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Spring Forward with Tecnau 2022 will start next month

Tecnau to hold virtual events

Pre-registration is now open for Tecnau’s live virtual events that are being held throughout May and June 2022.

The vibrant quayside area in Cambridge

Hamillroad moves to new premises for people appeal

Hamillroad has moved to swishy new offices in the centre of Cambridge.

Laide and Tunde Sodipo opened the Northampton franchise last week

Fastsigns launches Northampton franchise

Signage and display company Fastsigns opened its 25th UK franchise last month.

Reynolds with the PFi Blade B2+

Solent Design Studio diversifies with Duplo installs

Investment in Duplo’s PFi Blade B2+ digital cutting table and DC-618 slitter/cutter/creaser has helped Solent Design Studio break into new markets.

Soaring gas prices have seen firms' electricity bills jump by three to four times

Industry reacts to energy crisis

Soaring energy prices have seen yet another increase in overhead costs for printers, but for those whose contracts are coming to an end, the leap in prices has been enormous.

Customers are questioning how their relationship with UPM can ever be repaired

UPM strike: despair as union rejects proposals

Printers and print buyers are in despair after the Finnish Paperworkers' Union rejected the four UPM strike settlement proposals on the table –  apparently due to the impasse at Communication Papers...

Weekend: new issue will be printed in a larger font size

Daily Mail revamps Weekend

DMG Media will ‘relaunch’ the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine this Saturday.

Communication Papers: biggest unit lost money last year

Shop stewards demand action at UPM Communication Papers

Chief shop stewards at UPM businesses have written an open letter to the firm’s CEO demanding that negotiations to resolve long-running strike action should be resumed immediately at its Communication...

The Mailmaster Compact encloses up to 5,000 envelopes per hour

EveryPage brings envelope insertion in-house with KAS spend

Digital printer EveryPage has invested in a Mailmaster Compact envelope inserter from KAS Paper Systems to bring the process in-house.

Filthy 48pp Lithoman III: could it scrub up nicely?

YM web and bindery kit up for sale

Printing and post-press kit from YM’s Pindar and York Mailing sites is being offered for sale by private treaty.

The London edition has an average print run of 310,000 magazines fortnightly. Image: Time Out Group

Time Out to stop printing London edition

Media and hospitality business Time Out is set to cease printing the London edition of its free magazine at the end of June.

The pandemic has had a massive impact on designers’ tastes

‘Phygital’ future for colour, say designers

The pandemic has powered a trend for colours and designs that transcend the borders between media, as UK designers gear up for a future where technology is integrated even closer into our daily lives,...

Dean Packaging's services include bespoke corrugated boxes

Paragon adds to packaging wing

Paragon Group has expanded its nascent packaging business with the acquisition of Dean Packaging.

York Mailing: could Elvington site be resurrected?

Deadline looms for YM web sales

It’s a crucial week for future web offset capacity in the UK as the deadline looms for bids on YM Group’s former web offset sites and assets.

Gaucho in Birmingham is the venue for the IPIA Spring Networking lunch

IPIA networking lunch set for May

The IPIA will continue to pursue its goal of stimulating the UK print economy through running a series of networking events and special initiatives across 2022.