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Magovern on BBC Midlands Today with cutouts of himself and his son

Typecraft steps up to bring fans back to sport

Printed crowds made up of individual fans' faces could become commonplace as professional sport returns behind locked doors in the coming weeks, following a partnership between Cheltenham Town FC and...

SPOT included Spicers and OfficeTeam, with some suppliers owed money by both

SPOT suppliers owed millions at time of admin

Spicers Office Team (SPOT) owed paper and envelope suppliers almost £3m when it went into administration last month, with one paper manufacturer alone owed just under £1.86m.

St Bride to host virtual wayzgoose

St Bride Foundation is hosting a virtual wayzgoose tomorrow, where artists, printers and bookmakers will share some of their skills.

Booker: Our team has gone the extra yard

Postworks scales up for fivefold Covid growth

Hybrid mail specialist Postworks has successfully moved to a larger production facility during lockdown, as it ramps up capacity to support a fivefold increase in demand due to businesses and...

Home secretary Priti Patel announcing the new measures in Parliament

Quarantine exemptions provide some relief

Specialist technicians such as service engineers, and postal workers involved in the transport of mail, will be exempt from the government’s new quarantine measures – much to the industry’s relief.

Heidelberg's Brentford site: showroom could be even more important, post-Covid

Heidelberg consults on UK restructuring plans

Heidelberg is consulting with its UK workforce about a proposed 20% reduction in headcount along with changes to employees’ terms and conditions.

Xaar's Cambridge HQ

Xaar updates on performance

Inkjet manufacturer Xaar described short-term orders as “healthy” despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on some of its markets.

Booth: It was crucial we were able to match litho quality

Booths Print expands digital offering

Booths Print has boosted its digital capabilities to expand its offering and improve flexibility and consistency as volumes start to slowly recover from lockdown.

De La Rue: product authentication tech could help citizens prove Covid-19 status

De La Rue shares soar amid Covid-19 hopes

Shares in De La Rue have rocketed after the group posted an upbeat trading update, along with news that it could use its existing authentication technology to provide a way of certifying people that...

Mask Box: made in Yorkshire

Bluetree pivots with new UK-made surgical mask offering

Bluetree Group has pivoted and invested in specialist equipment to manufacture medical grade IIR face masks – becoming the first company in the UK to make the masks in the process.

Arden Dies and Arden Engraving specialise in die and tooling manufacture

Arden achieves green accreditation

Arden Dies and Arden Engraving, both part of the Arden Group, have become the first die-making and engraving companies in the UK to achieve ISO 14001 accreditation.

Flint Group: sales of €2bn last year

Report: speculation over Flint Group sale

Flint Group could be put up for sale by its US owners, according to a Reuters report.

Stoneywood mill: collaborative effort to come up with safe systems of work

Stoneywood mill makes Covid-secure startup

Arjowiggins Group’s Stoneywood mill is back in production after a phased start-up during the past month.

BoardingPass: "empowers customer facing staff to be able to easily analyse PDF files"

Enfocus readies new easy-to-use PDF checking tool

Enfocus will open up its latest PDF checking tool for free “public beta test” over the summer.

KF 640 is capable of running at speeds of up to 1,500bph

Corinium installs lockdown bookletmaker

Corinium Colour, the digital DM and commercial arm of secure printer Corinium Continuous, has installed KF 640 bookletmaker during lockdown to support a recent digital press investment.