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First 'digital' Census will still involve a lot of print

Census to go ahead as planned, bar Scotland

The 2021 Census in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will still go ahead as planned, with collateral set to start arriving at households next month – although Scotland has opted to push back the...

(L-R) Young and Kyprianou have started at Go Inspire this month

Go Inspire makes more new senior hires

Go Inspire Group has continued to strengthen its Customer Communications offering with the addition of two more strategic hires in newly created roles.

Will there be a post-Brexit boon for UK trade printers?

Trade printers benefit from Brexit delays

UK trade printers could benefit from an influx of work that would previously have been printed on the continent, as customers look to produce jobs locally to avoid potential delivery delays.

Tall Security Print: ballot papers during production

Tall Group delivers for Ugandan ballot

Tall Security Print is celebrating after playing a key role in the recent Ugandan elections.

Agfa: group profitability affected by ongoing issues in the offset printing industry

Agfa plans further restructure at offset wing

Agfa intends to further restructure its printing business with plans to make its Offset Solutions wing a separate legal entity and streamline its product range.

(L-R) Co-conspirators John Evans, Phillip Brown and Nick Winter. Image: Kent Police

Trio jailed after UK’s largest counterfeit cash seizure

Three members of an organised crime group have been jailed for conspiracy to print over £12m of counterfeit cash, following a police raid in May 2019 at an industrial unit in Beckenham, Kent.

Nagle: "I’ll be looking to drive forward the progress made during 2020"

New hire to lead H&H Reeds growth plan 

H&H Reeds has appointed a new business development manager to support its growth plan and help accelerate its expansion, both on a local and regional level.

Customark now runs nine laser cutting and engraving machines at its Calne facility

Customark in major laser investment

Customark has taken on a raft of new laser engraving equipment and will install more new kit over the coming weeks.

Farmer: "The on-boarding has been an outstanding success"

Opus Trust secures contract with UK’s largest water retailer

Opus Trust Communications has secured a contract with Water Plus to be its sole provider for customer bills and other account information and updates.

GEW LeoLED: compact, modular system can be moved around on the press

RMGT picks GEW tech for UV LED

GEW has scored a major coup by becoming the preferred supplier to press manufacturer RMGT, which is now factory fitting GEW’s innovative LeoLED UV curing system to its sheetfed presses.

The CRF-362 is capable of up to ten crease lines on a sheet

Colt Press ups flexibility with Horizon buy

Colt Press has streamlined its workflow and enhanced the efficiency of its digital print department after investing in a Horizon CRF-362 creaser folder.

Smith: "It’s a big step forward for us at BakPac"

BakPac achieves BRC certification

Baker Labels’ trade digital flexible packaging division BakPac has been given certification for the BRC Global Standard for Packaging Materials.

AR's Schulz: Firstan purchase is of significant strategic importance

Family-run Firstan bought by acquisitive group

AR Packaging has bought Firstan as the acquisitive Swedish groups looks to significantly bolster its UK presence.

Moonpig: confident about flotation plans and "huge opportunity to grow"

£1bn-plus price tag confirmed for Moonpig

Moonpig’s upcoming flotation is set to value the group at up to £1.2bn.

EBB: new tree planting scheme is fully certified for traceability

EBB adds carbon offsetting scheme

Elliot Baxter & Co (EBB) has teamed up with Carbon Footprint on a new carbon offsetting scheme that plants trees in the UK and also helps avoid deforestation in the Amazon.