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Drama at Lettershop as landlord takes charge
Events at troubled YM Group took a dramatic turn over the bank holiday weekend when the landlord repossessed Lettershop’s Leeds site.
Revill sets up new venture
Former YM Group sales director Norman Revill has struck out on his own with a new print consultancy.
Fourth member of £12m counterfeit currency group jailed
A fourth member of an organised crime group has been jailed for conspiring to supply more than £12m of counterfeit banknotes.
Despairing duopoly dominates April’s headlines
You could be forgiven for having a strong sense of Déjà vu when checking out April’s listicle of our most-read stories, although Paragon thankfully managed to shoulder its way into our top 10 to break...
Packaging Innovations unveils new features
Packaging Innovations and Empack 2022 will introduce two new interactive features at the event next month.
Konica Minolta flags impairment losses on past buys
Konica Minolta has downgraded its profit forecast for the year – and now expects to make an operating loss – and is also likely to breach one of its banking covenants.
Lecta reports on 2021
Lecta has reported big increases in revenue and EBITDA but a pre-tax loss from continuing operations in 2021.
Big hybrid mail tender among new trio up for grabs
A hybrid mail tender worth close to £1m is currently open via the government’s Find a Tender service, with a couple of other large print related tenders also live.
Flint brings in monthly surcharge
Flint Group’s Commercial Publication Web (CPW) division has announced that it is introducing a monthly surcharge for web offset printers worldwide due to “hyperinflation” of ink costs.
Icahn increases Xerox holding
Activist investor Carl Icahn has upped his stake in Xerox after its share price fell sharply last week.
Arc invests in new Dartford site
Arc-UK Technologies has moved manufacturing from London to a modern new facility in Dartford where it plans to expand and push forward its ambitions to be carbon neutral.
Postal workers could ballot for strike action
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said over 115,000 postal workers may ballot for strike action if Royal Mail management do not negotiate a “no strings” pay rise by next week.
DS Smith reports continued second-half momentum
DS Smith is trading in line with management expectations during its second-half period.
Record results for Stora Enso
Stora Enso has reported its highest quarterly EBIT in some 20 years and an all-time-high margin in its Q1 results.
ProPrint Group strengthens offering with new Digicon
ProPrint Group has taken on a bespoke Digicon Series 3 automated finishing line from AB Graphic International to enable it to provide an additional range of label finishing options.