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Ash recovered from a serious motorcycle accident earlier this year

Konica Minolta hires head of professional print

Konica Minolta has appointed a new head of its UK Professional Print and Industrial Print Division as it looks to transform and grow the business.

Royal Mail: parcel post boxes aimed at making things easy for customers

Royal Mail wants "rebalanced" USO

Royal Mail is exploring “what a rebalanced Universal Service might look like” as the group warned of a material loss at its UK business this year, and said it had to move quickly to adapt its working...

DS Smith: underlying drivers of demand for corrugated packaging remain strong

DS Smith restores dividend as business improves

Corrugated box volumes have improved at DS Smith and the group has seen “a return to positive growth” following the initial impact of Covid-19.

Tolley, Peeling and Bailey: more M&A could be on the cards

Precision, Prime and Proco merge and unveil £100m target

Precision Printing, Prime Group and ProCo have joined forces to create a £45m, 360 staff multisite commercial and online print group with ambitions to nudge £100m sales in three years.

The protest prevented the delivery of 1.5m Saturday papers, including The Times

Extinction Rebellion activists arrested following Newsprinters blockades

Around 80 Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested after they blockaded Newsprinters plants in Hertfordshire, Merseyside and North Lanarkshire on Friday night (4 September), affecting the...

Zulfiqar Ali: We decided on the Autobox for a number of reasons

Ideals UK invests to adapt

Ideals UK Packaging has invested in a new Kolbus Autobox boxmaker to boost flexibility as it adapts to the post-Covid business landscape.

The Fastbind Pureva Smart costs around £15,000

Page Visions in Fastbind first

Page Visions has installed the UK’s first Fastbind Pureva Smart semi-automatic binder as it expands its armoury of Ashgate supplied finishing kit.

The Nettl Academy Scholarship launched on Friday

Nettl launches online training academy

Nettl has launched a new fully-funded online training programme for designers and salespeople who have been made redundant, in the hopes that successful applicants will become Nettl partners following...

Plymouth Argyle will continue to print The Pilgrim. Image: Plymouth Argyle FC

Derby County cans matchday programme as Plymouth Argyle pledges to continue

Derby County FC is set to stop printing its matchday programme, but will instead launch a new monthly magazine for the start of the 2020/21 season, while Plymouth Argyle will continue with its printed...

HDC's new PowerSquare can handle booklets up to 224pp

HDC ups booklet capacity as schools return

Educational print specialist Homework Diary Company (HDC) has expanded its bookletmaking capacity with a third Morgana PowerSquare.

Messe Düsseldorf hosts a raft of major events, including Drupa

Messe Düsseldorf holds first show since pandemic began

Drupa host venue Messe Düsseldorf has opened the doors today to its first trade show since the coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement or cancellation of its expos.

Paper band roll out will be nationwide by mid-October

News UK and Prinovis UK in paper first

News UK and Prinovis UK are set to secure an industry first this weekend when they begin the roll-out of paper banding to replace polybagging on the Sunday Times.

Screen had been due to show the PacJet FL830 at Drupa 2020

Screen becomes latest Drupa withdrawal

Screen Graphic Solutions has become the latest high-profile exhibitor to pull out of Drupa 2021.

Walker: "Once you're on the scheme the administration of it is fairly light"

BPIF welcomes extended timeframe for climate change scheme

The BPIF has welcomed the government's decision to keep the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme open to new entrants until 30 November 2020.

Hiraki joined Mimaki in 1997

Mimaki Europe appoints new MD

Mimaki Europe has named long-serving executive Takahiro Hiraki as its new managing director.