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CBILS extended: printers urged to consider options
Print bosses have been urged to take advantage of CBILS finance while they still can, after the taxpayer-backed scheme was extended for three months.

Abbi Signs boosts output and profits
Abbi Signs has boosted turnaround times by around 50% after installing its first flatbed as it looks to expand its offering.

Bell & Bain takes second K&B delivery and reveals acquisition
Bell & Bain has taken delivery of the second of its two new Rapida 145 large-format presses from Koenig & Bauer and has revealed it acquired press engineering specialist Lithotec Services earlier this...

Heidelberg shares rise as trading improves
Heidelberg has reported an improving performance for the second quarter of its financial year, with CFO Marcus Wassenberg stating that the group is being “fundamentally realigned” for the future.

Wilmot-Budgen in secondhand Speedmaster buy
Wilmot-Budgen has enhanced its capabilities after installing a secondhand Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102-5 LX.

Reach plans to close two plants
Reach is proposing to close the newest newspaper printing facility in the UK, with two of its print sites set for the chop with the potential loss of 150 jobs.

Streamline-led print consortium rebrands as SBS
A trio of Leicestershire print businesses that came together in a deal completed earlier this year have now unified to create SBS Print Group.

Peter Scott Printers launches apprenticeship scheme
Peter Scott Printers has started a new apprenticeship scheme to train the next generation of printing professionals.

Bluetree promotes Young to new role
Bluetree Group has expanded its senior management team with the promotion of Mark Young to the new role of managing director of its print division.

Merchants prep ranges for Lumi alternatives
Paper merchants have adapted their ranges as the end looms for Stora Enso’s high-end Lumi grade.

St Austell becomes carbon balanced printer
St Austell Printing Company (SAPC) has become an official Carbon Balanced Printer.

GB Mail ramps up wrapping with RMS twins
GB Mail has more than doubled its wrapping capacity with a six-figure investment in two high spec Sitma 1050-VW lines to support a surge in long run poly and paper wrap work.

Xerox reports improvement in Q3
Xerox chief executive John Visentin said the manufacturer is “prepared to respond however events unfold” as it revealed Q3 results showing a pick-up in business at some of its operations.

UPM: graphic paper decline "normalising"
Label material sales are up at UPM but graphic paper deliveries were down 21% in Q3 due to Covid-19. Separately the group said it had received “quite a lot of interest” in its up-for-sale Shotton mill...

Xaar will not face ICO action over systems breach
Xaar will not face any censure from the Information Commissioner’s Office following the cyber attack that it made public last month.