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Lores: hailed profitable PC market share
Printing segment profits were up in Q4

HP reports mixed results

HP Inc’s full-year sales fell marginally year-on-year, although it had a more positive Q4.

A Lindleys handcart is now displayed at Wakefield museum
100 years in print

Lindleys celebrates centenary

Wakefield jobbing digital printer Lindley Print and Design has celebrated its 100th anniversary in business.

Stahl's wet-end leather chemicals are used in the final stages of leather production
No more skin in the leather game

Stahl completes shift to flexibles coatings

Stahl has completed a strategic divestment programme, focusing the company purely on specialty coatings for flexible materials.

Pitts: the decision to bring small-format in-house was a "no-brainer"
Five Morgana machines and Konica Minolta in

KGK Genix brings small format in-house, consolidates production

KGK Genix has invested in a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 and five Morgana finishing machines, bringing the entirety of its small-format business in-house for the first time.

Making good progress with turnaround

Design Group details $700k NI hit

IG Design Group said it was too soon to say whether upcoming US trade tariffs would have a positive or negative impact on its business, but confirmed that the recent UK budget measures will add around...

Carlena Davis, one of the creators whose books are now also available via TikTok and Amazon
Amazon and TikTok added

Found offers major new outlets for online creators

Online creators who have signed up with publishing company Found will now be able to sell their books through both Amazon and TikTok shop.

The Wakefield site is Europe’s largest soft drinks plant by volume
Additional production capabilities

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests £42.3m into Wakefield factory

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola, has revealed it is planning investment of £42.3m for a new Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS)...

Variety of contracts available

Electoral, signage and design and print tenders open

A trio of new tenders are currently live via the government’s Contracts Finder service, including for electoral printing, signage production and design and print services.

Firm shut down earlier this month

Admins appointed at Lexon

Insolvency practitioners have now been formally appointed at Welsh print firm Lexon.

Colourform: sustainable packaging option for brands
Full year results likely to be below expectations

James Cropper looks to add volume as luxe sales fall

James Cropper has downgraded its outlook for the full year after a challenging first half that included a weak market for luxury packaging.

The report revealed a split in opinions on AI
2,000 people surveyed

Adare SEC survey finds consumers want communication balance

A new survey of UK consumers commissioned by Adare SEC has found a high demand for organisations to offer communication choice and convenience, with traditional channels such as print and...

Certified Carbon Capture companies have opportunities to take part in tree planting events
Programme began in 2011

Premier celebrates £2m Woodland Trust milestone

Premier has reached a major milestone of having donated £2m to the Woodland Trust through its flagship environmental programme, Carbon Capture.

Jacobs has a history of scaling smaller businesses through acquisition
Revenue up to £3.2m, profits quadupled

Footprint picks up pace of acquisition strategy with Swindon’s C3

Hampshire marketing and print house Footprint has expanded its reach with the acquisition of C3 Marketing, a Swindon wide-format and events business.

Controversy emerges over relationship with potential suitor

National World shares soar on takeover approach

National World’s biggest shareholder has launched a £56.2m takeover bid for the publisher – but claims it has had “no substantive engagement” from the PLC since making its approach at the end of last...

24/7 access for customers

Bakergoodchild launches new SaaS platform

Bakergoodchild is poised to go live with a new software platform to simplify production of direct mail jobs.