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Royal Mail raises prices amid industrial relations storm
Amid ongoing disruption to delivery schedules Royal Mail has brought forward a swathe of price increases originally slated for next year.
Pro Carton and Cepi Cartonboard consider merging
Members of industry associations Cepi Cartonboard and Pro Carton have expressed their intention to explore the possibility of joining into “one strong association” under the name Pro Carton.
Hunt warns on future energy support for business
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s dramatic reversal of most of the tax cuts announced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng just 24 days ago have made it even more important for printing industry bosses to have...
Priest brings on-demand expertise to elasticStage
Solopress co-founder Aron Priest has joined the advisory board of vinyl-on-demand firm elasticStage and will share his manufacturing expertise with the business.
PSE Offline Marketing goes live with SolPrint
Print management and offline marketing agency PSE Offline Marketing has gone live with the SolPrint MIS after a three-month trial period.
Shock at Royal Mail plans to axe up to 10,000 jobs
Royal Mail is planning to slash up to 10,000 jobs in the face of ballooning losses and the damaging industrial relations dispute, while union the CWU has described the firm’s strategy as...
UPM and Mondi achieve bumper Q3 results
Paper groups UPM and Mondi have both released strong financial results for their respective Q3 periods.
Printers urged to complete energy surveys
Print businesses are being urged to complete a Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) survey that will shape which industries gain ‘vulnerable industry’ status under the new...
ImageData clears bottleneck with Multigraf folder
ImageData has installed a new Multigraf Eurofold 435-SM folder at its Brighton digital small-format site, allowing it to ramp up production.
Power and effectiveness of mail laid bare in new whitepaper
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, launched its inaugural whitepaper at the JICMail Measurement Matters Conference yesterday (12 October), with its findings largely positive news for...
KP Services renews contracts
Digital newspaper printer KP Services has described its Kodak Prosper inkjet presses as “robust workhorses” after winning fresh contracts to print national newspapers in Jersey.
Purcell Branding scores top football contract in first quarter
David Purcell won official print partner status for Wolverhampton Wanderers just months after setting out on his own under the Purcell Branding name.
Epson to construct new inkjet factory
Epson has announced the construction of a new inkjet printhead factory at the group’s Akita Epson Corporation site in Japan.
Leipa pays tribute to visionary and entrepreneurial owner
Leipa Group is mourning the loss of Dr Hubert Schrödinger, the fifth generation owner of the recycled paper and packaging manufacturer.
Whistl teams with Deliveroo for new sampling service
Whistl’s product sampling business Relish has teamed up with Deliveroo to “transform” in-home sampling.