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YM Group's accounts should be filed tomorrow

Creditors owed millions by failed YM firms

YM Group owed Pricoa £51m when its three web offset businesses collapsed into administration in March, and while YM’s directors are yet to provide a statement of affairs the initial estimates from...

The deal was completed on 27 May

Soyang Europe acquires Josero

Digitally printable media manufacturer Soyang Europe has expanded its offering after acquiring wide-format equipment dealer Josero.

The Shotton site is set to be transformed

Huge investment planned for Shotton

Shotton Paper Mill’s new owners are investing £600m to transform the site into “one of the world’s most technologically advanced paper mills”.

(L-R) Simon McKenzie with CMYUK group commercial director Robin East and Hollywood Monster director Andrew McKenzie

Hollywood Monster supports demand with EFI install

Hollywood Monster has installed an EFI Vutek Q5r from CMYUK to help it cope with increasing demand and a buoyant order book.

Unite: Sun Chemical members are right to strike over "insulting" 3% offer

Unite members to strike at SunChem plants

Unite the Union is poised to begin industrial action across Sun Chemical’s UK ink plants in a row over pay that the union said could affect major packaging and newspaper groups.

Dropbox promotion: it has more than 700m users worldwide

Dropbox slammed for 'misleading claims' about paper

Dropbox has caused industry outrage after it sent out a greenwashing promo email encouraging people to use its services and stating, misleadingly, that “Less paper = more trees”.

Not going up in flames: the unique book

Unburnable book set to be auctioned

Penguin Random House has created a one-off ‘unburnable’ edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale that will be auctioned for charity.

Many of the show's seminars were packed out

Returning packaging show highlights innovation in sustainability

Packaging Innovations returned to Birmingham’s NEC earlier this week – more than two years after its last outing snuck in a month before the first Covid lockdown hit in early 2020 – and was warmly...

The York Mailing site at Elvington

Walstead to reopen York Mailing

Walstead Group will restart the York Mailing site next month as it tests the waters over customer demand in the commercial web market.

Montgomery: we are accelerating our transformation into a premium content and sales business across all platforms

National World looking for more buys

Publisher National World has said it is “pursuing acquisition opportunities to build scale and enhance shareholder value” while stronger yields have mitigated challenging market conditions.

Pindar House is a substantial facility on the Eastfield Industrial Estate

Pindar factory up for sale

The former Pindar Scarborough press hall has been put up for sale by its owners.

(L-R) James Brennan from ABG with Springfield's Matt Dass and Actega's Jeff Shea

Springfield Solutions in Actega UK first

Springfield Solutions has been revealed as the first digital printing beta testing partner for Actega’s EcoLeaf technology.

Karl Jackson (left), production director and Andy Watts, sales director at Kingfisher

Kingfisher Labels doubles down on Edale FL1 Prime

Kingfisher Labels has bought a second Edale FL1 Prime label printer after buying one last autumn.

De La Rue: polymer volumes are up 40%

De La Rue warns on outlook

De La Rue has just scraped in at the lower end of its downgraded profit forecast, and has flagged that supply chain inflation will crimp its performance in the coming year.

The house is up for sale at £1.35m. Image: Bond Oxborough Philips

Historic house for sale after printer-publisher acquisition

An Edwardian seaside house and printworks will be stripped of its antique machinery and sold after printer-publisher AH Stockwell was bought by Andrews UK (AUK).