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South West-based finishing firm UK Bookbinders has installed a Komfi Delta 52 as part of a £250,000 investment programme for H2 2017.

The Print Academy has retrofitted an LED-UV curing system to its existing litho press, in a bid to "establish a new USP".

Commercial and digital printer Hickling & Squires has become the second UK printer to take the new Xerox Versant 180 digital press.

RNB Group has invested around £170,000 in two new mono laser printers and an Imprint MIS as it aims to cross the £10m-turnover mark.

Publisher Dennis Publishing has added to its current affairs division with the acquisition of MoneyWeek, a leading financial title.

Scottish specialist graphics provider Smart Graphics has invested in a full Tharstern MIS which it said will slash estimating time.

A new London-based web-to-print firm is hoping to win a share of the fast-turnaround printing market by simplifying high-quality print-on-demand for creatives and entrepreneurs.

The Commercial Group has appointed former Antalis product manager Mark Browne as the new head of its social enterprise Commercial Foundations, which incorporates trading arm We Do Print.

Displayways has rounded off a £500,000 capacity boosting kit reequip and site expansion as it looks to grow its new project management wing, which is headed by a recently appointed former St Ives...

Direct mail service provider Howard Hunt has become the first company in the UK to take the new Pegasus 320 friction feeder.

Flint Group has launched its Xcura Evo LED-UV sheetfed inks, intended for LED-UV and low-energy drying applications.

Bluetree Group has given its print procurement brand, Bluetree Connect, a massive fillip with the appointment of a new director, staff and the allocation of additional resources.

Finnish paper manufacturing group Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the business and assets of its Swedish subsidiary Stora Enso Re-board to Culas, for an undisclosed sum.

UK firms are struggling to recruit skilled staff and are having to resort to paying “well above market rate” to attract new employees, according to new research.

Trinity Mirror’s print revenue looks set to decline by more than 10% in the first half of 2017 and will only be partially offset by improved digital sales.