 1852 edition of Shakespeare, made to exactly match the original.
Agfa's Offset Solutions division officially under new ownership
Agfa’s long-planned sale of its Offset Solutions business unit has finally been completed.
MediaCo installs UK’s first SwissQprint Kudu
MediaCo Group has taken delivery of the UK’s first SwissQprint Kudu to enhance its productivity and quality.
Vivid scoops biggest-ever order
Vivid has scooped a record-breaking order from Royal Mail for its VeloBlade Nexus wide-format digital die-cutter.
Paper ops sales complete
UPM has completed the sale of all of its Russian operations while Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its Hylte paper site.
Hickling & Squires brings wide-format in-house
Nottingham commercial printer Hickling & Squires has bought wide-format printing in-house after investing a total of £170,000 in new kit.
Royal Mail woes dominate March headlines
Warnings of further strikes, changes in parent group shareholdings, stamp price rises, a referral to Ofcom, and even questions hanging over the future of the business meant that Royal Mail dominated...
Mediahuis CEO: daily papers set to disappear
The CEO of newspaper group Mediahuis has predicted that daily printed newspapers are set to disappear “all over Europe” within the next decade.
Fastsigns Birmingham aims high with new ownership
A family of West Midlands-based entrepreneurs has taken over the Birmingham franchise of wide-format chain Fastsigns, aiming to quadruple the business’ size in five years.
David Holland RIP
David Holland, who held a wide range of executive roles during a pivotal period for the printing industry, has died aged 75.
Futureprint widens horizons with bookletmaker install
Family-run commercial printer Futureprint has expanded its offering after buying a Horizon SPF-200L landscape bookletmaker.